PHILLIES NEWS

Thanks to Jon Lieber the Phils are back on track again. Lieber, pitched a complete game shutout, allowing just 2 hits the entire night while striking out a career best 11. Not surprisingly, this game lasted only about 2 hours, and featured only 2 innings in which runs were scored, all of course going to Phils. In other words, there is not a whole lot talk about, but just in case you were wondering how the Phils scored their runs on the night here goes. Greg Dobbs singled in Aaron Rowand for 1-0 Phils lead in the 2nd inning, and in the 4th inning Dobbs, Pat Burrell, and Rod Barajas all produced RBI doubles off Royals starter and losing pitcher Gil Meche, who didn't pitch too badly himself, allowing just those 4 runs on 8 hits while striking out 8 in 7 innings of work. So there you have it the Phils won 4-0 and are now back to within 5 games of the first place Mets. Thus, life is beautiful again. Oh and one more quick note, before I forget. Remember ex Phils closer Jose Mesa, their all-time and single season saves leader, well he's back with the Phils as he signed with them yesterday as a free agent, obviously in the hope that he can somehow bolster their beat up bullpen, with Brett Myers and Flash Gordon both on the DL.