GAME THREAD: NL: ARIZONA (29-23) at PHILADELPHIA (26-24)

NL: ARIZONA at PHILADELPHIA

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ARIZONA 5
PHILADELPHIA 4 FINAL</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at PHILADELPHIA

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ARIZONA (5) AT PHILADELPHIA (4) - HOW THEY SCORED
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ARIZONA 1ST: E Byrnes singled to left. C Jackson homered to left, E Byrnes
scored. O Hudson grounded out to pitcher. M Reynolds grounded out to third.
S Drew struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 0.

ARIZONA 4TH: M Reynolds doubled to deep center. S Drew sacrificed to
catcher, M Reynolds to third. C Quentin hit sacrifice fly to right, M Reynolds
scored. S Hairston doubled to deep left. C Snyder intentionally walked.
D Davis flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3,
PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 7TH: R Howard homered to left. A Rowand grounded out to
third. J Werth grounded out to third. A Nunez grounded out to third. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, PHILADELPHIA 1.

ARIZONA 9TH: R Madson relieved F Garcia. S Hairston grounded out to
shortstop. C Snyder struck out swinging. T Clark hit for D Davis. T Clark
walked. E Byrnes doubled to right, T Clark to third. C Jackson doubled to
left, T Clark and E Byrnes scored. O Hudson grounded out to first. (2 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 5, PHILADELPHIA 1.

PHILADELPHIA 9TH: J Valverde relieved D Davis. S Victorino walked. C Utley
singled to right, S Victorino to second. R Howard struck out looking.
A Rowand struck out swinging. G Dobbs hit for J Werth. G Dobbs homered to right,
S Victorino and C Utley scored. P Burrell hit for A Nunez. P Burrell singled
to left center. M Bourn ran for P Burrell. C Ruiz safe at first on error by
first baseman C Jackson, M Bourn to third. B Lyon relieved J Valverde.
R Barajas hit for R Madson. R Barajas flied out to right. (3 Runs, 3 Hits,
1 Error) ARIZONA 5, PHILADELPHIA 4.</div>

 

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ARIZONA (5) AT PHILADELPHIA (4) - EVENT LOG
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Arizona Starting Lineups -- E Byrnes CF, C Jackson 1B, O Hudson 2B, M Reynolds
3B, S Drew SS, C Quentin RF, S Hairston LF, C Snyder C, D Davis LHP.

Philadelphia Starting Lineups -- J Rollins SS, S Victorino RF, C Utley 2B,
R Howard 1B, A Rowand CF, J Werth LF, A Nunez 3B, C Ruiz C, F Garcia RHP.

Umpires -- Mark Wegner (HP), Brian Runge (1B), James Hoye (2B),
Gary Darling (3B).

Gametime Weather: 81 degrees, Clear, wind out to right at 12 mph.


ARIZONA 1ST: E Byrnes singled to left. C Jackson homered to left, E Byrnes
scored. O Hudson grounded out to pitcher. M Reynolds grounded out to third.
S Drew struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 1ST: J Rollins doubled to left. S Victorino sacrificed to
third, J Rollins to third. C Utley struck out swinging. R Howard struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 2, PHILADELPHIA 0.

ARIZONA 2ND: C Quentin struck out swinging. S Hairston struck out
swinging. C Snyder grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ARIZONA 2, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 2ND: A Rowand struck out looking. J Werth reached on infield
single to third. A Nunez grounded into double play, second to shortstop to
first, J Werth out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 0.

ARIZONA 3RD: D Davis grounded out to third. E Byrnes flied out to center.
C Jackson singled to deep left. O Hudson lined out to shortstop. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 2, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 3RD: C Ruiz grounded out to first. F Garcia singled to left.
J Rollins lined into double play, shortstop to first, F Garcia doubled off
first.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 2, PHILADELPHIA 0.

ARIZONA 4TH: M Reynolds doubled to deep center. S Drew sacrificed to
catcher, M Reynolds to third. C Quentin hit sacrifice fly to right, M Reynolds
scored. S Hairston doubled to deep left. C Snyder intentionally walked.
D Davis flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3,
PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 4TH: S Victorino grounded out to third. C Utley struck out
swinging. R Howard flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3,
PHILADELPHIA 0.

ARIZONA 5TH: E Byrnes grounded out to third. C Jackson flied out to
center. O Hudson doubled to deep right. M Reynolds walked. S Drew fouled out
to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 5TH: A Rowand reached on infield single to second. J Werth
singled to left, A Rowand to second. A Nunez popped out to second. C Ruiz
singled to left, A Rowand to third, J Werth to second. F Garcia grounded into
double play, pitcher to catcher to first, A Rowand out at home.(0 Runs, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, PHILADELPHIA 0.

