In the first of their 3 game showdown with the Braves, Cole Hamels was the star. He went 8 brilliant innings, shrugging off a tight strike zone and a long ball that went foul, to allow just 1 run on 6 hits while striking out 6. Brian Mcann's RBI double in the 2nd inning gave the Braves their only run of the night. The Phils meanwhile, found the going tough as well against young Brandon Beachy in his major league debut. They had a lot of base runners but could never really capitalize on them. Still they did enough to get the Cole the win.
Ryan Howard doubled and scored on a double by Carlos Ruiz in the home of the second. Later in the 5th, Shane Victorino went all the way to 3rd on Jason Heyward's huge error to lead off the inning and eventually scored on a fielder's choice. Chase Utley followed with a single, a steal of second, and an advancement to 3rd on a throwing error by Brian Mcann. 2 walks and a fielder's choice later and Utley had scored for a 3-1 lead. Unfortunately from there with 2 on and only 1 out the Phils could not come up with the hit that would put the game way. In the end it didn't matter as Hamels rolled through the 8th and Brad Lidge retired the side in order in the 9th for his 24th save and the Phils 90th win. They're now 4 games up in the NL East and their magic number is down to 8.
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That front 3 of the rotation is rediculous and the way they're pitching I just cant forsee the Phils losing many more games all the way through the playoffs, and combined with their offense things continue to look good.
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yeah things are looking good.
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