PHILLIES NEWS

The Phils are just plain hot right now. I mean they are burning up with 5 wins out of their last 6 and 3 in a row with today's win. That's right the Phils finally got their sweep today with a 6-4 win over the Astros. Randy Wolf went 5 and 2/3rds innings and allowed just 3 runs on 5 hits, while the Phils offense hit 4 homers , 2 by Mike Lieberthal who just returned from the DL and 1 each by Ryan Howard(that's 57 now) and Jimmy Rollins. 3 of the 4 homers came in the 1st 4 innings as the Phils built an early 5-0 lead and never looked back. Wolf nearly coughed it up, as all 3 runs he allowed came in the 6th inning, cutting the lead to 5-3. Fortunately, Lieberthal hit his 2nd homer in the 8th inning to put the phils up 6-3 and put it way for good. Reliever Geoff Geary did give up a 4th run in the bottom of the 8th inning, but it didn't matter as Flash Gordon came on in the 9th inning and got the save. All, in all this was another good day for the Phils, and I really like the way they are playing right now. I mean it's beginning to look more and more like the Phils are going to push their way into the playoffs, but only time will tell. Anyway, the Padres also played today and they defeated the Dodgers 2-1. However, with that win the Padres moved in to 1st place in the NL west and the Dodgers dropped to 1st place in the wild card race, just 1 game ahead of the Phils, so things are really getting exciting now. Well, happy trails everyone.