GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: ATLANTA (83-74) at PHILADELPHIA (85-72)

NL: ATLANTA at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ATLANTA 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
PHILADELPHIA 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 x 5 8 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: ATL - TIM HUDSON, ROYCE RING (7TH), PETER MOYLAN (7TH), OCTAVIO
DOTEL (8TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN

PHI - KYLE LOHSE, TOM GORDON (8TH), J.C. ROMERO (8TH),
BRETT MYERS (9TH) AND CARLOS RUIZ

HOME RUNS: ATL - MARK TEIXEIRA (16) OFF KYLE LOHSE IN THE 4TH, 1 ON

PHI - SHANE VICTORINO (12) OFF TIM HUDSON IN THE 7TH, 0 ON</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ATLANTA 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
PHILADELPHIA 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 x 5 8 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: ATL - TIM HUDSON, ROYCE RING (7TH), PETER MOYLAN (7TH), OCTAVIO
DOTEL (8TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN

PHI - KYLE LOHSE, TOM GORDON (8TH), J.C. ROMERO (8TH),
BRETT MYERS (9TH) AND CARLOS RUIZ


WP - KYLE LOHSE (9-12)
LP - TIM HUDSON (16-10)
SAVE - BRETT MYERS (20)

HOME RUNS: ATL - MARK TEIXEIRA (16) OFF KYLE LOHSE IN THE 4TH, 1 ON

PHI - SHANE VICTORINO (12) OFF TIM HUDSON IN THE 7TH, 0 ON


TIME: 2:32 ATT: 36,588

PROBABLES: ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ (14-7, 2.95)
PHI - KYLE KENDRICK (9-4, 3.83)</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">ATLANTA (2) VS PHILADELPHIA (5) - FINAL

ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .279
O Dotel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
E Renteria ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333
C Jones 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .339
M Teixeira 1b 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 .320
B McCann c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .272
J Francoeur rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .290
A Jones cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222
M Diaz lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .335
T Hudson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263
R Ring p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
P Moylan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Y Escobar ph-2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .331

Totals 32 2 6 2 1 8 8

a-walked for P Moylan in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - J Francoeur (39, K Lohse). HR - M Teixeira (16, 4th inning off K
Lohse 1 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Teixeira 2 (54). Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - A Jones 1, M Diaz 1. Team LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: CS - E Renteria (2, 2nd base by K Lohse/C Ruiz).

FIELDING: E - C Jones (9, throw). DP: 1 (E Renteria-K Johnson-M Teixeira).


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .296
C Utley 2b 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 .334
P Burrell lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .258
T Gordon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Romero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Myers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Howard 1b 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 .265
A Rowand cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 .310
G Dobbs 3b 3 0 1 2 0 1 2 .276
A Nunez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .236
J Werth rf-lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .298
C Ruiz c 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
K Lohse p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .163
a-S Victorino ph-rf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .284

Totals 32 5 8 4 2 8 12

a-homered to right for K Lohse in the 7th.

BATTING: 3B - J Rollins (19, T Hudson). HR - S Victorino (12, 7th inning off T
Hudson 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Howard (128), G Dobbs 2 (55), S Victorino (46).
2-out RBI - R Howard, G Dobbs 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A
Rowand 1, G Dobbs 1. GIDP - C Utley. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (C Ruiz-J Rollins).


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ATLANTA - 000 200 000 -- 2
PHILADELPHIA - 103 000 10x -- 5
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ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
T Hudson (L, 16-10) 6 8 5 2 1 5 1 3.33
R Ring 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.84
P Moylan 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.82
O Dotel 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.40

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
K Lohse (W, 9-12) 7 6 2 2 0 5 1 4.63
T Gordon (H, 12) 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 5.06
J Romero (H, 21) 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.38
B Myers (S, 20) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.39

T Hudson pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

WP - P Moylan. IBB - R Howard 2 (by T Hudson, P Moylan). HBP - C Utley (by T
Hudson). Pitches-strikes: T Hudson 94-61; R Ring 5-4; P Moylan 14-6; O Dotel
10-7; K Lohse 89-57; T Gordon 12-7; J Romero 6-4; B Myers 6-5. Ground balls-fly
balls: T Hudson 12-1; R Ring 0-1; P Moylan 1-0; O Dotel 0-1; K Lohse 7-8; T
Gordon 0-1; J Romero 0-0; B Myers 0-2. Batters faced: T Hudson 28; R Ring 1; P
Moylan 3; O Dotel 3; K Lohse 26; T Gordon 3; J Romero 1; B Myers 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Joe West. 1B--Ed Rapuano. 2B--Ed Hickox. 3B--C.B. Bucknor.

