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Article: Former mate Rowand stings South Siders with homer, 5 RBIs|Phillies 8, White Sox 4|Phillies slam door on Sox
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- Courier News (Elgin, IL)
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- June 14, 2007
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PHILADELPHIA - Normally, his friends on the White Sox would text or call former teammate Aaron Rowand after he tied a career-high for RBIs and hit a grand slam.
Of course, since he did it against them Wednesday, Rowand probably needn't wait by the phone.
The Philadelphia Phillies center fielder knocked in the game-tying run, then blew the game open with a seventh-inning grand slam, all but ensuring the Sox of yet another loss, this one by an 8-4 count at Citizens Bank Park.
"Put it this way: I don't even remember running around the bases," Rowand said of how much hitting the slam against the Sox meant to him.
The former South Side cult hero helped the Phillies complete a three-game series ...