PHILLIES NEWS

The Phils came into today looking to win their 3rd in a row and take a series from the Padres. With Jake Peavy, the league ERA. leader, on the mound for the Padres, winning figured to be a stern test. Apparently, no one told the Phils or young starter J.D Durbin that they weren't supposed to win. Durbin, was lights out all day, tossing a complete game shutout of Padres, on just 5 hits. Peavy on the other hand wasn't so lucky. He lasted just 6 innings, allowing 4 runs on 9 hits. Jimmy Rollins, alone, homered in the 3rd inning and tripled and scored in the 5th inning to account for 2 of those 4 runs. Still, when Peavy left the game it was only 4-0 Phils, so the Pads still had a chance to steal victory. The red hot Phillies offense made sure that chance didn't last very long. Just like last night in the 9th inning, they put together a long rally in the 8th inning to put it away for good. Micheal Bourn tripled to leadoff the inning and scored on a fielder's choice. With two outs, Jimmy Rollins walked, J.D Durbin doubled, Shane Victorino doubled to score both, Chase Utley and Ryan Howard both walked to load the bases, and finally Aaron Rowand singled with the bases loaded to score two more runs. Just like that the Phils were up 9-0 and the stage was set for Durbin to complete the shutout, which he did of course in the top of the 9th. So the Phils improve to 50-48, but remain in 3rd place, 5 games behind the 1st place Mets who also won today. Still, life remains beautiful.