PHILLIES NEWS

For a little while it looked like today would not be a good one for the Phils. The Marlins jumped on Jamie Moyer for 4-0 runs in the 1st inning, quickly quieting a sellout crowd at Citizens Bank Park. From there, Moyer could have folded and allowed the Marlins an ever bigger lead, but the wiley veteran hung tough and kept the Marlins scoreless for the next 4 innings as the Phils stormed back. In the 3rd inning the Phils scored an incredible 7 runs on a pair of 2-run homers by Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley(# 30 for Utley), and 3 run homer by Chris Coste. Ahead 4-0 after the 1st inning, the Marlins suddenly found themselves behind 7-4 following the 3rd inning and didn't know what had hit them. Meanwhile, the Phils just kept plugging away adding a run in the 5th inning and another in the 6th via Chase Utley's 2nd homer of the day, to go up 9-5 through 6 innings. Then Following a short rain delay, they were able to add yet another run in the 7th inning on a solo homer by Pat Burrell, to take a 10-5 lead. From there the Phils bullpen was able to close things out once again, despite giving up 2 more runs, as the Phils got the win 10-7. Thus, the Phils are still leading the wildcard race and they are still only leading by 0.5 games because the Dodgers also won today. Well, happy trails everyone.