The Phils continued their series with the Braves tonight. J.A Happ got the start in place of Kyle Kendrick, who was given the night off reportedly, due to mental and physical fatigue, and after the thumping he took in his last two starts, there's no wonder why. Happ responded with a superb outing, tossing 6 scoreless innings on just 3 hits. Meanwhile, the Phils bat's jumped out early with 4 runs in the 1st inning, so Happ would need the bullpen to protect his first win. Now onto the game. In the top of the 1st, Mr.September struck again as Ryan Howard slapped an RBI single, Jayson Werth scored a 2nd run on an error by Brian Mcann, and Carlos Ruiz slapped a bases loaded single for 2 more runs and a 4 -0 lead. In the top of the 8th, "the Bat" Pat Burrell singled, and was replaced on the basepaths by Eric Bruntlett who scored a few batters later on a fielder's choice for a 5-0 lead. In the top of the 9th, Matt Stairs slammed his 1st homer as a phil for a 6-0 lead. Finally in the bottom of the 9th, after allowing their only run of the night, Clay Condrey closed out the Braves and the 6-1 Phils win. So the Phils move to 85-67 overall and remain .5 games up in the NL East.
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Im not sure how many games are left in the season but I know the regular season is over in around 2 weeks so all I have to say to the Phils is just win 14 more games in a row
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As of now there are just 9 games to go, and they just gotta win them all
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