After yet another tough series, dropping 2 of 3 to the Mets, the Phils returned home to the friendly confines of the Bank for a 3 game set with the Atlanta Braves. Kyle Kendrick got the start and pitched well, allowing just one run on 7 hits in 6 innings of work. Meanwhile Jair Jurhjens silenced the Phils bat's holding them to 0 runs on 3 hits in 8 innings of work. Now onto the game. In the top of the 4th, Brian Mcann slammed a solo homer for a 1-0 Brave's lead. In the top of the 9th inning,with the Phils still trailing Brad Lidge finally caved against the pressure to keep it a 1-0 game, as Mark Texeira singled in one run, Brian Mcann slugged a grand slam for 4 more runs, Jeff Franceour doubled and scored on a double by Kelly Johnson, and Johnson scored on a fielder's choice for an 8-0 Brave's lead. Finally in the bottom of the 9th, the Phils got on the board as Ryan Howard crushed a 2 run homer, his 30th of the season, to cut the lead to 8-2, but it was too little too late for the Phils as they fell 8-2, dropping to 54-49 overall, now 2 games out of first in the NL East.
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