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The Philadelphia Phillies have declined to pick up Roy Oswalt's option year and will let the veteran starter test the free agent market.

The Phillies have declined the 2012 options for pitchers Roy Oswalt and Brad Lidge. Oswalt gets a $2 million buyout instead of $16 million next season.

Lidge receives a $1.5 million buyout instead of $12.5 million next year. Oswalt was 9-10 with a 3.69 ERA in 23 starts for the Phillies this past season.

Joe Mauer hit a tying homer off Brad Lidge to cap a five-run rally in the ninth inning and Delmon Young drove in the go-ahead run in the 11th, sending the Minnesota Twins to a 13-10 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.

The Yankees are one win away from their 27th World Series title. Tied 4-4 in the ninth, New York staged a two-out, three-run rally to burn Brad Lidge and beat the Phils 7-4 in Game 4.

In NLCS opener at LA Updated: Thursday, 15 Oct 2009, 11:36 PM CDT Published : Thursday, 15 Oct 2009, 11:33 PM CDT LOS ANGELES - Brad Lidge and the Philadelphia Phillies picked up where they left off a year ago against the Dodgers in the NL championship series.

The Phillies' greatest vulnerability proved to be an asset in Game 1 of the NLCS, writes Ted Keith. Brad Lidge and the Philly bullpen silenced the Dodgers to steal home-field advantage.

Between frosty breaths on the mound, Brad Lidge warmed to the challenge. Philadelphia's beleaguered closer stranded runners at first and second base on a bitterly cold night when he got Troy Tulowitzki to fly out to shallow left field Sunday, preserving the Phillies' 6-5 win over the Colorado Rockies in Game 3 of their NL playoff series.