Many Americans think the perfect Christmas Day on December twenty-fifth should be cold and snowy.

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Lobstein, a Rule 5 player that entered with a 9.82 ERA, struck out four over two innings, including Mark Teixeira, Dan Johnson and Hafner during a perfect fifth.

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Scott Rice, Gregg Burke and Bobby Parnell combined for one-hit relief, with Parnell pitching a perfect ninth for his fifth save in seven chances.

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However, Zaheer gave captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni the perfect fillip when he removed Ashwell Prince in the fifth over after Smith won the toss and elected to bat first.

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