ARIZONA 6TH: C Quentin grounded out to third. S Hairston struck out
swinging. C Snyder singled to left. D Davis grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, C Snyder out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3,
PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 6TH: J Rollins flied out to left. S Victorino flied out to
right. C Utley grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3,
PHILADELPHIA 0.

ARIZONA 7TH: E Byrnes struck out swinging. C Jackson grounded out to
third. O Hudson struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3,
PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 7TH: R Howard homered to left. A Rowand grounded out to
third. J Werth grounded out to third. A Nunez grounded out to third. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, PHILADELPHIA 1.

ARIZONA 8TH: M Reynolds struck out swinging. S Drew struck out swinging.
C Quentin struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3,
PHILADELPHIA 1.

PHILADELPHIA 8TH: C Ruiz grounded out to second. W Helms hit for F Garcia.
W Helms struck out swinging. J Rollins popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, PHILADELPHIA 1.

ARIZONA 9TH: R Madson relieved F Garcia. S Hairston grounded out to
shortstop. C Snyder struck out swinging. T Clark hit for D Davis. T Clark
walked. E Byrnes doubled to right, T Clark to third. C Jackson doubled to
left, T Clark and E Byrnes scored. O Hudson grounded out to first. (2 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 5, PHILADELPHIA 1.

PHILADELPHIA 9TH: J Valverde relieved D Davis. S Victorino walked.
C Utley singled to right, S Victorino to second. R Howard struck out looking.
A Rowand struck out swinging. G Dobbs hit for J Werth. G Dobbs homered to
right, S Victorino and C Utley scored. P Burrell hit for A Nunez. P Burrell
singled to left center. M Bourn ran for P Burrell. C Ruiz safe at first on
error by first baseman C Jackson, M Bourn to third. B Lyon relieved J Valverde.
R Barajas hit for R Madson. R Barajas flied out to right. (3 Runs, 3 Hits,
1 Error) ARIZONA 5, PHILADELPHIA 4.</div>

 

Jackson hits, Davis pitches Diamondbacks past Phillies

<h3>ARIZONA 5, PHILADELPHIA 4</h3>PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Conor Jackson helped give Doug Davis alead and then was almost responsible for giving it away.

Jackson hit a home run and drove in four runs and Davis pitchedeight strong innings as the Arizona Diamondbacks posted a 5-4victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday in the openerof a three-game series.

Arizona has won five straight but it was not as easy as Davismade it look. Philadelphia rallied with three runs in thebottom of the ninth and the game ended when pinch hitter RodBarajas flied out to the wall in right field with runners onfirst and third.

Davis (3-6) allowed one run and seven hits while striking outfive and walking none. Ryan Howard hit a home run in theseventh for the only run the Phillies managed off Davis.

Jackson hit a two-run homer in the first to give Arizona a 2-0lead. He added a two-run double in the ninth off reliever RyanMadson that gave the Diamondbacks a 5-1 lead and turned out tobe huge.

Greg Dobbs came on to pinch hit in the ninth for the Philliesagainst Jose Valverde and delivered a three-run homer to make it5-4. Pat Burrell followed with a pinch-hit single and pinchrunner Michael Bourn moved to third when a ground ball by CarlosRuiz rolled through Jackson's legs at first base.

Brandon Lyon then relieved Valverde and retired Barajas to endthe game and pick up his second save.

Philadelphia starter Freddy Garcia (1-4) turned in his longestouting in the season but was outdueled by Davis. Garcia allowedthree runs and seven hits in eight innings with ninestrikeouts. He had not gone more than six innings in any of hiseight starts this season entering Monday.

Garcia singled in his first at-bat but got a little too eager tohelp himself with the bases loaded in the fifth with one out.Garcia swung at the first pitch and hit a tapper back to Davis,who started a 1-2-3 double play to get out of the inning.

Last season's National League MVP, Howard has three of his ninehome runs since coming off the disabled list on Friday.

 

Jackson hits, Davis pitches Diamondbacks past Phillies

<h3>ARIZONA 5, PHILADELPHIA 4</h3>PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Conor Jackson helped give Doug Davis alead and then was almost responsible for giving it away.

Jackson hit a home run and drove in four runs and Davis pitchedeight strong innings as the Arizona Diamondbacks posted a 5-4victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday in the openerof a three-game series.

Arizona has won five straight but it was not as easy as Davismade it look. Philadelphia rallied with three runs in thebottom of the ninth and the game ended when pinch hitter RodBarajas flied out to the wall in right field with runners onfirst and third.

