PHILLIES NEWS

Well, this was one for the ages, the dark ages that is. Jon Lieber was touched up for 5 runs in the 2nd inning, but that would be all the Diamondbacks would get off him as he settled down and wound up pitching 6 and 2/3rds innings, striking out 5 and allowing 13 hits to go along with those 5 runs. The Phils mounted a comeback behind Chase Utley's 4 hits and 2 RBIs, cutting the lead to 5-3, by the time Lieber left the game with 2 outs and 2 on in the 7th. Fortunately for the Phils Yoel hernandez managed to get out of that jam and keep it at 5-3 game going into the 8th. However, In the 8th inning, with Geoff Geary now on the mound all hopes of Phils comeback quickly evaporated as Geary was touched up for 5 more runs on 2 hits. Clay Condrey eventually came in and bailed him out, but by then it was too late, as the Arizona now led 10-3. Greg Dobbs hit a solo homer in the bottom of the inning, but it was of little consequence, as the Diamondbacks tacked on another run for the laughable final score of 11-3. So the Phils are back at .500 (26-26) and searching for answers. Due to this turn of events, life of course still sucks. Anyway, the Phils will try to salvage a game in this series tomorrow as Jamie Moyer faces off against Randy Johnson for the second time this season in what should be an interesting contest, as Moyer and the Phils prevailed the first time around, and Johnson will thus be seeking redemption.