The Phils extended their winning streak to 6 tonight with a win over the lowly Arizona Diamondbacks. Cole Hamels provided a solid start allowing just 3 runs on 6 hits while striking out 8 over 5 innings. That was enough for the Phils to take an early 4-3 lead through 5 on an RBI single by Ryan Howard, a bases loaded walk, and a 2 run homer by Jayson Werth. Arizona rallied ahead briefly 5-4 in the top of the 6th, before the Phils came back with 3 runs in the home half of the 6th, on an RBI single by Raul Ibanez and a 2 run blast by Howard.
Later in the 7th, Cody Ransom launched another 2 run shot to push the Phils to 9-5 and that was about all she wrote. Jose Contreras pitched a scoreless 8th inning and Ryan Madson tossed a perfect 9th to close out the 9-5 win. So the Phils have now won 6 in a row and coupled with another Braves loss tonight, they move back to within 3.5 games of 1st in the NL East. In more sombering Jimmy Rollins did play tonight as he is day to day with a foot bruise. Also Shane Victorino tweaked his oblique tonight while catching a fly ball and could end up on the DL. Hopefully, JRoll and Victorino will both be ok because I would hate to see the Phils lose another winning streak to injuries.
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