Tuesday night, the Phillies and Cubs were tied at 1 in the top of the 9th, when Lidge took the mound. Things started out great, with Brad forcing Derrek Lee into a 1-3 groundout.

Then things started to take a Lidge-like turn when he plunked the very next batter he faced, putting Aramis Ramirez on first with Fukudome coming up to bat.

What happened next has to be seen to be believed. Fukudome smacked a hard grounder right back at the mound and Lidge brought his front foot up for a kick save, redirecting it to Young James, standing on second with an open glove, who fired it to Howard for an inning-ending double play in a startling display of right-place-right-time luck.

Ramirez was running on the pitch and yet both runners were still beaten by at least 3 steps each.

Anyway, here’s the enhanced and annotated .GIF:

The other angle after the jump:

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