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Phillies rally snuffed by infield fly rule

The San Diego leftfielder lost track of the baseball in the afternoon sky, and mayhem - as Padres manager Andy Green called it - began.

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Padres 4, Phillies 3

Darin Ruf's fly ball to shallow left field with no outs and the bases loaded was ruled an infield fly by third base umpire Will Little. The fly was misplayed by shortstop Alexei Ramirez, who had to chase it into the outfield after leftfielder Wil Myers could not see the ball against the clouds.

Ramirez scooped up the ball and threw it to third base.