Ryan Howard set it up right from the first inning with a three run bomb int te upper deck in right.
Halladay was great tonight. Eight innings only four hits but he walked three. Only one earned run that may not have been a run if the Phils were paying attention.
Mcgehee came in on a sac fly but he hit Ruiz foot and hopped right over the plate and never touched it.
The ump never made a call.
Still no Utley. Looks like he is out until next Wednesday at the earliest.
It was another odd line up tonight with Pence hitting third and Ibanez fifth.
Pete Orr played second and he got three hits.
Take a look at this line for Valdez.
Valdez, W, SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 10 .248
That's 0-4 and the ten stands for men left on base. He hit into one DP but it seems like much more then one to me..
With that three run homer Howard leads all of baseball in RBI's and is third in the NL in homers.
It was 5-1 headed to the ninth but then Bastardo came in.
In his last three appearances, he has faced eight batters. He has retired only two of them in one-plus inning, allowing two hits, four runs and four walks.
Tonight he gave up a walked and a hit to the first two batters. So he was taken out for Madseon whom came in and got the save but not before giving up a hit that scored two runs, charged to Bastardo.
Anyway they win get to 45 games over .500, the Braves lose so the division lead is 11 and the playoff magic number is 3 with 21 games left.
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Win 5-3
last ten 8-2
After Pence 27-9
Division up 11
Magic number 9
Playoff Magic Number 3
Record 93-48
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