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This was the longest stretch of games (37) into a season without a three-game win streak for the Phillies since 1971, when they needed 51 games. "Ive never had a hitter like Hunter," manager Charlie Manuel said, "but hes a good one." Chad Qualls failed to hold a 3-1 lead in the ninth and kept Cliff Lee winless in five starts this season. Lee allowed one run and struck out 10 over eight strong innings. Jake Diekman tossed 1 1-3 scoreless innings to win his major league debut. Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon was shut down for a day after pitching in back-to-back games. That opened the door for a Houston rally against a scuffling bullpen. Carlos Lee hit an RBI single off Qualls to cut it to 3-2. Pinch runner Brian Bogusevic kept the rally going when he stole second. J.D Martinez hit a liner to right and got the hold sign at third. Pence let the ball slip out of his hand as he was preparing to throw and Bogusevic sprinted home for the tying run. "I was charging it hard and I really cant tell you how it came out of my hand," Pence said. "I was trying to fire it as hard as I could." Jason Castro then doubled to chase Qualls and put runners on second and third. Qualls was booed off the mound for the blown save and wasting Lees fantastic effort. Diekman struck out Marwin Gonzalez to end the inning and was rewarded with the victory. Brian Schneider also homered for the Phillies, who won for the fourth time in five games and swept the two-game series. Astros manager Brad Mills gambled bringing in Myers for the 10th in a tie game. "Coming into a tie ballgame on the road, I was prepared but, it just baffled me a little bit," Myers said. "I can just go out there and do my job. Thats all I can do when called upon." Mills said Myers was warmed up and wanted to pitch. It was hard to believe the game came down to a closer the way Lee pitched. Lee walked only one and allowed one run in his second start since straining his left oblique. The Phillies had lost all four of Lees starts, including two one-run defeats. Lee was clearly a tough-luck loser. He entered with a 1.68 ERA since June 1 of last season. Schneiders two-run shot in the second and Pences solo homer in the sixth were nearly enough to get Lee back in the win column. The lefty was never in any serious trouble and showed no signs of being slowed down by the injury that put him on the 15-day disabled list. Lee threw 10 scoreless innings on April 18 in a 1-0 loss to the Giants in 11 innings, but landed on the DL a few days later. Matt Downs hit a solo homer off Lee in the seventh. Citizens Bank Park was pounded all morning by rain and the tarp was on the field until just before the first pitch. The stadium was maybe half full for Lees first pitch and there were thousands of empty seats scattered across the park all game. Still, the Phillies announced a crowd of 43,781 for their 222nd straight sellout. 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Ludwick dislocated his right shoulder on a headfirst slide in the third inning of Cincinnatis 3-1, 13-inning loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. He said the shoulder popped out when his hand caught on the dirt. An MRI on Tuesday -- the teams day off -- found the torn cartilage.BERLIN -- WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko said he wants to fight British boxer Dereck Chisora again -- so he can knock him out. Klitschko knows he doesnt need a rematch, "but my ego, something deep inside, tells me quite clearly that I still need to give this man real punishment," he told Tuesdays edition of Die Welt newspaper. "I want to knock him out in the ring. This account is still open," he said. However, Klitschkos manager Bernd Boente has ruled out a rematch. Klitschko beat Chisora on points in Munich on Saturday night, but the win was overshadowed by the challengers conduct outside of the ring. It culminated in a post-fight brawl with former WBA champion David Haye, for which the 28-year-old has apologized. "I saw everything from the podium. I thought I was in the wrong film," Klitschko said. "You cant behave like this, neither in a sporting way nor as a person. It was below the bottom drawer." Chisora slapped Klitschko at their weigh-in on Friday, and spat water in younger brother Wladimirs face before the bout. "Before the fight I still thought that how he was presenting himself, how he behaved, was a show. But then I realized he wasnt acting. He must be crazy. When I think about all hes done ... then he threatens to shoot someone, to kill. How can you be like that as a person? Unbelievable. I cannot believe it. "Everything I had to do with him seems like a nightmare." German police want to speak to Haye about the incident but may have to wait as the former WBA heavyweight champion posted a picturre of himself on Twitter in a first-class aeroplane seat Tuesday, reportedly on his way to Las Vegas. [url=http://www.nhlblackhawkshockeystore.com/red-3-keith-magnuson-womens-jersey/... Magnuson Blackhawks Jersey[/url]. "Jetting off to warmer climates. Its PARTY TIME!" Haye tweeted. Klitschko partially tore a ligament in his left shoulder during the fight, but said he would "never" have given up against Chisora. "Id rather have died than to give him anything," he said. The World Boxing Council fined Chisora a reported $50,000 for the slap, and Klitschko said any further punishment "has to really hurt. It cant be that this lout drags the sport of boxing into such disrepute." The 40-year-old said he had no immediate plans to retire and that he still has dreams to realize. He did not say what those dreams are. "Im superstitious and believe that when you speak of dreams before theyre realized, they wont come true," he said. Klitschko harbours political aspirations in his native Ukraine, where parliamentary elections will be held in October. "For now I am concentrating on Wladimirs title defence and getting back to full health as quickly as possible," he said. Wladimir Klitschko was declared "super" WBA champion after beating Haye in Hamburg last July and will defend the belt, and the IBF, WBO, IBO titles, against Jean-Marc Mormeck of France in Duesseldorf on March 3. The older Klitschko said Chisora and Haye were "both cut from the same cloth," but he did not categorically rule out a muted bout against the latter. "For him (Haye) the same goes as what I said about Chisora." ' ' '
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