"It's a big win for our team, keeping our streak going," Davissaid. "The Phillies have been playing pretty well lately.Everybody on the team is doing their job."

Davis (3-6) allowed one run and seven hits while striking outfive and walking none. Ryan Howard hit a home run in theseventh for the only run the Phillies managed off Davis.

"I just executed pitches from a plan that I had from watchingfilm," Davis said. "There's a lot of pop in their lineup. Ithought I pitched them well. I was able to throw strikes andmiss the fat part of the bat for the most part besides the homerun to Howard.

"My curve ball was definitely one of my better pitches tonight,especially against the lefties like (Chase) Utley and Howard. Ithrew it a lot. I had a good cutter today."

Howard was facing Davis for the first time.

"He's that guy who's just gonna hit his spots," Howard said."He's not gonna overpower you, but he's gonna definitely try toget you to get yourself out."

Davis snapped a personal three-game losing streak and won forthe first time on the road this season.

"He's pitched pretty well for us the batter part of the season,"Arizona manager Bob Melvin said. "He hasn't gotten much runsupport. He's kept us in basically every game that he haspitched, less maybe two or three.

"So it's good that we got him some runs early. He could relax alittle bit. He did his thing in a ballpark that could be toughto pitch in and ended up getting a win."

Jackson hit a two-run homer in the first to give Arizona a 2-0lead after Eric Byrnes led off the game with a single.

"Earlier in the year, I had been struggling with runners onbase," Jackson said. "I knew it was gonna come. It's allconfidence. It's one of those things where you gotta get upthere and feel sexy. That's just the way it is. It's confidence.It's not arrogance. It's just getting in a groove."

Carlos Quentin drove in Arizona's third run with a sacrifice flybefore Jackson added a two-run double in the ninth off relieverRyan Madson that gave the Diamondbacks a 5-1 lead and turnedout to be huge.

"Obviously, the ninth ends up being real big adding on a coupleright there," Arizona manager Bob Melvin said. "Conor's startingto swing the bat real well again. The ball is jumping off hisbat."

Greg Dobbs came on to pinch hit in the ninth for the Philliesagainst Jose Valverde and delivered a three-run homer to make it5-4.

"I wasn't thinking (about) hitting a home run at all," Dobbssaid. "I'm just trying to put my bat on the ball, give us achance to have some other guys come up and be the hero."

"Jose has been unbelievable for us all year," Melvin said."Sometimes you run into situations like that. They had some goodat-bats off him, particularly Dobbs hitting the home run thatmakes it 5-4. It's gonna happen like that sometimes."

Pat Burrell followed with a pinch-hit single and pinch runnerMichael Bourn moved to third when a ground ball by Carlos Ruizrolled through Jackson's legs at first base.

"Every possible thing in that ninth inning happened," Jacksonsaid. "A little Buckner flashback. I wasn't really ready for(the grounder). Just a mental error on my part. It wasdefinitely something I've got to come up with."

Brandon Lyon then relieved Valverde, who had thrown 32 pitches,and retired Barajas to end the game and pick up his second save.

"I just didn't want Jose throwing upwards of 40 pitches and(Ruiz) was gonna be his last hitter regardless," Melvin said.

Philadelphia starter Freddy Garcia (1-4) turned in his longestouting in the season but was outdueled by Davis. Garcia allowedthree runs and seven hits in eight innings with ninestrikeouts. He had not gone more than six innings in any of hiseight starts this season entering Monday.

"I was feeling good," Garcia said. "I made good pitches. I wasin control. I'm not a five-inning pitcher. That's not me. Beforetoday, I was really disappointed because I was only going five,six innings."

Garcia singled in his first at-bat but got a little too eager tohelp himself with the bases loaded in the fifth with one out.Garcia swung at the first pitch and hit a tapper back to Davis,who started a 1-2-3 double play to get out of the inning.

"I saw the pitch and I swung," Garcia said. "If you seesomething you like, you try to make something happen."

"I let him hit because he's a first-ball hitter and he hacks,"Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "He hits a lot of balls inthe air."

Last season's National League MVP, Howard has three of his ninehome runs since coming off the disabled list on Friday.

"Coming off the DL, I'm just getting more comfortable," Howardsaid. "I've been putting good swings on pitches."

 

Jackson hits, Davis pitches Diamondbacks past Phillies

<h3>ARIZONA 5, PHILADELPHIA 4</h3>PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Conor Jackson helped give Doug Davis alead and then was almost responsible for giving it away.

