The 2010 Giants are the third team to win a Game 6 or 7 by one run on the road to clinch a postseason series

The 2010 Giants are the third team to win a Game 6 or 7 by one run on the road to clinch a postseason series

Roy Halladay outdueled Lincecum in Game 5 to send the series back to Philadelphia, where a frenetic, towel-waving crowd -- the 136th straight sellout at Citizens Bank Park -- wasn't ready for "Red October III" to end.

But the Phillies are going home early after leading the majors in wins for the first time in franchise history.

"I told them to lift their heads up high, that we played as hard as we absolutely could," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "They definitely have nothing to be ashamed of."

Wilson came in after Lincecum allowed consecutive, one-out singles. He got Ruiz on a liner to escape the inning.

Wilson had to bat in the ninth after Brad Lidge intentionally walked Buster Posey to load the bases. He took three pitches before bouncing out to first base.

Then Wilson, who led the majors in saves, made it interesting in the ninth.

"That's what we're tagged as doing," Wilson said. "Very fitting that it ended that way."

Oswalt pitched six effective innings, masterfully working out of trouble throughout the game because he allowed nine hits and hit a batter. Oswalt gave up two runs -- one earned -- three days after losing Game 4 in relief. The three-time All-Star righty -- the 2005 NLCS MVP with Houston -- threw eight superb innings to earn the win in Game 2.

Sanchez lasted just two-plus innings, allowing two runs and three hits. Sanchez, the Game 2 loser, had dominated the Phillies before this series, not allowing more than four hits in his five previous starts against them.

Rookie Madison Bumgarner, a 21-year-old lefty who started Game 4 and pitched the NLDS clincher Oct. 11 at Atlanta, pitched two scoreless innings in relief on two days' rest.

Bumgarner pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth, retiring Shane Victorino on a bouncer to the mound to end the inning. He escaped trouble in the sixth after Raul Ibanez doubled and was sacrificed to third. Bumgarner struck out pinch-hitter Ben Francisco looking and retired Jimmy Rollins on a fly to center.

The Phillies jumped ahead 2-0 in the first on a RBI double by the slumping Utley and Jayson Werth's sacrifice fly.

Placido Polanco drew a one-out walk and scored on Utley's liner to right. Utley came in hitting .200 (6 for 30) in the postseason. Howard followed with a single. Utley scored on Werth's fly to deep left.

Sanchez sparked a two-run rally by leading off the third with a sharp single past Utley's glove. Andres Torres then hit a deep drive that center fielder Victorino ran down on the warning track and nearly made a sensational over-the-shoulder catch. But the ball bounced out of his glove and Torres got a 400-foot single.

After Freddy Sanchez sacrificed, Huff singled up the middle. Sanchez scored, but Victorino nailed Torres at the plate with a strong one-hop throw. Huff advanced to second on the throw and scored the tying run when third baseman Polanco made a throwing error to first on Posey's slow roller after a nice barehanded pickup.

Despite throwing a bullpen session earlier that day, Oswalt came out of the bullpen on two days' rest with the score tied in the ninth inning Wednesday night. He allowed Uribe's game-ending sacrifice fly.

So much for all the talk that he would have a tired arm, though.

Oswalt's fastball was sharp and his slow curve had a nasty bite. With two on and two out in the fifth, he blew a 94 mph fastball past cleanup hitter Posey.

He fanned Burrell swinging at a 69 mph curve leading off the next inning. Oswalt was finished after getting Edgar Renteria to ground into a double play with two on in the sixth after the veteran shortstop tried faking his way on. A 1-2 pitch hit Renteria's bat on a checked swing, but he jumped up and shook his hand, pretending the ball hit him. Plate umpire Tom Hallion didn't buy it, and Oswalt smirked and shook his head. Yankees captain Derek Jeter sold an umpire on that exact move earlier this season.

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