The first pitch wan't thrown until after 10 PM because of a rain delay but the Phils win a close one with a run in the bottom of the ninth to take a one game lead in the World Series.But in the eighth, with the Phils up by 4-3, Upton legged out an infield single on a slow bouncer to shortstop Jimmy Rollins. Then, in a flash, Upton stole second and third bases on back-to-back pitches against Madson, who did a poor job of holding him on.
Upton took second without a throw. Then he stole third and kept going, coming across to score an unearned run when catcher Carlos Ruiz's low throw deflected off third baseman Pedro Feliz for an error.
It marked the second and third stolen bases for the game for Upton, making him the first American League player to steal three bases in a single World Series game. It marked the fourth time overall that one player had three steals, and the first since Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals did it in 1968.
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