Phillies manager Charlie Manuel is no longer offering closer Brad Lidge unwavering support. Manuel pulled Lidge after facing four batters on Tuesday night. He retired just one batter in the ninth inning. Ryan Madson came in and recorded the final two outs with the bases loaded to preserve the victory and earn the save. "When I say he's my closer, I don't tell lies, and I don't like to go back on nothing," Manuel said after the game. "But the team and the game is bigger than my heart and is bigger than anything else, if you want to know the truth. Winning a game, that's why I manage and that's what comes first, and it was real tough for me to do." Manuel isn't sure if he'll go to Lidge if Philadelphia is in a save situation on Wednesday. "He could definitely be," Manuel said. "I'm definitely not going to get away from him. We're going to work with him and get him back to where he can get consistent and go out there and save games. I'm not saying that he'll close tomorrow, the next day or whatever, but I look at him as a closer. I don't look at him as a seventh-inning guy; I don't look at him as an eighth-inning guy."