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NLCS, Game 1 / Key Moments

Published Oct. 17, 2010 10:12 p.m. ET

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Giants 3rd: Cody Ross, who drove in the winning run in two NL Division Series games, homered in his first career NLCS game, hitting a 1-1 sinker over the wall in left. It was the first hit in the offseason off Roy Halladay, ruining any possibility that he'd pull a Johnny Vander Meer with a second consecutive no-hitter.

Phillies 3rd: Carlos Ruiz, considered by teammates the Phillies' MVP, homered on Tim Lincecum's 2-0 fastball to open the inning, an opposite-field shot to right. Homers by each of the No. 8 hitters? First time it has happened in the same postseason game since 2005 NLDS Game 4 Brad Ausmus and Brian McCann. The inning ended when Lincecum struck out Ryan Howard with runners at second and third.

Giants 5th: Again with one out and nobody on base. Again off a Halladay sinker. Ross went deep.

Giants 6th: Buster Posey hit a two-out single to right. On a close pitch to Pat Burrell, Halladay thought he had an inning-ending strikeout, but umpire Derryl Cousins said no. Burrell followed with a double to deep left that scored Posey and gave the Giants a two-run edge. Wisely, manager Bruce Bochy ran Nate Schierholtz for Burrell, and Schierholtz scored on Juan Uribe's single to center, making it 4-1.

Phillies 6th: Lincecum's 83rd pitch was shot from a cannon by Jayson Werth for a two-run homer to right-center, cutting the Giants' lead to one.

Phillies 8th: With the heart of the Philly lineup due up, Bochy replaced Lincecum 113 pitches with Javier Lopez, who retired lefty hitters Chase Utley and Howard, and then summoned closer Brian Wilson for a four-out save. After Werth singled, Wilson struck out Jimmy Rollins on a 95-mph fastball.

Phillies 9th: Wilson froze Raul Iba?ez on a full-count heater, but Ruiz was hit by a pitch and went to first representing the tying run. No issue for Wilson, who struck out pinch-hitter Ross Gload and, after falling behind 3-0 to Shane Victorino, fired a 96-mph fastball for a swinging strike three.

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