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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Phillips hits HR for girl battling cancer

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Brett Phillips made an eight-year-old girl's dream come true on Tuesday when he hit a home run for her after learning she was battling through a second bout of cancer. Phillips, who isn't much of a power threat in Tampa Bay's lineup, took Oakland Athletics right-hander Jacob Lemoine deep in the third inning for his first homer of the season and just the 24th of his six-year big-league career.