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Uber Offering $2.15 Rides For Phillies Home Opener

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- You can now get to and from the Phillies home opener in a car for less than $5 thanks to Uber.

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The Phillies and Uber have partnered to provide fans with convenient and affordable rides to and from all home games, making Uber the team's official rideshare partner.

A uberPOOL will cost you just $2.15 to and from the ballpark for Friday's home opener against the Nationals at 3:05 p.m.

"Thanks to Uber, fans have another great option to get to the ballpark on Opening Day," said Phillies Senior Vice President, Marketing and Advertising Sales, David Buck. "The $2.15 uberPOOL is an affordable and easy way to get to all the fan-festivities that surround our first home game of the season."

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An Uber driver with the highest star rating will have the opportunity to throw out the first pitch at an All Star Driver Phillies Event.

Also, there is a John Mayer concert at the Wells Fargo Center beginning at 7:30pm. Fans are encouraged to give themselves extra time traveling to the sports complex and to consider using alternate routes.

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