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Lee masterful in Phillies debut

Posted by mattsmith on 2:02am, Saturday August 1st 2009

If you missed Cliff Lee’s Phillies debut, shame on you.

Gem isn’t even the right word to describe the performance of Lee, who pitched a complete game four-hitter in a 4-1 victory over the Giants

Not only did he deliver from the mound, Lee swung the bat, too. He got two hits, including a double, and scored a run.

He also fielded the ball pretty well.

You couldn’t ask for a better debut. It went beyond expectation.

Cliff Lee was half-man, half-amazing.

He breezed through the first five innings (throwing less than 60 pitches). Juan Uribe got the first hit off Lee with one out in the sixth.

The fast-working, left-hander finished with six strikeouts.

The Phillies didn’t do much offensively to support their new ace, until the seventh inning. Jayson Werth snapped the team’s 0-for-28 skid with runners in scoring position, driving in two runs with the bases loaded.

Cliff Lee had it all going on in his first start with the Phillies

Cliff Lee had it all going on in his first start with the Phillies .

Werth homered, singled and knocked in three runs.

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