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Manuel Stays on Bench After Mother's Death
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Saturday, October 11, 2008
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 10 -- Philadelphia Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel skippered his team through Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on Friday, only hours after learning of his mother's death.
June Manuel died Friday morning after a short illness at Carilion Roanoke (Va.) Memorial Hospital. She was 87. Manuel, who was a resident of Buena Vista, Va., is survived by 10 children.
"Our hearts go out to Charlie and the Manuel family at this most difficult time," said David P. Montgomery, the Phillies' president and chief executive. "Mrs. Manuel instilled the qualities of hard work, loyalty and a caring good nature that we have come to respect and appreciate from our manager and friend."
While funeral arrangements are pending, Charlie Manuel will fly to Los Angeles and is expected to continue managing the series, according to a team spokesman. Manuel did not comment after the game.
Game 3 will be played Sunday night.
Kuo Feels Fine
Dodgers Manager Joe Torre was pleased with reliever Hong-Chih Kuo's performance in Game 1. But he was even more pleased at how Kuo bounced back from his outing.
Torre said the left-hander felt fine after throwing a perfect eighth inning on Thursday night, his first appearance in a game since Sept. 14.
"I thought his breaking stuff, especially, was a lot sharper than I could have hoped for, being that he hadn't pitched for a while," Torre said of Kuo, who has battled arm problems. "He came out of it really well."
Eisenreich Returns
Jim Eisenreich, a fan favorite from the pennant-winning 1993 Phillies, returned to throw out the first pitch on Friday. But he did admit to missing Veterans Stadium, the team's home during Eisenreich's playing days.
"That was a little louder," he said.
The source of his bias may be his numbers. In 664 career at-bats at the Vet, Eisenreich hit .343. . . .
Phillies closer Brad Lidge is now perfect in his four postseason save opportunities after saving today's game. Lidge, who was named National League comeback player of the year, went 41 for 41 in regular season save chances.
