GAME THREAD: NL: ATLANTA (62-55) at PHILADELPHIA (61-55)

NL: ATLANTA at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: W Harris hit for M Prado.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 3
PHILADELPHIA 5 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: W Harris (.329, 1 HR, 24 RBI)</div>

 

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

BATTERIES: ATL - BUDDY CARLYLE, TYLER YATES (5TH), PETER MOYLAN (7TH), MANNY
ACOSTA (8TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN

PHI - JAMIE MOYER, ANTONIO ALFONSECA (7TH), J.C. ROMERO
(8TH), TOM GORDON (8TH), BRETT MYERS (9TH) AND CARLOS RUIZ

HOME RUNS: ATL - NONE

PHI - RYAN HOWARD (33) OFF BUDDY CARLYLE IN THE 5TH, 2 ON</div>

 

Phillies sink Braves on Howard's home run

<h3>PHILADELPHIA 5, ATLANTA 3</h3>By Vince DiGregorio
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - The Atlanta Braves scored first in allthree games against the Philadelphia Phillies, but dropped twoof them. They also dropped in the standings.


Ryan Howard belted a three-run home run to back a solid outingby Jamie Moyer as the Phillies rallied for a 5-3 victory overthe Braves in the rubber game at Citizens Bank Park on Sundaynight.


Jimmy Rollins added two hits, including a triple, and three runsscored as Philadelphia moved into second place n the NationalLeague East Division, one-half game in front of Atlanta.

The Phillies remained three games behind the first-place NewYork Mets.


Moyer pitched into the seventh inning, when Atlanta pulledwithin 4-3 on Martin Prado's RBI double. One out later, AntonioAlfonseca replaced Moyer and struck out Yunel Escobar and MattDiaz to end the frame.


J.C. Romero and Tom Gordon worked a scoreless eighth beforeBrett Myers pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his ninth save.

Moyer (11-8) allowed three runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings.The veteran lefthander walked two and struck out four and isunbeaten in his last five starts.


The Phillies trailed, 2-1, in the fifth when Braves starterBuddy Carlyle issued a four-pitch leadoff walk to Jimmy Rollins.Tadahito Iguchi followed with a grounder to Prado at second,who flipped to Escobar, but Escobar failed to touch the secondbase bag in trying to turn the double play and both runnerssafe.


After Pat Burrell fouled out, Howard drove a 1-0 offering fromCarlyle over the left field fence for a three-run home run - his33rd - to give Philadelphia a 4-2 lead and end Carlyle's night.

Carlyle (7-4) went 4 1/3 innings and allowed four runs - threeearned - on six hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Heentered the contest with a 6-1 record and a 3.21 ERA in his lasteight starts.


Atlanta scored first for the third straight time in the series.The first three batters had base hits in the first inning as theBraves took a 2-0 lead. Escobar singled, Diaz doubled and bothrunners scored on a two-run single by Chipper Jones.

The Phillies also quickly rallied for the third consecutivegame, using a single and two walks to load the bases with oneout. Carlyle struck out Aaron Rowand, but Jayson Werth lined anRBI single to right that cut the deficit to 2-1. On the play,Pat Burrell was easily thrown out at the plate by Jeff Francoeurto end the inning.


After the Phillies had runners on first and second with one outwhen Abraham Nunez lined a single to right, Francoeur gunned outanother runner at the plate in the fourth inning.


Phillies third base coach Steve Smith again elected to challengeFrancoeur's arm by sending Werth, and again Francoeur's strongthrow was in plenty of time. With runners now on second andthird, Moyer struck out to end the threat.

 

NL: ATLANTA at PHILADELPHIA

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

BATTERIES: ATL - BUDDY CARLYLE, TYLER YATES (5TH), PETER MOYLAN (7TH), MANNY
ACOSTA (8TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN

PHI - JAMIE MOYER, ANTONIO ALFONSECA (7TH), J.C. ROMERO
(8TH), TOM GORDON (8TH), BRETT MYERS (9TH) AND CARLOS RUIZ


WP - JAMIE MOYER (11-8)
LP - BUDDY CARLYLE (7-4)
SAVE - BRETT MYERS (9)

HOME RUNS: ATL - NONE

PHI - RYAN HOWARD (33) OFF BUDDY CARLYLE IN THE 5TH, 2 ON


TIME: 2:38 ATT: 45,053

PROBABLES: PHI - KYLE LOHSE (7-12, 4.66)
WAS - SHAWN HILL (3-3, 2.70)

PROBABLES: SFO - SCOTT ATCHISON (0-0, 1.17)
ATL - JOHN SMOLTZ (10-6, 3.03)</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">ATLANTA (3) VS PHILADELPHIA (5) - FINAL

ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Y Escobar ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .315
M Diaz lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .341
C Jones 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 .337
M Teixeira 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .255
J Francoeur rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .309
A Jones cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .214
B McCann c 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .269
M Prado 2b 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .257
b-W Harris ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .328
B Carlyle p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
T Yates p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-C Woodward ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212
P Moylan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Acosta p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 32 3 7 3 2 8 11

a-flied out to right for T Yates in the 7th; b-struck out looking for M Prado
in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - M Diaz (14, J Moyer); M Prado (2, J Moyer). S - B Carlyle. RBI -
C Jones 2 (66), M Prado (1). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Jones
1, M Diaz 1, Y Escobar 1. GIDP - J Francoeur. Team LOB - 5.

FIELDING: E - B McCann (9, throw); Y Escobar (9, catch). Outfield assists - J
Francoeur 2 (P Burrell at Home, J Werth at Home).


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 .290
T Iguchi 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .339
P Burrell lf 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .266
C Roberson lf-rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
R Howard 1b 3 1 1 3 1 2 0 .267
A Rowand cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .314
J Werth rf-lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .252
C Ruiz c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .254
A Nunez 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .251
J Moyer p 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 .140
A Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Romero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Gordon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Myers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 30 5 7 5 3 7 12

BATTING: 3B - J Rollins (15, P Moylan). HR - R Howard (33, 5th inning off B
Carlyle 2 on, 1 Out). SF - P Burrell. RBI - J Werth (18), R Howard 3 (97), P
Burrell (61). 2-out RBI - J Werth. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J
Moyer 2. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Rollins (22, 2nd base off B Carlyle/B McCann).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (T Iguchi-J Rollins-R Howard).


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ATLANTA - 200 000 100 -- 3
PHILADELPHIA - 100 030 10x -- 5
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ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
B Carlyle (L, 7-4) 4 1/3 6 4 3 3 4 1 4.39
T Yates 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.15
P Moylan 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1.95
M Acosta 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
J Moyer (W, 11-8) 6 1/3 7 3 3 2 4 0 4.68
A Alfonseca (H, 12) 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.86
J Romero (H, 8) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.26
T Gordon (H, 5) 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.08
B Myers (S, 9) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.15

WP - B Carlyle. Pitches-strikes: B Carlyle 88-52; T Yates 17-13; P Moylan
13-9; M Acosta 7-6; J Moyer 93-55; A Alfonseca 9-7; J Romero 3-2; T Gordon 5-3;
B Myers 13-8. Ground balls-fly balls: B Carlyle 4-5; T Yates 3-1; P Moylan 1-1;
M Acosta 2-0; J Moyer 6-9; A Alfonseca 0-0; J Romero 2-0; T Gordon 0-0; B Myers
1-1. Batters faced: B Carlyle 22; T Yates 5; P Moylan 4; M Acosta 3; J Moyer
27; A Alfonseca 2; J Romero 2; T Gordon 1; B Myers 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Mike Winters. 1B--Bruce Froemming. 2B--Brian Runge. 3B--Mark
Wegner.

T--2:38. Att--45,053.
Weather: 85 degrees, clear. Wind: 9 mph, out to
right.</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
ATLANTA 3
PHILADELPHIA 5 FINAL</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at PHILADELPHIA

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ATLANTA (3) AT PHILADELPHIA (5) - HOW THEY SCORED
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ATLANTA 1ST: Y Escobar singled to right. M Diaz doubled to center,
Y Escobar to third. C Jones singled to left center, Y Escobar and M Diaz scored.
M Teixeira flied out to left. J Francoeur fouled out to first. A Jones
struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 1ST: J Rollins singled to center. T Iguchi flied out to
center. J Rollins stole second, J Rollins safe at third on throwing error by
catcher B McCann. P Burrell walked. R Howard walked, P Burrell to second.
A Rowand struck out swinging. J Werth singled to right, J Rollins scored,
P Burrell thrown out at home. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) ATLANTA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 1.

PHILADELPHIA 5TH: J Rollins walked. T Iguchi grounded into fielder's
choice to second, J Rollins safe at second on error by shortstop Y Escobar.
P Burrell fouled out to catcher. R Howard homered to left, J Rollins and
T Iguchi scored. T Yates relieved B Carlyle. A Rowand flied out to right.
J Werth grounded out to shortstop. (3 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) ATLANTA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 4.

ATLANTA 7TH: B McCann singled to right. M Prado doubled to deep left
center, B McCann scored. C Woodward hit for T Yates. C Woodward flied out to
right, M Prado to third. A Alfonseca relieved J Moyer. Y Escobar struck out
swinging. M Diaz struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 3,
PHILADELPHIA 4.

