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J.A. Happ's late rise shows Phillies are right to keep pitching options open

DUNEDIN, Fla. - There's a game that J.A. Happ pitched for the Phillies that he will never forget. Happ got a World Series ring with them in 2008 and pitched for them in the 2009 World Series, and those moments were great, but the game that stands out happened on Aug. 5, 2009. Happ threw a four-hit shutout that day against the Colorado Rockies, striking out 10, including Troy Tulowitzki, who is now one of his teammates on the Toronto Blue Jays. One of the reasons that Happ doesn't forget that game is that Tulowitzki doesn't let him.

"Tulo still tries to give me crap about it," Happ said here Thursday after throwing two scoreless innings in the Phils-Jays 8-8 tie, "because I think he was the last out.