PHILLIES NEWS

The Phils finished their series with the Cardinals tonight and continued to knock the ball around racking up 10 runs on 15 hits. Meanwhile, Brett Myers put forth a decent outing, allowing 5 runs on 9 hits in just 5 and 1/3rd innings of work, just enough for a win. The Phils simply had too much firepower for the Cardinals to handle. In the top of the 1st, the "Flyin Hawaiian", Shane Victorino slapped a solo homer for a 1-0 lead. In the top of the 3rd Victorino doubled in a couple of runs and scored on a sac fly by Jayson Werth for a 4-0 lead. In the bottom of the 3rd Tyler Greene doubled and scored on fielder's choice to cut it to 4-1. In the bottom of the 4th Ryan Ludwick and Yadier Molina each slugged solo homers to cut it to 4-3. In the top of the 5th Werth crushed a 3 run homer for a 7-3 lead. In the bottom of the 5th Ludwick singled in a run to cut it to 7-4. In the bottom of the 6th Greene sac flyed in a run to cut it to 7-5. In the top of the 7th Victorino singled and scored on a single by Ryan Howard, and Pedro Feliz beat out an infield single to allow another run to score for a 9-5 lead. In the bottom of the 7th Colby Rasmus doubled in a run to cut it to 9-6. In the top of the 9th Feliz doubled in a run for a 10-6 lead. Finally in the bottom of the 9th Albert Pujols crushed a solo homer leading off, before Brad Lidge retired the side for the 10-7 win. So the Phils move to 14-10 overall and into 1st in the NL East by a half a game over the Marlins. That's right the magic number is only 138 for the Phils to clinch the division.