Jackson hit a home run and drove in four runs and Davis pitchedeight strong innings as the Arizona Diamondbacks posted a 5-4victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday in the openerof a three-game series.

Arizona has won five straight but it was not as easy as Davismade it look. Philadelphia rallied with three runs in thebottom of the ninth and the game ended when pinch hitter RodBarajas flied out to the wall in right field with runners onfirst and third.

"It's a big win for our team, keeping our streak going," Davissaid. "The Phillies have been playing pretty well lately.Everybody on the team is doing their job."

Davis (3-6) allowed one run and seven hits while striking outfive and walking none. Ryan Howard hit a home run in theseventh for the only run the Phillies managed off Davis.

"I just executed pitches from a plan that I had from watchingfilm," Davis said. "There's a lot of pop in their lineup. Ithought I pitched them well. I was able to throw strikes andmiss the fat part of the bat for the most part besides the homerun to Howard.

"My curve ball was definitely one of my better pitches tonight,especially against the lefties like (Chase) Utley and Howard. Ithrew it a lot. I had a good cutter today."

Howard was facing Davis for the first time.

"He's that guy who's just gonna hit his spots," Howard said."He's not gonna overpower you, but he's gonna definitely try toget you to get yourself out."

Davis snapped a personal three-game losing streak and won forthe first time on the road this season.

"He's pitched pretty well for us the better part of the season,"Arizona manager Bob Melvin said. "He hasn't gotten much runsupport. He's kept us in basically every game that he haspitched, less maybe two or three.

"So it's good that we got him some runs early. He could relax alittle bit. He did his thing in a ballpark that could be toughto pitch in and ended up getting a win."

Jackson hit a two-run homer in the first to give Arizona a 2-0lead after Eric Byrnes led off the game with a single.

"Earlier in the year, I had been struggling with runners onbase," Jackson said. "I knew it was gonna come. It's allconfidence. It's one of those things where you gotta get upthere and feel sexy. That's just the way it is. It's confidence.It's not arrogance. It's just getting in a groove."

Carlos Quentin drove in Arizona's third run with a sacrifice flybefore Jackson added a two-run double in the ninth off relieverRyan Madson that gave the Diamondbacks a 5-1 lead and turnedout to be huge.

"Obviously, the ninth ends up being real big adding on a coupleright there," Arizona manager Bob Melvin said. "Conor's startingto swing the bat real well again. The ball is jumping off hisbat."

Greg Dobbs came on to pinch hit in the ninth for the Philliesagainst Jose Valverde and delivered a three-run homer to make it5-4.

"I wasn't thinking (about) hitting a home run at all," Dobbssaid. "I'm just trying to put my bat on the ball, give us achance to have some other guys come up and be the hero."

"Jose has been unbelievable for us all year," Melvin said."Sometimes you run into situations like that. They had some goodat-bats off him, particularly Dobbs hitting the home run thatmakes it 5-4. It's gonna happen like that sometimes."

Pat Burrell followed with a pinch-hit single and pinch runnerMichael Bourn moved to third when a ground ball by Carlos Ruizrolled through Jackson's legs at first base.

"Every possible thing in that ninth inning happened," Jacksonsaid. "A little Buckner flashback. I wasn't really ready for(the grounder). Just a mental error on my part. It wasdefinitely something I've got to come up with."

Brandon Lyon then relieved Valverde, who had thrown 32 pitches,and retired Barajas to end the game and pick up his second save.

"I just didn't want Jose throwing upwards of 40 pitches and(Ruiz) was gonna be his last hitter regardless," Melvin said.

Philadelphia starter Freddy Garcia (1-4) turned in his longestouting in the season but was outdueled by Davis. Garcia allowedthree runs and seven hits in eight innings with ninestrikeouts. He had not gone more than six innings in any of hiseight starts this season entering Monday.

"I was feeling good," Garcia said. "I made good pitches. I wasin control. I'm not a five-inning pitcher. That's not me. Beforetoday, I was really disappointed because I was only going five,six innings."

Garcia singled in his first at-bat but got a little too eager tohelp himself with the bases loaded in the fifth with one out.Garcia swung at the first pitch and hit a tapper back to Davis,who started a 1-2-3 double play to get out of the inning.

"I saw the pitch and I swung," Garcia said. "If you seesomething you like, you try to make something happen."

"I let him hit because he's a first-ball hitter and he hacks,"Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "He hits a lot of balls inthe air."

Last season's National League MVP, Howard has three of his ninehome runs since coming off the disabled list on Friday.

"Coming off the DL, I'm just getting more comfortable," Howardsaid. "I've been putting good swings on pitches."