PHILLIES NEWS

The Phils continued their series with the Nationals tonight. Cole Hamels got the start and was rolling along into the bottom of the 5th, where with one out, he attempted to field a ground ball to set up a double play and wound up turning his ankle while fielding the ball. He is currently listed again as day to day. So his day was done but the Phils bullpen did a great job the rest of the way, limiting the Nats to just one run on 2 hits the rest of the way. Meanwhile the Phils bats were building up a nice lead they would not soon relinquish. In the bottom of the 3rd Chase Utley crushed a 2 run homer and Pedro Feliz slugged a 3 run homer for a 5-0 lead. In the bottom of the 5th Utley struck again with a solo shot for a 6-0 lead. In the top of the 6th Adam Dunn clobbered a solo homer to cut it to 6-1. In the bottom of the 8th Raul Ibanez lined another homer into the seats, this one a solo shot, for a 7-1 lead. Finally in the top of the 9th Clay Condrey closed out the Nats for the 7-1 win. So the Phils improve to 11-8 overall with their 5th win in a row, but remain 2nd in the NL East.