What a great comeback by the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night! Trailing 5-3 heading into the eighth inning, things did not look good for the Phillies. However, Shane Victorino stepped up bigtime and hit a two-run home run to tie the game at 5-5. It was then pitch hitter Matt Stairs turn to go yard as he delivered the game winning moonshot off of Jonathan Broxton and the Phillies beat the Dodgers 7-5.

Besides the four runs in the eighth inning, the Phillies jumped on the scoreboard in the first inning with two runs. Chase Utley had a rbi double while Jason Werth scored on a rbi ground out by Ryan Howard. Howard would end up scoring the Phillies third run in the fifth inning on a wild pitch as well.

Starting pitcher Joe Blanton tossed five innings as he gave up three runs on seven hits. He did strike out four batters but also walked four batters. It would have nice to see him pitch a little deeper into the game but luckily for the Phillies their bullpen pitched well enough to get the victory.

Chad Durbin was the only relief pitcher to give up any runs as he allowed two in the sixth inning and was quickly pulled. Ryan Madson threw 1 2/3 innings to get the victory in the game. Brad Lidge threw 1 1/3 innings to get the save. Scott Eyre also got into the game as he recorded one out.

Now the Phillies are up 3-1 in the series and will be looking to close things out in L.A. on Wednesday. They will be sending Cole Hamels to the mound and he will be facing off against Chad Billingsley of the Dodgers. I like the Phillies chances of closing out the series with Hamels on the mound that is for sure!

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Things got interesting in the top of the ninth inning as the Atlanta Braves scored one run and then had two other runners on base and only down one run but Brad Lidge was able to finally get out of the inning on a fly ball and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Braves 5-4.

Kyle Kendrick improved his record to 3-2 as he earned the victory.  Kendrick tossed six innings and gave up six hits and three runs in the game.  Lidge was able to get his tenth save of the year even though he struggled in the ninth inning.  J.C. Romero and Tom Gordon both pitched a scoreless inning between Kendrick and Lidge.

Jason Werth had four rbi to lead the Phillies.  Werth had two singles that score two runs each time and then another single that scored one run.  Ryan Howard had the other rbi for the Phillies as he singled in a run in the fifth inning.

The Phillies are now 22-18 on the season.  Picking up a win over the divisional rival the Braves is always a good thing!  Phillies Blog

Cole Hamels pitched 7.1 innings on Tuesday night as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 7-4.  Hamels picked up the win which improves his record to 3-3 on the season.  A big eighth inning where the Phillies scored four runs gave them enough cushion to hold on for the victory.

Besides Hamels good start, J.C. Romero, Tom Gordon, and Ryan Madson all seen action in the game.  Madson made things interesting in the ninth inning as he gave up two runs.

Carlos Ruiz had two RBI for the Phillies while a slew of players chipped in with one RBI each.  Jason Werth, Eric Bruntlett, Ryan Howard, Pedro Feliz and Greg Dobbs all had one RBI in the game.

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The Philadelphia Phillies scored two runs in the eigth inning to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1.  Pat Burrell once again came up with the big hit as he had two-run double in the eigth inning that provided the go ahead and winning runs.

The Phillies also got a solo home run off the bat of Jason Werth.  It was Werth’s fourth home run of the season.

Tom Gordon picked up the win as he pitched the seventh inning.  Starting pitcher Jamie Moyer threw six innings and allowed eight hits and one earned run.  Good quality start for Moyer as he kept the Phillies in the game and that is all you can ask from your starter.  J.C. Romero and Ryan Madson pitched the eigth inning before giving way to Brad Lidge who picked up his fifth save of the season.

The Phillies are now one game over .500 and hope to continue their success on Friday when they start a series with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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The Philadelphia Phillies scored four runs in the final two innings as they came from behind to beat the Colorado Rockies by the score of 8-6 on Tuesday night.  Pat Burrell hit a bases loaded double in the ninth inning off of Manuel Corpas for the game winning hit.

Burrell led the Phillies with three RBI all coming on the double, Chase Utley had two RBI, while Jason Werth, So Taguchi, and Greg Dobbs all had one RBI.  Werth’s RBI came on a solo home run in the seventh inning.

Ryan Madson picked up the win for the Phillies as he pitched in relief.  Brad Lidge saved the game in the ninth inning to pick up his fourth save of the season.  Phillies starter Brett Myers pitched seven innings and allowed eleven hits and six earned runs.  Myers did not pitch good like the team had hoped for.

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The Philadelphia Phillies didn’t score until the 7th inning when the scored three runs, but that was enough to beat the New York Mets on Tuesday afternoon.  The Phillies did add on a couple more insurance runs in the 8th inning as well.

Behind 2-0 going into the 7th inning, Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino scored on a throwing error by Carlos Delgado.  Jason Werth then singled to right field and scored Chase Utley to give the Phillies the lead.

In the 8th inning, Rollins singled and scored Carlos Ruiz to give the Phillies a 4-2 lead.  Utley then delivered a RBI double that scored Rollins to make the score 5-2.

Tom Gordon closed out the ballgame in the 9th inning to pick up his first save of the season.  Jamie Moyer pitched six innings of four hit ball to pick up his first win of the season.

Rollins did leave the game in the bottom of the 8th inning with a sprained ankle so we will have to keep an eye on that injury and see if it causes him to miss any time. 

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The Philadelphia Phillies picked up their first win in 2008 eason in dramatic fashion as they beat the Washington Nationals 8-7 in 10 innings.  It took a bases loaded walk to Jason Werth to get the winning run, but the Phillies will take it any way they can get it!

Clay Condrey picked up the victory out of the bullpen for the Phillies.  The rest of the bullpen pitched pretty good as well as Ryan Madson was the only relief pitcher charged with a earned run.  Starting pitcher Jamie Moyer was charged with three earned runs in only 3.2 innings.

Hopefully the Phillies offense will stay hot as they play the Cincinnati Reds next.  The Phillies can really use some wins to get back to .500 and stay towards the top of the division.

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