The Daily Numbers: 3-1 deficit for the Phillies in their NLCS vs. the Giants after they lost last night, 6-5
4 and two-thirds innings for last night’s starter, Joe Blanton. He left with the lead. The bullpen could not bring home the win.
5 runs on 9 hits for the Phils, who showed signs they might be ready to snap out of their slump.
7:57 first pitch again tonight in San Fran. It’s do or die time for the Phils.
48-46 edge for Pat Toomey over Joe Sestak in a poll by Quinnipiac University released today. It’s the 2nd poll in 2 days to show a shift in the race, with Sestak eating into a big Toomey advantage and actually in one poll with a slight lead.
2 point margin now for Tom Corbett over a surging Dan Onorato in the Pa.
gubernatorial race.
42,000 dollar grant for Chichester School District from the state Department of Education.
39, age of Ridley man who is wanted for trying to steal a bunch of leather coats from the Kohl’s in Morton – and leaving his 2-year-old daughter behind when he allegedly fled the scene.
32, age of Rasheed Bingham, who is being hailed as a hero for stepping in and defusing a tense situation on a SEPTA bus when a woman confronted another with a loaded gun in a dispute over a cell phone call.
9 p.m. to 6 a.m., the new curfew for those under 18 in Bethel Township from Oct. 1-April 30. During the warmer months they’re actually allowed out until 10.
20, age of man in critical condition after being struck by car on Roosevelt Blvd. in Philly last night.
11, age of child a man allegedly tried to abduct by forcing the boy into his car.
25,000 dollars in laptops ripped off from the Philadelphia School District.
280,000 members of Keystone Mercy Health Plan and AmeriHealth Mercy Health plan whose personal information was included on a portable computer that was misplaced.
59 million now up for grabs in the Powerball drawing Saturday night. No one hit last night.
100,000 dollars believed fleeced from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia by a man who claims abuse by a priest involving false claims for psychotherapy sessions.
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Roy Halladay needs to come up big tonight. So do the Phils’ bats. It’s either that or break out the golf clubs.
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I Don’t Get It: Jimmy Rollins not bunting. Shane Victorino not advancing on a play at the plate. This Phillies team simply seems to be making too many of these kinds of mistakes for this time of the year.
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Today’s Upper: Republican Tom Corbett wants to get Pa. out of the booze business by selling off the state stores to private enterprise. I’ll drink to that.
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Quote Box: “I don’t recall everything that happened, it happened so fast.”
- Rasheed Bingham of Lansdowne, the Good Samaritan who defused that dangerous situation involving a woman with a gun on a SEPTA bus.
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