The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds by the score of 5-0 on Thursday afternoon as they beat the Reds three out of four games in their series.  Good series for the Phillies as they did exactly what they were hoping to.  Any time you can get a series win, you did a good job.

Cole Hamels pitched all nine innings for the Phillies and only allowed three hits.  Hamels struck out four batters and walked three while improving his record to 6-4 on the season.  Great outing for Hamels as it saved the Phillies from having to use the bullpen.  Anytime you can get your bullpen some rest that is a good thing.

Geoff Jenkins went deep for a solo home run in the sixth inning for the one long ball for the Phils.  Shane Victorino had a rbi single in the fith inning and then Ryan Howard had a rbi single in the seventh inning.  The Phillies also scored two unearned runs in the game.

The Phillies now have a big weekend series with the Atlanta Braves.  The Braves and the Phillies also play good games so it should be an exciting weekend of baseball.

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The Philadelphia Phillies bats were silent on Wednesday night as the Phillies were shutout by the Cincinnati Reds 2-0.  The game almost got blown wide open in the ninth inning as the Reds had the bases loaded but only came away with one run.

Brett Myers didn’t allow a hit until the seventh inning as he tossed 7 1/3 innings to take the loss for the Phillies.  Myers gave up a rbi double to Joey Votto in the seventh inning and then was pulled from the game.  Myers deserved a lot better decision then what he got, the offense just wan’t there tonight against the Reds.

J.C. Romero pitched after Myers left the game and got into a jam as he was charged with one run scoring.  Ryan Madson was then called upon to get the last two outs in the top of the ninth inning and that is exactly what he did.

The Phillies were stopped at the plate all night long.  They only had two hits in the game.  Ryan Howard and Geoff Jenkins had one hit each for the Phillies.  You need to have better production than that if you expect to win a game.

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The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Tuesday night and have won the first two games of their four game series.  The Phillies are now on a three game win streak that has improved their record to 35-25.

Pat Burrell had the big hit for the Phillies as he went deep for a two run home run in the sixth inning.  The other Phillies run came in the third inning when Chase Utley had a rbi single that scored Jimmy Rollins.

Adam Eaton pitched 6 2/3 innings and only gave up one run while he recorded his second win of the season.  Eatin is now 2-3 with a 4.63 era.  Tom Gordon did give up one run in the eighth inning and then Brad Lidge shut the door in the ninth inning to get his 15th save of the season.

The Phillies will try to make it four straight on Wednesday night as they take the Reds on in game three of the four game series.

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The Philadelphia Phillies held on to beat the Cincinnati Reds Monday evening by the score of 5-4.  The Phillies jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning and then put up a three spot in the fourth inning and that was just barely enough to beat the Reds.

Chase Utley got things started in the first inning with a two run home run.  Utley has now hit 21 home runs and has 52 rbi on the season.  In the fourth inning, Pedro Feliz hit a two run home run that was followed by a solo shot by Chris Coste.  Those three swings in the game was all the Phillies would need to get the victory.

Kyle Kendrick improved to 5-2 on the season as he picked up the win after pitching 5 1/3 innings.  Kendrick did allow four earned runs as he gave up two home runs in the game.  Luckily for Kendrick and the Phillies, the bullpen really stepped up and did a good job.

Chad Durbin, Tom Gordon, and Brad Lidge finished things up in the late inning.  Lidge recorded his 14th save of the season.