Lidge enjoys experience, if not result

 
Brad Lidge didn't pitch until the 15th, when he gave up two hits and a sac fly by the Rangers' Michael Young to give the American League a 4-3 victory. Lidge took the loss, while Phillies teammate Chase Utley started and went 1-for-3 with a strikeout. [link]

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