After a rain delay in the bottom of the 6th in game 5, 2 days later, the Phillies pull it out in the 3 and half innings left 2 nights later! I'll leave the details to the pros...below. :)
From The Sun:
Closer Lidge capped a perfect season with the final outs as the Phillies defeat Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 to take the series 4-1.
It was only the second World Series title in their 125-year history and their first since a victory over Kansas City Royals in 1980.
Fans inside Citizens Bank Park waited three days to see Lidge strike out last-man Eric Hinske in the first World Series showdown ever to be delayed by rain.
But the wait was worth it as Lidge was buried under a mountain of jubilant team-mates. He said: "I never felt better in my life to get pummeled like that.
"This is what you dream about. For the past two days, I wasn't letting myself think about what could be."
The game was tied at 2-2 in the middle of the sixth when rain forced the suspension of play on Monday night.
And the Phillies were fast out of the blocks when Game Five finally resumed 48 hours later. Geoff Jenkins doubled, moved to third on a sacrifice fly and got home on Jayson Werth's single.
Back came the Rays to level in the seventh thanks to a Rocco Baldelli solo homer off Ryan Madson, who had replaced starter Hamels.
But the Phillies found what ultimately proved to be the winning run in the bottom of the same innings when Pat Burrell doubled off the wall to centre - his first hit of the series - and gave way to pinch-runner Eric Bruntlett, who made third on a groundout.
Pedro Feliz then hit a single, allowing Bruntlett to charge home and make it 4-3.
Starting pitcher Hamels, who also won Game One, was named series Most Valuable Player to add to his NLCS MVP award.
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