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July 20th, 2009 
BroadStreetHero 
The Phillies began their 3 game home series with the Chicago Cubs in style tonight on national television. Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino got things rolling with back to back hits, then after two outs, Raul Ibanez hit a shot to dead center field to give the Phillies a 3-0 lead. The Phillies never looked back. Rodrigo Lopez pitched a very solid game, going 6 strong innings while allowing 1 run and striking out 5 batters. Chad Durbin got the save by pitching three scoreless innings in relief. I learned something new tonight, if a reliever pitches three innings of relief to end a game he will earn a save no matter how big the lead is, which is why Durbin got the save in a 10-1 game.
Ryan Howard was the only Phillie who had a poor game, with three strikeouts in his first three at bats, but he hit a towering opposite field home run in the 8th inning to make up for his previous at bats. Jayson Werth just missed hitting a ball out and ended up going 0-3 in the game. Otherwise, the lineup was very impressive. Carlos Ruiz had a two run homer along with a RBI double.
The Phillies have gone 10-1 in their last 11 home games, and are 13-3 in July. This surge has given the Phillies a 52-38 record on the season, good enough for a 7 game lead in the NL East.
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