PHILLIES NEWS

Coming into today's game Cardinals starter Kip Wells was undefeated against the Phils in his career with 5 wins. He's now still undefeated against the Phils, but only because he got a no-decision. Early on the game was mired by rain delays, with one at the on-set and one following the 3rd inning. At the time of the 2nd delay, the Cards led 1-0 and Wells was dealing. After the delay it was all Phillies. Wells, was inexplicably left in the game following the delay and Phils made him pay evening the score at 1 in the 5th inning on a Micheal Bourn RBI single. In 8th, Shane Victorino and delivered a pinch 3 RBI double to put the Phils up for good 4-1. Micheal Bourn tacked on another run in the 9th with yet another single for a 5-1 lead. Meanwhile, the Phils bullpen was lights out as Ryan Madson, Brian Sanches, Clay Condrey, and Antonio Alfonseca combined for 6 innings of shutout 4 hit ball to closeout a 5-1 Phils win. So the Phils improve to 39-36, still in 3 games back in second but now 1.5 games up on the 3rd place Braves who lost again. Thus, life is beautiful again