PHILADELPHIA 7TH: P Moylan relieved T Yates. J Rollins tripled to deep
right center. T Iguchi grounded out to third. P Burrell hit sacrifice fly to
right, J Rollins scored. R Howard struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 3, PHILADELPHIA 5.</div>

 

NL: ATLANTA at PHILADELPHIA

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ATLANTA (3) AT PHILADELPHIA (5) - EVENT LOG
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Atlanta Starting Lineups -- Y Escobar SS, M Diaz LF, C Jones 3B, M Teixeira 1B,
J Francoeur RF, A Jones CF, B McCann C, M Prado 2B, B Carlyle RHP.

Philadelphia Starting Lineups -- J Rollins SS, T Iguchi 2B, P Burrell LF,
R Howard 1B, A Rowand CF, J Werth RF, C Ruiz C, A Nunez 3B, J Moyer LHP.

Umpires -- Mike Winters (HP), Bruce Froemming (1B), Brian Runge (2B),
Mark Wegner (3B).

Gametime Weather: 85 degrees, Clear, wind out to right at 9 mph.


ATLANTA 1ST: Y Escobar singled to right. M Diaz doubled to center,
Y Escobar to third. C Jones singled to left center, Y Escobar and M Diaz scored.
M Teixeira flied out to left. J Francoeur fouled out to first. A Jones
struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 1ST: J Rollins singled to center. T Iguchi flied out to
center. J Rollins stole second, J Rollins safe at third on throwing error by
catcher B McCann. P Burrell walked. R Howard walked, P Burrell to second.
A Rowand struck out swinging. J Werth singled to right, J Rollins scored,
P Burrell thrown out at home. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error) ATLANTA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 1.

ATLANTA 2ND: B McCann grounded out to first. M Prado fouled out to first.
B Carlyle grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 1.

PHILADELPHIA 2ND: C Ruiz grounded out to second. A Nunez grounded out to
pitcher. J Moyer struck out swinging, J Moyer safe at first on wild pitch by
B Carlyle. J Rollins lined out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 1.

ATLANTA 3RD: Y Escobar flied out to center. M Diaz flied out to left.
C Jones flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2, PHILADELPHIA 1.

PHILADELPHIA 3RD: T Iguchi flied out to center. P Burrell flied out to
center. R Howard struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 1.

ATLANTA 4TH: M Teixeira walked. J Francoeur grounded into double play,
second to shortstop to first, M Teixeira out at second. A Jones struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2, PHILADELPHIA 1.

PHILADELPHIA 4TH: A Rowand singled to right. J Werth grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, A Rowand out at second. C Ruiz singled to
center, J Werth to second. A Nunez singled to right, J Werth thrown out at
home, C Ruiz to third, A Nunez to second advancing on throw. J Moyer struck
out looking. (0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2, PHILADELPHIA 1.

ATLANTA 5TH: B McCann grounded out to second. M Prado singled to center.
B Carlyle sacrificed to third, M Prado to second. Y Escobar flied out to
center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2, PHILADELPHIA 1.

PHILADELPHIA 5TH: J Rollins walked. T Iguchi grounded into fielder's
choice to second, J Rollins safe at second on error by shortstop Y Escobar.
P Burrell fouled out to catcher. R Howard homered to left, J Rollins and
T Iguchi scored. T Yates relieved B Carlyle. A Rowand flied out to right.
J Werth grounded out to shortstop. (3 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) ATLANTA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 4.

ATLANTA 6TH: M Diaz walked. C Jones lined out to center. M Teixeira
struck out swinging. J Francoeur reached on infield single to third, M Diaz to
second. A Jones struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 4.

PHILADELPHIA 6TH: C Ruiz grounded out to shortstop. A Nunez grounded out
to second. J Moyer struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 2,
PHILADELPHIA 4.

ATLANTA 7TH: B McCann singled to right. M Prado doubled to deep left
center, B McCann scored. C Woodward hit for T Yates. C Woodward flied out to
right, M Prado to third. A Alfonseca relieved J Moyer. Y Escobar struck out
swinging. M Diaz struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 3,
PHILADELPHIA 4.

PHILADELPHIA 7TH: P Moylan relieved T Yates. J Rollins tripled to deep
right center. T Iguchi grounded out to third. P Burrell hit sacrifice fly to
right, J Rollins scored. R Howard struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 3, PHILADELPHIA 5.

ATLANTA 8TH: C Roberson in left field. J Romero relieved A Alfonseca.
C Jones grounded out to shortstop. M Teixeira grounded out to third. T Gordon
relieved J Romero. J Francoeur struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ATLANTA 3, PHILADELPHIA 5.

