The Phils traveled to Milwaukee tonight to begin a series with the Brewers. J.A Happ got the start and he actually looked healthy for a change allowing just 2 runs on 6 hits while striking out 7 in 5 and 2/3rd's innings. Meanwhile, the Phils pounded the Brew Crew into submission with 8 runs on 12 hits off Jeff Suppan in just 4 innings. Ryan Howard slapped an RBI single in the 1st inning, Pedro Feliz lined an RBI double in the 4th inning and the Phils racked up 4 straight singles and a 2 run homer by Jimmy Rollins in the 5th inning, to forge ahead 8-0. Milwaukee made some middling attempts to rally back, but realistically after 6 innings the game was already pretty much over. Just for good measure JRoll added another run to the Phils total in the 7th inning, by scoring on an error. From there thanks to some shaky bullpen play Milwaukee almost came back or just got themselves back in the game a few times, but each time a Phils reliever managed to hold them off just enough. First it was Chad Durbin in the 7th inning then Tyler Walker getting out of a bases loaded jam in the 8th inning and finally Clay Condrey closing the door in the 9th inning after allowing a couple of runs to close out the 9-3 win. It was really an impressive night for the Phils to be able to go into Milwaukee and get a win like this. They scored 9 runs and only hit 1 homer. That bodes well for them going forward, because the long ball can only get you so far come playoff time. The Phils really are thin in the back of the bullpen right now. Even Condrey couldn't get outs tonight. The day that J.C Romero and Brett Myers return action again can't come soon enough. So anyway with the win the Phils move to 89-63 overall and still 7 games up in the NL East. Also their magic number drops down to 4 now.
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Everything is looking pretty solid except the bullpen but that can change with the addition of 1 or 2 pitchers off of the DL.
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