The Phils finished their series with the Dodgers tonight, as they looked to earn a series split. Antonio Bastardo got his 2nd career start and pitched well again allowing just 2 runs on 7 hits in 5 strong innings of work. Meanwhile the Phils blasted 3 homers to carry Bastardo to his 2nd win in as many starts. In the top of the 2nd Pedro Feliz sac flyed in a run for a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the 4th Matt Kemp singled in a run to knot it up at 1. In the top of the 5th Carlos Ruiz and "the Flyin Hawaiian"each colleted an RBI single for a 3-1 lead. In the bottom of the 6th Casey Blake doubled and scored on a fielder's choice to cut it to 3-2. In the top of the 7th Ruiz and Victorino struck again, as Ruiz slugged a 2 run homer and Victorino lined out a solo shot for a 6-2 lead. In the top of the 8th Ryan Howard further added the Dodger misery, crushing a solo homer for a 7-2 lead. From there Chan Ho Park retired the side in the 8th and Ryan Madson did likewise in the 9th to close out the 7-2 win. So the Phils got their split and still have not lost a series on the road thus far this season. That's pretty impressive when you consider how much Jimmy Rollins has struggled so far this season, but tonight however Rollins finally seemed to find himself, going 2 for 4, with a run scored. That's good news for the Phils already potent lineup which has much more success when JRoll gets on base and scores then we he doesn't. Anyway so the Phils move to 33-22 overall and remain 3 games up in the NL East.
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This game seemed to show some good signs of continued good pitching, and also that Jimmy Rollins is starting to get out of his slump. Oh yea, that win is nice too.
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yeah I think he might be starting to get out of it, but he probably still needs a little work
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