The Phillies beat the Astros 8-0 in Houston on Friday night. The Phillies have been on a tear so far this season having collect 52 hits in 4 games this season. On Friday the Phillies were on fire again pounding out 8 runs on 16 hits. Placido Polanco stayed hot going 4-5 with two RBI's so far this season Polanco is hitting .571 (11-19) 1 hr and 8 RBI. Chase Utley went 2-4 with his 1st homerun and 2 RBI's, and Raul Ibanez started to get it together as he went 3-4 picking up 3 runs batted in.Ryan Howard got his 7th RBI as he got 2 hits and Jayson Werth added 2 hits and Carlos Ruiz had one. JA Happ was good as he pitched 5 innings as he had an high pitch count he gave up 6 hits and walked 2 striking out 5, David Herndon, Danys Baez,and Jose Contreras pitched the rest and the Phillies improved their record to 3-1. Tomorrow the Astros will turn back the clock and the Phillies and Astros will wear their uniforms from 1965. The Phillies will have Jaime Moyer pitching and the Astros will have Felipe Paulino game time set for 7:05.
-Shaun
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