T--2:32. Att--36,588.
Weather: 86 degrees, clear. Wind: 12 mph, out to
center.</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
ATLANTA 2
PHILADELPHIA 5 FINAL</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at PHILADELPHIA

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ATLANTA (2) AT PHILADELPHIA (5) - HOW THEY SCORED
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PHILADELPHIA 1ST: J Rollins tripled to deep center. C Utley flied out to
center. P Burrell struck out swinging. R Howard singled to center, J Rollins
scored. A Rowand reached on infield single to second, R Howard to second.
G Dobbs struck out looking. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, PHILADELPHIA 1.

PHILADELPHIA 3RD: J Rollins grounded out to second. C Utley hit by pitch.
P Burrell grounded out to pitcher, C Utley to second. R Howard intentionally
walked. A Rowand safe at second on throwing error by third baseman C Jones,
C Utley scored, R Howard to third. G Dobbs singled to center, R Howard and
A Rowand scored. J Werth struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) ATLANTA 0, PHILADELPHIA 4.

ATLANTA 4TH: C Jones singled to center. M Teixeira homered to center,
C Jones scored. B McCann flied out to left. J Francoeur struck out swinging.
A Jones grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 4.

PHILADELPHIA 7TH: S Victorino hit for K Lohse. S Victorino homered to
right. J Rollins singled to left center. R Ring relieved T Hudson. C Utley
flied out to left. P Moylan relieved R Ring. J Rollins to second on wild pitch
by P Moylan. P Burrell grounded out to first, J Rollins to third. R Howard
intentionally walked. A Rowand struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 2, PHILADELPHIA 5.</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at PHILADELPHIA

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ATLANTA (2) AT PHILADELPHIA (5) - EVENT LOG
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Atlanta Starting Lineups -- K Johnson 2B, E Renteria SS, C Jones 3B, M Teixeira 1B,
B McCann C, J Francoeur RF, A Jones CF, M Diaz LF, T Hudson RHP.

Philadelphia Starting Lineups -- J Rollins SS, C Utley 2B, P Burrell LF,
R Howard 1B, A Rowand CF, G Dobbs 3B, J Werth RF, C Ruiz C, K Lohse RHP.

Umpires -- Joe West (HP), Ed Rapuano (1B), Ed Hickox (2B), C.B. Bucknor (3B).


Gametime Weather: 86 degrees, Clear, wind out to center at 12 mph.


ATLANTA 1ST: K Johnson grounded out to second. E Renteria singled to
center. C Jones struck out swinging. E Renteria caught stealing second,
catcher to shortstop.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 1ST: J Rollins tripled to deep center. C Utley flied out to
center. P Burrell struck out swinging. R Howard singled to center, J Rollins
scored. A Rowand reached on infield single to second, R Howard to second.
G Dobbs struck out looking. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, PHILADELPHIA 1.

ATLANTA 2ND: M Teixeira struck out swinging. B McCann singled to center.
J Francoeur grounded out to catcher, B McCann to second. A Jones struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, PHILADELPHIA 1.

PHILADELPHIA 2ND: J Werth grounded out to third. C Ruiz struck out
swinging. K Lohse grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, PHILADELPHIA 1.

ATLANTA 3RD: M Diaz flied out to right. T Hudson flied out to center.
K Johnson singled to left. E Renteria flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ATLANTA 0, PHILADELPHIA 1.

PHILADELPHIA 3RD: J Rollins grounded out to second. C Utley hit by pitch.
P Burrell grounded out to pitcher, C Utley to second. R Howard intentionally
walked. A Rowand safe at second on throwing error by third baseman C Jones,
C Utley scored, R Howard to third. G Dobbs singled to center, R Howard and
A Rowand scored. J Werth struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) ATLANTA 0, PHILADELPHIA 4.

ATLANTA 4TH: C Jones singled to center. M Teixeira homered to center,
C Jones scored. B McCann flied out to left. J Francoeur struck out swinging.
A Jones grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 4.

PHILADELPHIA 4TH: C Ruiz grounded out to second. K Lohse reached on
infield single to third. J Rollins singled to right, K Lohse to second.
C Utley grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, J Rollins out at
second.(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2, PHILADELPHIA 4.

ATLANTA 5TH: M Diaz flied out to right. T Hudson struck out swinging.
K Johnson grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 4.

PHILADELPHIA 5TH: P Burrell struck out swinging. R Howard grounded out to
second. A Rowand grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 2, PHILADELPHIA 4.

ATLANTA 6TH: E Renteria grounded out to shortstop. C Jones lined out to
left. M Teixeira grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 4.

PHILADELPHIA 6TH: G Dobbs grounded out to second. J Werth grounded out to
pitcher. C Ruiz grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 4.

ATLANTA 7TH: A Nunez at third base. B McCann flied out to left.
J Francoeur doubled to deep right. A Jones popped out to shortstop. M Diaz
grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2, PHILADELPHIA 4.