PHILADELPHIA 8TH: M Acosta relieved P Moylan. A Rowand struck out swinging.
J Werth grounded out to pitcher. C Ruiz grounded out to first. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 3, PHILADELPHIA 5.

ATLANTA 9TH: C Roberson in right field. J Werth in left field. B Myers
relieved T Gordon. A Jones flied out to center. B McCann grounded out to
second. W Harris hit for M Prado. W Harris struck out looking. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 3, PHILADELPHIA 5.</div>

 

Phillies sink Braves on Howard's home run

<h3>PHILADELPHIA 5, ATLANTA 3</h3>By Vince DiGregorio
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - The Atlanta Braves scored first in allthree games against the Philadelphia Phillies, but dropped twoof them. They also dropped in the standings.


Ryan Howard belted a three-run home run to back a solid outingby Jamie Moyer as the Phillies rallied for a 5-3 victory overthe Braves in the rubber game at Citizens Bank Park on Sundaynight.


Jimmy Rollins added two hits, including a triple, and three runsscored as Philadelphia moved into second place in the NationalLeague East Division, one-half game in front of Atlanta.

"These kind of games are big," Howard said. "These games righthere, you kind of try to treat like playoff games. Tight-gameand big-game situations, going out there against the Braves waskind of like a playoff atmosphere."


The Phillies remained three games behind the first-place NewYork Mets.


"We've got 45 games left after today," Phillies manager CharlieManuel said. "If we stay focused, we'll be OK."


Moyer pitched into the seventh inning, when Atlanta pulledwithin 4-3 on Martin Prado's RBI double. One out later, AntonioAlfonseca replaced Moyer and struck out Yunel Escobar and MattDiaz to end the frame.


J.C. Romero and Tom Gordon worked a scoreless eighth beforeBrett Myers pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his ninth save.

"(Alfonseca) did a heck of a job with two punchouts with a guyon third," Myers said.


The four relievers combined to retire all eight Atlanta battersthey faced.


"We had some chances," Braves right fielder Jeff Francoeur said."Their bullpen did a great job and Moyer kept us off-balance."

Moyer (11-8) allowed three runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings.The veteran lefthander walked two and struck out four and isunbeaten in his last five starts.


After allowing two first-inning runs, Moyer retired 18 of thenext 21 batters he faced.


"I was able to settle down a little bit and get on a rollthrough the middle innings," Moyer said. "You don't like tostart the game off giving up the two runs."


The Phillies trailed, 2-1, in the fifth when Braves starterBuddy Carlyle issued a four-pitch leadoff walk to Rollins.Tadahito Iguchi followed with a grounder to Prado at second, whoflipped to Escobar, but Escobar failed to touch the second basebag in trying to turn the double play and both runners safe.

After Pat Burrell fouled out, Howard drove a 1-0 offering fromCarlyle over the left field fence for a three-run home run - his33rd - to give Philadelphia a 4-2 lead and end Carlyle's night.

"I just came up and tried to get a run home," Howard said."(Carlyle) just kind of left a fastball middle-away. I was ableto make good contact and it took off."


Carlyle (7-4) went 4 1/3 innings and allowed four runs - threeearned - on six hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Heentered the contest with a 6-1 record and a 3.21 ERA in his lasteight starts.


Atlanta scored first for the third straight time in the series.The first three batters had base hits in the first inning as theBraves took a 2-0 lead. Escobar singled, Diaz doubled and bothrunners scored on a two-run single by Chipper Jones.

The Phillies also quickly rallied for the third consecutivegame, using a single and two walks to load the bases with oneout. Carlyle struck out Aaron Rowand, but Jayson Werth lined anRBI single to right that cut the deficit to 2-1. On the play,Pat Burrell was easily thrown out at the plate by Jeff Francoeurto end the inning.


After the Phillies had runners on first and second with one outwhen Abraham Nunez lined a single to right, Francoeur gunned outanother runner at the plate in the fourth inning.


Phillies third base coach Steve Smith again elected to challengeFrancoeur's arm by sending Werth, and again Francoeur's strongthrow was in plenty of time. With runners now on second andthird, Moyer struck out to end the threat.


Francoeur had another chance to throw out a runner in theseventh on Burrell's sacrifice fly after Rollins led off with atriple, but his throw sailed into the stands behind the Bravesdugout, allowing Rollins to score the insurance run thatincreased the lead to 5-3.


"(Francoeur) saved Buddy big time with the throws," Bravesmanager Bobby Cox said. "The last one, he just got under it alittle bit and (the throw) took off."