Broad Street Heroes

The Phillies must not have thought that the 4th of July fireworks were enough because they had some fireworks of their own tonight.  The festivities started off early with a 10 run first inning for the Phillies that was capped off by a three run homer by Chase Utley.  Eight of those runs were with 2 outs.  They went on to hit four home runs in the game, including a Grand Slam by Jayson Werth to end the game.  The Phillies margin of victory was their largest since 1894.  The box score for this game is mind boggling:  http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=290706122.  The 1-2 combo of Rollins and Victorino went 7-9 with 3 walks, 5 RBIs, and 9 runs scored.  All of this was done against starter Johnny Cueto, who came into the game with the NL’s 4th best ERA.  He left the game after giving up 9 runs in 0.2 innings of work, a 121.5 ERA for the game.  Cole Hamels was almost an afterthought in this game, but he pitched beautifully.  Cole went 7 strong innings, letting up only 1 run on a solo home run.  If you want to watch the 1st inning again, it will be on Comcast from 10:44-11:15 tonight.