PHILLIES NEWS

The Phils didn't play their best tonight by any means. Starter Freddy Garcia lasted just 4 and 2/3rds innings while allowing 4 runs on 7 hits, the Phils as a team left 14 men on base, and Tom Gordon blew another save. In the end on this wild friday night, none of that mattered. Aaron Rowand homered to extend his hitting streak to 16 games and the Phils scored 3 runs in the 2nd inning to go up early 3-1. However, for the next 4 innings it was all Marlins, as the Phils went scoreless and the Marlins put up 3 runs to grab a 4-3 lead heading into the 8th inning. The Phils refused to go down though, and staged a dramatic rally in the bottom of the 8th. Jimmy Rollins homered with one out to tie at 4, and Chase Utley homered with 2 outs to put the phils ahead 5-4. Unfortunately, as noted Tom Gordon blew the save in the top of the 9th, and Phils found themselves tied with Marlins again at 5 , heading into the bottom of the 9th inning. Once again, they refused to give up and loaded the bases with no outs in the 9th. Carlos Ruiz then hit a hard ground ball that Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez couldn't handle, allowing the winning run to score, as the Phils finally defeated the marlins 6-5, to improve to 10-12.