Phillies Vs Rockies

The Phillies completed a four game sweep of the Rockies on Monday winning 5-4 over Colorado.

Things didn’t look good early on for the Phils as starter Joe Blanton surrendered 2 runs right away in the top of the first inning. Jason Giambi and Ryan Spilborgh each drove in a run with RBI singles to give the Rockies and early 2-0 lead.

Philly came fighting back in the 2^nd inning with a 2 RBI triple off the bat of Brian Schneider to tie the game up at 2-2 for the Phillies. Two batters later Jimmy Rollins drove Schneider in with a fielders choice to put the Phils on top by the score of 3-2.

In the 6^th inning the Phillies tacked on 2 more runs with RBI singles by Ibanez and Polanco to make the score 5-2, Stater Joe Blanton settled in nicely throwing 6 innings while allowing only 2 runs.

In the 9^th inning things got interesting after Brad Lidge Surrendered a 2 run homer to make the score 5-4 he then loaded the bases for Rockies Ryan Spillborgh with 2 outs. Lidge was able to escape the trouble and come away with the save making Spillborgh hit a soft ground ball back at him

Marlins Vs Giants

Florida got themselves back above .500 again with a 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday.

Ricky Nolasco kept the Giants line up in check all game throwing 6.1 innings while allowing only 1 ER on 4 Hits with 7 Strikeouts. Mike Stanton led the Marlins offense driving in 2 runs on a solo home run and a Late RBI Double that turned out to be a big insurance run. Dan Uggla also went deep for his 19^th homer of the season.

Leo Nunez came on in the 9^th to close out his 24^th save of the season.