PHILLIES NEWS

The Phils continued on their current roll, tonight in the 2nd of a 2 game set with the Pirates in Pittsburgh. Kyle Kendrick got the start and produced his best performance of the season thus far, allowing just 4 runs on 7 hits in 7 innings of work. Meanwhile, the Phils roughed up the Pirates Matt Morris for 6 runs on 6 hits in just an inning and 2/3rds and it simply stood up the rest of the way. Now onto the game. In the top of the first inning, Ryan Howard slugged a 2 run homer, Geoff Jenkins slapped an RBI single, and scored on a single by Eric Bruntlett, and finally Chris Coste was hit by a pitch and scored on an error for a 5-0 Phils lead. In the top of the 2nd inning Geoff Jenkins slapped another RBI single for a 6-0 lead. In the bottom of the 3rd Nate Mclouth hit an RBI single and scored on a double by Freddy Sanchez to cut the lead to 6-2. In the top of the 6th, Jayson Werth doubled in a run and scored on a double by Pedro Feliz to push the lead to 8-2. In the bottom of the 7th Doug Mientkiewicz singled and scored on a fielder's choice to cut the lead to 8-3. In the bottom of 8th Nate Mclouth slammed a solo homer to cut the lead to 8-4. Finally, following the homer by Mclouth, Rudy Seanez, and Ryan Madson combined to close out the Pirates and an 8-4 Phils win. So the Phils move to 14-11 overall and appear well on their way to an April above .500 for the first time in a long time.