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Asche, who was called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on July 31, hit his fourth homer of the season and is 7-for with five RBIs in his last three games. The duo join Andy Tracy and Tyler Cloyd as the franchise's only postseason all-stars. Asche, a left-handed hitter, pulled a fastball from Julio Teheran about three rows deep into the right-field seats in the sixth inning.

Martin earns his first MLB win and Asche hits his first big-league home run in the victory. The year-old third base prospect hit. With a good approach at the plate, he should continue to hit for both average and power, and he runs pretty well. Then came an opportunity for further promotion, as the Phillies tried different infield options to fill an unexpected opening.

With first baseman Ryan Howard out long-term with a knee injury, the Phillies called up Asche at the end of July to play third base, moving Michael Young to first after giving Kevin Frandsen starts at that position.

Asche had a low. He was limited in the number of games, sharing third base with other players and being sidelined for nearly a month with a hamstring injury. There was also a downside in his defense, where he committed 16 errors ranking fourth in the National League. One highlight from the season was a May 6 game against the Toronto Blue Jays, where Asche went 4-for-4 with a two-out, game-tying grand slam in the sixth inning, though the team did lose in an extra inning.

He later had a walk-off, extra inning home run against the Miami Marlins on September Following rumors about a change in position, after starting at third base, Asche spent time catching fly balls in left field in late April. On May 11, he was optioned to AAA to start playing in left field. In 15 games, he batted. Asche was recalled on May 29, taking his new spot in the outfield. You obviously want to play the time you are up there, but most importantly you want to be healthy.

Asche sported a bruise on the inside of his lower left thigh, but that had nothing to do with his hamstring injury. The move was a precaution after backup catcher Wil Nieves tweaked his quadriceps on the last of his three hits Wednesday, but Nieves showed up at Busch Stadium confident that the twinge was due to cramping as opposed to a pull. Whichever of those two survives that move probably returns to Lehigh Valley in the next day or two when Tony Gwynn Jr.

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