Summary: Led by a 3-for-5 night by September slugger Ryan Howard, the Phillies pummeled the Marlins with 17 hits en route to a 10-6 win. Cole Hamels tossed seven shutout innings to run his scoreless streak to 24 innings, last surrendering a run to the Houston Astros on Aug. 24. Howard homered and knocked in six as he continues his late push for the league lead in RBIs. Meanwhile, Shane Victorino continued to shine out of the lead-off spot, scoring three runs. The Marlins got all their runs off twice-released left-hander Nate Robertson in an amateur-hour 8th. Unfortunately, Ryan Madson was eventually needed to end the nonsense in the 9th. With the win, the Phillies have won 10 of their last 11 series and finish the homestand 5-2 having scored 25 runs in their last three games, and incredible push considering they were running on fumes by all accounts. The Braves also won, so the Phillies' lead holds at half a game.
Rollins leaves game: Jimmy Rollins left the game with tightness in his right hamstring. The Phillies are saying he's day-to-day and will wait until after tomorrow's off day to see if he'll need a third trip to the disabled list.





