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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Travis Lee just wanted to put the ball in
play. He hit it in the seats.
|  | | Philadelphia manager Larry Bowa argues with second base umpire Jerry Layne on a home run call in the first inning.
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Lee's two-out, three-run homer in the ninth lifted the
Philadelphia Phillies to a 10-8 victory over the Montreal Expos on
Friday night.
"The first pitch was a cutter I've never seen before. It was
nasty. Then I missed a sinker and I'm thinking just don't strike
out," Lee said. "I don't think I've ever hit a walk-off homer."
The Phillies have won five in a row, seven of eight and lead the
National League East at 29-17 after tying the Chicago Cubs for the worst record
in the majors last season.
Montreal is 13-28 since starting 6-1.
"The offense played well, but we couldn't pull it out," said
Andy Tracy, who gave the Expos a 3-1 lead with a three-run double
in the third.
With the Phillies down 8-6 in the ninth, pinch-hitter Rob Ducey
led off with a walk against Ugueth Urbina (0-1). After Doug
Glanville and Jimmy Rollins struck out, Bobby Abreu walked and
Scott Rolen singled to cut it to 8-7.
Lee followed with his game-winning homer on an 0-2 pitch. He was
5-for-39 before the at-bat.
"He hit the ball hard all night, but to the wrong part of the
park," Phillies manager Larry Bowa said of Lee, who flied to deep
center twice.
Eddie Oropesa (1-0) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings for his
first career victory.
"It's incredible after all these years in the minors," said
Oropesa, a Cuban defector who spent eight years in the minor
leagues.
Montreal had taken an 8-6 lead against Wayne Gomes in the eighth
on a run-scoring triple by Curtis Pride and a run-scoring single by Milton
Bradley.
Philadelphia's Johnny Estrada hit his first career homer, and
Rolen was 3-for-5 with three RBI.
After the Phillies took a 6-4 lead, the Expos tied it in the
seventh off relievers Chris Brock and Rheal Cormier. With one out,
Bradley walked and Vladimir Guerrero doubled to put runners on
second and third.
Cormier entered the game and Lee Stevens doubled to right to
make it 6-5. Pinch-hitter Mike Mordecai's infield single off
Cormier's glove tied it at 6.
Rolen gave the Phillies a 5-4 lead with a run-scoring single in the
fifth. The Phillies made it 6-4 in the sixth when Orlando Cabrera
misplayed Brock's grounder at short, allowing Estrada to score from
second.
Rolen also had a run-scoring double in the first. Rolen and Abreu are
finally showing signs they're breaking out of season-long slumps.
Rolen is 15-for-40 with six RBI in his last 10 games. Abreu is
6-for-16 in the last four games.
"I was a little concerned, but I know at the end, their numbers
will be where they are supposed to be," Bowa said.
Estrada, called up when catcher Mike Lieberthal sustained a
season-ending knee injury earlier this month, gave the Phillies a
4-3 lead with a long three-run homer to right in the fourth.
Phillies starter Amaury Telemaco allowed four runs and five hits
in five innings. Expos starter Javier Vazquez gave up six runs and
seven hits in six innings.
Montreal scored three times in the third after Telemaco recorded
the first two outs. Bradley walked, Guerrero singled and Stevens
walked to load the bases.
Tracy, who was 4-for-31 to that point, then lined a double off
the wall in left-center, giving the Expos a 3-1 lead.
"Our hitters finally showed up," Expos manager Felipe Alou
said. "The three-run double is something I've been looking for
three months."
Game notes
The Phillies sent right-hander Nelson Figueroa to Triple-A Scranton
after the game and called up right-hander Paul Byrd, who will start
Saturday night. ... Abreu's double to right-center in the first
appeared to hit the top of the wall, bounce off the backdrop and
onto the field, but umpires ruled it wasn't a home run. ... The
Phillies' bullpen is 11-5.
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