PHILLIES NEWS

It started out as a shaky night but once Cole Hamels got settled it was all she wrote. Hamels began the night by allowing 3 runs in the first inning including a two run homer by Chipper Jones. The Phils picked Hamels up though and came right back in the 2nd inning with 4 runs of their own. A passed ball scored one run, a ground out by Jimmy Rollins scored another, a single by Aaron Rowand scored a third and a bases loaded walk by Pat Burrell capped it off by scoring a 4th run. Aaron Rowand made it 5-3 with an RBI single in the 3rd inning that scored Jayson Werth and Rod Barajas slammed a homer in the 7th to make it 6-3 and that's all Hamels would need. Following the first inning Hamels then went 6 scoreless innings in a row, until Chipper Jones homered again in the 8th to cut the lead to 6-4. Brett Myers then replaced Hamels and finished off the 8th, turning it over to Flash Gordon in the 9th who actually got a 1-2-3 save in the 9th, clinching a 6-4 Phils victory to improve their record to 12-14. Like I said, there's always tomorrow.