Tonight the Phils continued their series with the Rangers, with the second of a 3 game set. In a desperate need of a win the Phils turned to staff ace Cole Hamels to stop the bleeding. While allowing just 4 runs on 6 hits in 7 tough innings of work, Hamels was able to do just that. Now onto the game. In the bottom of the first, Micheal Young slammed a 2 run homer for a 2-0 Ranger's lead. In the top of the 2nd, Jayson Werth slapped a 2 run single and Pedro Feliz scored on a wild pitch for a 3-2 Phils' lead. In the top of the 3rd, Chase Utley slugged a solo homer, and Ryan Howard crushed a 2 run homer for a 6-2 Phils' lead. In the bottom of the 5th, Jarod Saltalamacchia doubled in a run and scored on a single by Ian Kinsler to cut the lead to 5-4. In the top of the 6th, Jimmy Rollins tripled in a run for a 7-4 Phils' lead. In the top of the 7th, Utley doubled in another run for an 8-4 Phils' lead. In the bottom of the 8th the Rangers scored a couple of cheap 2 out runs on a single and a bases loaded walk to cut the lead to 8-6. Finally in the bottom of the 9th, Brad Lidge put the Rangers down for the count, striking out the side after allowing a couple hits. So the Phils improve to 44-38 overall, and move back to 2 games up in the NL East.
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