This has been one of the craziest series that I can remember, and I’m want more like it.

All three games finished with a score of 7-6.  All three were won by the Phillies.  And all won in dramatic fashion.

Today, well, I wasn’t hoping for a dramatic win.  The Phillies were up 5-1 and then it was 5-3.  And I started shaking my head.

The Brewers tied up the game in the top of the 8th, on a Ryan Braun home run.

Why anyone pitches to Braun is beyond me.  The man is crazy strong and very good at baseball.  (With or without steroids.)

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It has been a wild weekend, with everything not going the Phillies way.  Though they put up a great fight on Saturday, they just couldn’t get the job done.

Sunday was a different story.

Nate Schierholtz led off the game with a solo shot to put the San Francisco Giants up 1-0 before an out was ever recorded.

The Phillies answered back in the bottom of the first on a Chase Utley RBI single.  He was cruising around the bases and was standing on third before Shane Victorino crossed the plate.  It was once again good to see him run.

The Giants took the lead in the top of the 4th on a Pablo Sandoval RBI double.

The Phillies answered in the bottom of the fourth with a John Mayberry Jr. home run.

They took the lead on Yay-berry’s second homer of the game in the 7th.

The Giants answered right back with Schierholtz’s second homer of game in the top of the 8th.

And to extras we went…again.

Somehow the Giants managed to NOT score off the Phillies bullpen for 3 whole extra innings.  (They really should be ashamed of that.)

And somehow, the Phillies managed to score in extra innings. (They should be amazed and proud of themselves.)

In the bottom of the 12th, Carlos Ruiz drew a walk (of course he did, because he is awesome.)  Laynce Nix hit a single and Chooch took 3rd.

There was one out, runners on the corner and Jimmy Rollins was up to bat.  Rollins is man that loves the spotlight and loves coming up clutch.

He hit a single to right center field.  He knew the game was over and with all the swag he could manage (which is a lot,)  he jogged up to first base and then ran into his teammates arms for the win.

It was a good day.  I miss games like that.

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In one of the strangest games this year, the Phillies walk-it-off against the Colorado Rockies.

In a night when Joe Blanton was, well, Joe Blanton and gave up 3 home runs (ok, that’s normal) the strangest plays came through.

Let’s start with a Michael Martinez 3-run homer, which is, well, odd.  I believe that he is a waste of roster space, but he came through tonight.

Jonathan Papelbon came in the top of the 9th and the Rockies scored the go ahead run off of him.

Then the bottom of the 9th happened and things got strange.

The Rockies’ Rafeal Betancourt quickly got Jim Thome and Jimmy Rollins out.

Ty Wigginton comes up and hit a single into left field.  Hunter Pence then hits a ball to deep left field that bounced off the wall.  Wigginton chugged around the bases to score on the hit.

Game is now tied.

The Rockies choose to walk Carlos Ruiz to put runners on 1st and 2nd.  Shane Victorino hits an infield single.

Well, kinda.  Marco Scutaro made a bad throw and Todd Helton did not make a good pick.  Oh, and Victorino is quite fast.

Bases are now loaded for Placido Polanco.  And Twitter started to call for a shrimp. Well, they didn’t walk Polanco, he put the bat on the ball.

Scutaro again fielded the ball, but he had to double-clutch before he could throw.  Helton seemed to forget how to play first.  He couldn’t find first base and Polanco was called safe, Pence scores.

Phillies win!  Just an odd night and I will take it!

Helton looks for the base after Polanco crosses it.

Karilee Jeantet is Lead Contributor for A View From Section 116.  Follow her on Twitter @kjeantet and @viewfromsec116 and e-mail her AViewFromSection116@gmail.com.