Nationals 4 - 2 Phillies
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Hamels looks to help Phillies to sixth straight win

Apr 26, 2007 - 2:20 PM Washington (6-15) at Philadelphia (9-11) 3:05 pm EDT

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- The Philadelphia Phillies seek their sixth straight win Thursday when they meet the Washington Nationals in the finale of a three-game series.

Philadelphia also is aiming for its first sweep of Washington since 2005.

Chase Utley had five hits and knocked in three runs as the Phillies coasted to a 9-3 victory on Wednesday.

Looking to to stay hot, the Phillies send Cole Hamels (2-0, 2.57 ERA) to the mound. The lefthander struck out a career-high 15 batters in a a complete game 4-1 victory over Cincinnati on Saturday.

"I was able to execute even when the count wasn't in my favor," Hamels said. " The motivation we had made us relax a bit. It allowed us to go out and execute."

The lefthander executed his pitches almost brilliantly for the most strikeouts in the majors since Jason Schmidt struck out 16 for San Francisco against Florida on June 6 of last season.

Shawn Hill (1-2, 2.92) has pitched well for the Nationals, allowing more than just two runs in one of his four starts.

The righthander is 1-1 with a 7.45 ERA in two lifetime starts against the Phillies.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 8 0
    PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: WAS - SHAWN HILL, CHAD CORDERO (9TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER
    PHI - COLE HAMELS, GEOFF GEARY (6TH), RYAN MADSON
    (7TH), FRANCISCO ROSARIO (9TH) AND ROD BARAJAS

    HOME RUN

    Apr 26 5:28 PM


  • NL
    AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY PAT BURRELL SCORED SHANE VICTORINO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R HOWARD ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 4
    PHILADELPHIA 2 BOTTOM, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: W HELMS (.306, 2-FOR-3)

    Nationals vs. PhilliesApr 26 5:27 PM


  • NL
    AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY AARON ROWAND (4) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 8TH OFF SHAWN HILL.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 4, PHILADELPHIA 1
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: R BARAJAS (.167, 0-FOR-2)

    Nationals vs. PhilliesApr 26 5:06 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 8 0
    PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 (BOT 7)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: WAS - SHAWN HILL
    PHI - RYAN MADSON

    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: S VICTORINO (.275, 0-FOR-2)
    C UTLEY (.301, 1-FOR-2)
    R HOWARD (.206, 0-FOR-2)

    Apr 26 4:46 PM


  • NL
    AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO BRIAN SCHNEIDER SCORED AUSTIN KEARNS.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, B SCHNEIDER ON FIRST, M RESTOVICH ON SECOND,
    R CHURCH ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 4
    PHILADELPHIA 0 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: S HILL (.286, 0-FOR-2)

    Nationals vs. PhilliesApr 26 4:23 PM


  • NL
    AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RYAN CHURCH SCORED RONNIE BELLIARD AND RYAN
    ZIMMERMAN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R CHURCH ON FIRST, A KEARNS ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 3
    PHILADELPHIA 0 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: M RESTOVICH (.235, 0-FOR-2)

    Nationals vs. PhilliesApr 26 4:18 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
    PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 (TOP 5)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: WAS - SHAWN HILL
    PHI - COLE HAMELS

    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: M RESTOVICH (.250, 0-FOR-1)
    B SCHNEIDER (.179, 0-FOR-1)
    S HILL (.333, 0-FOR-1)

    Apr 26 3:53 PM


  • NL
    AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY DMITRI YOUNG (3) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF COLE HAMELS.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1, PHILADELPHIA 0
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A KEARNS (.284, 1-FOR-1)

    Nationals vs. PhilliesApr 26 3:45 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 1 0
    PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: WAS - SHAWN HILL
    PHI - COLE HAMELS

    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: R HOWARD (.213, 3 HR, 12 RBI)
    P BURRELL (.344, 1 HR, 8 RBI)
    W HELMS (.290, 0 HR, 9 RBI)

    Apr 26 3:22 PM

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