PHILLIES NEWS

On this friday the 13th, the bad luck resided with the Cardinals. It all started in the 1st inning. Jimmy Rollins leadoff with a ground rule double. Shane Victorino bunted him over and then not only reached base, but wound up on 3rd base, on a throwing error by pitcher Kip Wells. Rollins obviously scored on the error. Chase Utley then singled in Victorino. Ryan Howard followed with a double, and Aaron Rowand popped up, but it got over the head of Albert Pujols and Howard and Utley scored. Rowand, unfortunately was thrown out at 2nd. Unfortunately, for St. Louis that was only the first out. Pat Burrell and Greg Dobbs put together consecutive singles and then after a strikeout by Carlos Ruiz, the pitcher, Kyle Kendrick singled to score Burrell. Jimmy Rollins then grounded out to end the inning but the damage had been done. The Phils scored again in the second, 3rd, and 4th innings and before you knew it they were ahead 9-0. St.Louis finally scored in the 5th inning, but it was too little to late. Kendrick wound up going 7 strong innings while allowing just run on 6 hits and striking out 4. By the time Kendrick left the game the Phils had tacked on 4 more runs and led laughingly 13-1. Although they allowed 2 runs on 1 hit, J.C Romero, Jose Mesa, and J.D Durbin combined to close out the Cardinals in the 8th and 9th innings for a 13-3 win. In all the Phils amassed 13 runs on 23 hits in this laugher and are now back above .500 at 45-44. Also the Phils are back within 4.0 games of the first place Mets, but remain in 3rd place, 2.5 behind the Braves. Still Life remains beautiful.