TORONTO - After Ryan Howard led off the fifth inning with a single and Cody Asche, Darin Ruf and Andres Blanco followed with three consecutive doubles, newly crowned closer Ken Giles readied himself in the bullpen.
He couldn't necessarily see the future, but he knew what was going on. The Phillies had rallied from a two-run deficit to claim the lead.
"Once we scored those three runs, I was like, 'That's all that we're getting, and I need to mentally prepare for myself to be ready to go,' " Giles said afterward. "But it was hard to mentally prepare myself when I was already as nervous as I was.