PHILLIES NEWS

After yet another sweep of the Braves in Atlanta, the Phils traveled to Florida tonight to begin a 3 game series with the suddenly red hot Marlins. Brett Myers, who has been brilliant of late, got the start, but he was not brilliant on this night, allowing 10 runs on 9 hits in just 4 innings of work. Meanwhile, the Phils jumped out early with 6 runs through 5 innings, but thanks to the Myer's debacle, they would need some late game heroics to pull this one out. Now onto the game. In the top of the 1st, Chase Utley walked and scored on a fielding error and Jayson Werth singled and scored on a wild pitch for a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the 5th, John Baker singled in a run, Mike Jacobs slapped a 2 run double and Dan Uggla slammed a 2 run homer for a 5-2 fish lead. In the top of the 2nd, Greg Dobbs slugged a solo homer, and Utley sac flyed in a run to cut the lead to 5-4. In the top of the 5th, Mr.September struck again as Ryan Howard crushed a 2 run homer for a 6-5 Phils' lead. In the bottom of the 5th, Jorge Cantu doubled in one run, Uggla singled in a second, a sac fly off the bat of Luis Gonzalez scored a 3rd run, and a 3 run homer by Alfredo Amezaga suddenly made it 11-6 fish. In the bottom of the 6th, Mike Jacobs slapped a 2 run single for a 13-6 lead. In the top of the 7th, Howard sac flyed in a run to cut the lead to 13-7. In the top of the 8th, the "Flyin Hawaiian" Shane Victorino based a solo shot to cut the lead to 13-8. In the bottom of the 8th, Cantu smashed a solo homer for a 14-8 lead. Finally in the top of the 9th, the Phils went down quietly to finish off the 14-8 Marlin's win. So the Phils drop to 86-68 overall, now .5 games back in the NL East but 2 games up in the wildcard.