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Offense Powers Phils To Series Win

Last April the Phillies were dragging offensively, then the Astros came to town for a makeup game and the Phillies throttled them, 11-4. This year, with the Phils putting up some offensive stinkers lately, the Astros got yet another dose of that big hitting, as the Phils flew by the ‘Stros, 10-2.

It was an all-around slugfest for the offense. Chase Utley homered and drove in two. Ryan Howard homered and drove in two. Pat Burrell homered and drove in two. Chris Coste homered and drove in three. Geoff Jenkins doubled twice and drove in a run. Meanwhile, So Taguchi knocked two hits from the leadoff spot and Greg Dobbs got two hits in the two-hole. They scored early (three in the first) and often (in the third, fourth, sixth and eighth) and ran away with this one.

Brett Myers was strong, going seven easy innings and surrendering a home run to Miguel Tejada and four other hits. He struck out eight and walked one — a second-consecutive quality start.

Clay Condrey let Carlos Lee smash one out in the ninth; other than that, not much else to say. Eric Bruntlett went 0-for-5. Tom Gordon pitched a scoreless eighth.

With Philadelphia in the seventies today, the bats came alive in the daytime heat. A huge win, too, as the Phils can now look ahead to the big Mets series this weekend with a nice two-of-three from the Astros in the rearview.

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Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.

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