The roll finally ended for the Phils this afternoon. Kyle Kendrick was touched up for 5 runs on 7 hits in just 4 innings of work and the Phils offense never quite clicked. Thanks to a stellar performance by the Phils bullpen, allowing just 1 run in the final 5 innings, the Phils at least had a chance to win this one but they just couldn't come up with enough offense. They had chances they just couldn't get that one hit they needed to take advantage of them.
Carlos Ruiz ripped a 2 run double in the 2nd inning to the give the Phils their only runs of the day but they had other chances. Chase Utley was stranded after a leadoff single in the 3rd inning. In 5th Utley grounded into a double play and Ryan Howard struck out with a runner on first. With 2 out in the 7th Jimmy Rollins singled but was stranded when Utley popped up. Finally in the 8th, Howard and Shane Victorino both walked and then moved up to 2nd and 3rd on a wild pitch to put 2 runners in scoring position for Ben Francisco. Francisco had a good long at bat but just couldn't time Jon Axford's pitches in the late afternoon shadows as he flied out to end the inning. From there the Phils went down in order in the 9th and the Brew Crew had avoided a sweep with a 6-2 win. Fortunately the Braves lost today as well so the Phils remain 1 game back in the NL East.
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