Game 121 D-Backs @ Phils

Started off very good. 1-2-3 first for Cliff Lee then Rollins got his 37th career leadoff homer.
Then Lee gave up a two run homer.
Pence doubled to start the second and later scored but barely. On a single he came into third and slid into third for some reason but still had time to get up and come home.

He has pitched great since then.
Into the sixth inning they only have 2 hits but the Phils only have three.

Howard is really looking silly against lefties lately.
He's 0-2 with a strike out on another ball way off the plate and grounded out into double play on a weakly hit ball to second.

So it looks like Howard hurt his side on one of those stupid swing and misses in the sixth inning. He was walking around in the dugout after with a pained look on his face and now it looks like he went in the club house with the trainer.

The Phils picked up three runs in the seventh on a bunch of hits. Howard was in the in deck circle so maybe he is just tweaked a little.
Two of the runs came on a ball that Wilson Valdez smoked to the center field fence for a double. Then Ben Francisco hit a sac fly pinch hitting for Lee who had a great game tonight.

Howard comes out to hit in the eighth. He rips a leadoff single pas the short fielder in right on the shift.
They get 4 more runs and just blow it open in the eighth.

Madson comes in with the 9-2 lead because he hasn't pitched in a week.
Was a mild struggle but he closed it out for the non save.

Hunter Pence was 2-2 with 2 walks and 3 runs scored.
Trying to figure out the magic number. They have 41 games left and and 8.5 lead so that. Should make the number 32 I think.



Win 9-2
Streak 1 win
After Pence 13-3
Last ten 7-3
Last 16 13-3
Record 79-42