PHILADELPHIA 7TH: S Victorino hit for K Lohse. S Victorino homered to
right. J Rollins singled to left center. R Ring relieved T Hudson. C Utley
flied out to left. P Moylan relieved R Ring. J Rollins to second on wild pitch
by P Moylan. P Burrell grounded out to first, J Rollins to third. R Howard
intentionally walked. A Rowand struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 2, PHILADELPHIA 5.

ATLANTA 8TH: T Gordon relieved K Lohse. J Werth in left field. S Victorino
in right field. Y Escobar hit for P Moylan. Y Escobar walked. K Johnson lined
out to left. E Renteria struck out swinging. J Romero relieved T Gordon.
C Jones struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2, PHILADELPHIA 5.

PHILADELPHIA 8TH: O Dotel relieved P Moylan. Y Escobar at second base.
A Nunez struck out swinging. J Werth struck out swinging. C Ruiz flied out to
center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2, PHILADELPHIA 5.

ATLANTA 9TH: B Myers relieved J Romero. M Teixeira struck out looking.
B McCann lined out to left. J Francoeur flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) ATLANTA 2, PHILADELPHIA 5.</div>

 

Lohse sharp as Phillies stay in playoff hunt

<h3>PHILADELPHIA 5, ATLANTA 2</h3>By Vince DiGregorio
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Kyle Lohse gave the PhiladelphiaPhillies a desperately needed quality start.


Lohse pitched seven strong innings and Greg Dobbs had a keytwo-run single as the Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves, 5-2,at Citizens Bank Park in the second game of a three-game set onWednesday night.


The win pulled the Phillies (86-72) to within a one-half game ofthe San Diego Padres (86-71) for the National League wild card.

With the Phillies using a patchwork pitching rotation, thestarters have had trouble going deep into games recently. Inthis contest, Lohse (9-12) allowed two runs and six hits whilestriking out five without a walk.


Tom Gordon and J.C. Romero pitched a scoreless eighth, whileBrett Myers closed out the ninth for his 20th save.

Jimmy Rollins got the Phillies started in the first inning whenhe hit a liner to right-center field that ended up being atriple after Andruw Jones was unable to make a diving catch.

Two outs later, Ryan Howard grounded an RBI single to center togive Philadelphia a 1-0 lead.


The Phillies then took advantage of a costly two-out error byChipper Jones to score three unearned runs in the third inning.

Hudson had just issued an intentional walk to Howard to putrunners on first and second when Aaron Rowand grounded Hudson'snext pitch to Jones at third. Jones attempted to tag the runnercoming in from second and missed - then threw wildly past firstfor a two-base error to make it 2-0.


Dobbs followed with a two-run single to center that increasedthe Phillies advantage to 4-0.


Mark Teixeira got the Braves on the board with a two-run homerun in the fourth to cut their deficit to 4-2. Teixeira homeredfor the second straight game in the series and it was his 16thof the season.


The Phillies knocked Hudson out of the game in the seventh whenShane Victorino led off the frame with a pinch hit homer to makeit a 5-2 game. Hudson was lifted after Rollins singled.

Relievers Royce Ring and Peter Moylan both ended the threat forAtlanta.


Hudson went six-plus innings and allowed five runs - two earned- and eight hits while striking five and walking one for theBraves.

 

Lohse sharp as Phillies stay in playoff hunt

<h3>PHILADELPHIA 5, ATLANTA 2</h3>By Vince DiGregorio
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Kyle Lohse gave the PhiladelphiaPhillies a desperately needed quality start.


Lohse pitched seven strong innings and Greg Dobbs had a keytwo-run single as the Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves, 5-2,at Citizens Bank Park in the second game of a three-game set onWednesday night.


The win pulled the Phillies (86-72) to within a one-half game ofthe San Diego Padres (86-71) for the National League wild card.

With the Phillies using a patchwork pitching rotation, thestarters have had trouble going deep into games recently. Inthis contest, Lohse (9-12) allowed two runs and six hits whilestriking out five without a walk.


Tom Gordon and J.C. Romero pitched a scoreless eighth, whileBrett Myers closed out the ninth for his 20th save.

Jimmy Rollins got the Phillies started in the first inning whenhe hit a liner to right-center field that ended up being atriple after Andruw Jones was unable to make a diving catch.

Two outs later, Ryan Howard grounded an RBI single to center togive Philadelphia a 1-0 lead.


The Phillies then took advantage of a costly two-out error byChipper Jones to score three unearned runs in the third inning.

Braves starter Tim Hudson had just issued an intentional walk toHoward to put runners on first and second when Aaron Rowandgrounded Hudson's next pitch to Jones at third. Jones attemptedto tag the runner coming in from second and missed - then threwwildly past first for a two-base error to make it 2-0.

