PHILLIES NEWS

The Good times just keep on rolling for the Phils. Tonight in front of a sellout crown the Phils earned their 3rd win in a row, with a 5-2 thumping of the Marlins. Cole Hamels dazzled the fish for 6 and 2/3rds innings, allowing just 1 run on 6 hits, while striking out 10. Meanwhile, the Phils offense jumped on the Marlins early and took a 4-0 lead through 3 innings, on an RBI single by Chase Utley in the 1st inning and a 3 run homer by Ryan Howard in the 3rd inning(that's 58 now). The Phils would later manufacture an extra run in the 6th inning to bolster their lead to 5-1 and from there the Phils bullpen closed things out, allowing just 1 more run on 3 hits, as Tom Gordon earned his 33rd save of the year. Now at the moment, with the win the Phils have once again locked themselves in a tie for the wild card lead with the Dodgers. However, the Dodgers are playing right now and if they win the Phils would drop to 0.5 games behind them for the wildcard lead, otherwise if they lose the Phils will move into 1st in the wildcard race 0.5 games up on the Dodgers. Of course right now the Dodgers are locked in a scoreless tie with the Diamondbacks in the top of the 6th inning, so who knows what the Wildcard situation will be like come tomorrow, but when I know you'll know, so don't worry about it. Well, happy trails everyone.