PHILLIES NEWS

The Phils returned to the Bank tonight, welcoming in the Chicago Cubs for a weekend series. Brett Myers got the start tonight, and produced his first solid outing of the season, hopefully a harbinger of things to come, allowing just 3 runs on 5 hits in 8 innings of work. Meanwhile, with JRoll still out of the lineup, it was the big bat of Pat "the Bat" Burrell that stepped up for the Phils as he racked up a homer and an RBI double to help power the Phils to victory. In the top of the first, Derek Lee and Aramis Ramirez hit back to back 2 out homers and the Cubs led 2-0. The Phils finally answered back in the bottom of the 4th as Pat Burrell slammed a 2 run homer to tie it at 2. In the bottom of the 5th they kept it going as the Flyin Hawaiian, Shane Victorino walked and scored on a clutch 2 out double by "Roy Hobbs", Greg Dobbs for a 3-2 lead. In the top of the 6th the Cubs answered back as Alphonso Soriano banged a solo homer to tie it at 3. Finally, in the bottom of the 6th the Phils pulled away for good, as Burrell crushed an RBI double and then scored on a clutch 2 out single by Carlos Ruiz, to put the Phils up 5-3. From there Myers steered it into the 9th, where after serving up a one out double to Ramirez, Brad Lidge retired the side and the Cubs for his 2nd save and a 5-3 Phils win. So the Phils improve to 5-6 overall thus far.