Dobbs followed with a two-run single to center that increasedthe Phillies advantage to 4-0.


Mark Teixeira got the Braves on the board with a two-run homerun in the fourth to cut their deficit to 4-2. Teixeira homeredfor the second straight game in the series and it was his 16thof the season.


The Phillies knocked Hudson out of the game in the seventh whenShane Victorino led off the frame with a pinch hit homer to makeit a 5-2 game. Hudson was lifted after Rollins singled.

Relievers Royce Ring and Peter Moylan both ended the threat forAtlanta.


Hudson went six-plus innings and allowed five runs - two earned- and eight hits while striking five and walking one for theBraves.

 

Lohse sharp as Phillies stay in playoff hunt

<h3>PHILADELPHIA 5, ATLANTA 2</h3>By Vince DiGregorio
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Kyle Lohse gave the PhiladelphiaPhillies a desperately needed quality start.


Lohse pitched seven strong innings and Greg Dobbs had a keytwo-run single as the Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves, 5-2,at Citizens Bank Park in the second game of a three-game set onWednesday night.


The win pulled the Phillies (86-72) to within one game of theslumping New York Mets (87-71) for first place in NationalLeague East Division, as the Washington Nationals completed athree-game sweep of the Mets with a 9-6 win at Shea Stadium.

With the Phillies using a patchwork pitching rotation, thestarters have had trouble going deep into games recently. Inthis contest, Lohse (9-12) allowed two runs and six hits whilestriking out five without a walk.


"To be able to go out there and get the strong, quality outingthat we needed feels good," Lohse said. "We've got a lot ofheart in here. I guess it was my turn to pick them up."

Tom Gordon and J.C. Romero pitched a scoreless eighth, whileBrett Myers closed out the ninth for his 20th save.

Since being acquired from Cincinnati on July 30, Lohse has gone3-0 in 11 starts with the Phillies with eight no-decisions.While he lasted only two innings and gave up six runs in hislast outing against Washington, the Phillies improved to 9-2 inhis starts.


"It was kind of dead there in Cincinnati," Lohse said."Obviously, we weren't gonna be in this kind of a situation. Tobe able to come over here and jump in with this group and dothe things I'm able to do now is a good way to finish off theyear."


Count Braves manager Bobby Cox among those who saw Lohse'sability.


"I like Lohse," Cox said. "I think he's got really good stuff.Great changeup, good breaking ball. He throws plenty hard. Idon't know what the knock was on him in Cincinnati."

Jimmy Rollins got the Phillies started in the first inning, whenhe hit a liner to right-center field that ended up being atriple after Andruw Jones was unable to make a diving catch.

Two outs later, Ryan Howard grounded an RBI single to center togive Philadelphia a 1-0 lead.


"I was just looking for something up," Howard said. "I saw themplaying the shift, so I wanted to shoot something up the middleand not try to do too much."


The Phillies then took advantage of a costly two-out error byChipper Jones to score three unearned runs in the third inning.

Braves starter Tim Hudson (16-10) had just issued an intentionalwalk to Howard to put runners on first and second when AaronRowand grounded Hudson's next pitch to Chipper Jones. The thirdbaseman attempted to tag Chase Utley coming in from second andmissed, then threw wildly past first for a two-base error tomake it 2-0.


"Obviously, (Philadelphia) scoring three runs after my errorpropelled them to a win tonight," Chipper Jones said.

"I haven't seen Chipper throw a ball away in, I can't rememberwhen - ever," Cox said. "He's got the best, (most) accurate armyou ever want to see. He tried to tag the runner first. Thatmay have thrown his approach (off) to throwing the ball away atfirst."


Dobbs followed with a two-run single to center that doubled thePhillies' advantage.


"You've got to pounce on what you're given," Dobbs said. "Weknew we had our work cut out facing Hudson, arguably one of thebest pitchers in baseball. Runs against Hudson are very hard tocome by."


Mark Teixeira got the Braves on the board with a two-run homerun in the fourth to cut their deficit to 4-2. It was the 16thblast of the season as a Brave and second in as many games forTeixeira, who was acquired from Texas at the July tradedeadline.


The Phillies knocked Hudson out of the game in the seventh, aninning in which pinch hitter Shane Victorino led off with ahomer to make it 5-2.


"Whatever opportunity you get and help this team win, it'sexciting to hit a home run in a situation like that," Victorinosaid.


Hudson was lifted after Rollins singled, and relievers RoyceRing and Peter Moylan ended the threat for Atlanta.

"It seems like the last few times I've pitched against theseguys, I feel like I should have had a shutout against them,"Hudson said. "And I look out there and we've given up three,four, five runs."


Hudson went six-plus innings and allowed five runs - two earned- and eight hits while striking out five and walking one. The32-year-old righthander has lost five of his last six decisions.