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Phillies Nation Perfect Season: Phillies seal comeback victory thanks to defensive miscue

Every day until Opening Day arrives, Phillies Nation will take a daily look back at a regular-season victory from that particular day in history that you can watch in full in lieu of live Phillies baseball. Think of it is as your daily Phillies watch recommendation.

June 20, 2012 – Phillies 7, Rockies 6

Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton. Photo by Onetwo1 / CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)

In the ninth inning of a tied game with two outs and the bases loaded, a ground ball to shortstop off the bat of Plácido Polanco seemed poised to send the Phillies and Colorado Rockies to extra innings.