The Phils finished off their series with the Cardinals tonight. Brett Myers got the start and produced another impressive effort allowing just 2 runs on 4 hits in 6 solid innings of work. Meanwhile the Phils were held to just 1 run through the first 6 innings by Todd Wellemeyer, so it would come down to a couple late rallies to decide the victor. Now onto the game. In the bottom of the 2nd, Ryan Ludwick doubled and scored on a single by Troy Glaus for a 1-0 Card's lead. In the bottom of the 4th, Ludwick slammed a solo homer for a 2-0 Card's lead. In the top of the 6th, Chase Utley slugged a solo homer to cut the lead to 2-1. In the top of the 8th, Pat "the Bat" Burrell slapped an RBI single and the "Flyin Hawaiian" Shane Victorino crushed a 3 run homer to put the Phils ahead 5-2. In the bottom of the 8th, a throwing error by Ryan Howard allowed the Cardinals to cut the lead to 5-3. In the bottom of the 9th, with Brad Lidge on the mound, Troy Glaus homered to cut the lead to 5-4. Then with one out, the Cardinals loaded the bases, but Lidge struck out the side to get out of it and finish off the 5-4 Phil's win. So the Phils move to 61-50 overall and now lead the NL East by 2.5 games over the Marlins, who come to town Tuesday for a big 3 game series.
2 comments:
Its good to see another win over a good team, but now the more important games are coming with the Marlins. Once again we can only hope that they prevail
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yeah we can only hope
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