Penn grad Mark DeRosa cheated Philadelphia out of a victory.

DeRosa, the Chicago Cubs second baseman, hit a solo homerun with his team up on the Phillies 3-2 in the sixth inning Friday night. The problem was, it didn’t actually happen.

The shot went less than a foot outside of the left foul pole, but the umpires saw it otherwise, and while arguing the call, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel got tossed for the first time this season. The Cubs would go on to win in the 10th frame, 6-5, on a run scored on an error that should have ended the inning on a 6-4-3 double-play.

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