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Phillies Out Bomb Bombers In The Bronx

PHILLIES 7
YANKEES 3

Hey! New York Yankees, now you know why the Philadelphia Phillies give the cross town Mets nightmares.

The World Champions homered four times off of Yankee pitching, making the new Yankee Stadium into their own little play pen, as they took game one 7-3. The Phils got off to a fast start when Jimmy Rollins led off the game with a solo home run to the very, very, very short porch in right field to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead.

The second inning was more of the same. With Matt Stairs already on base, Carlos Ruiz blasted a two run shot to left to make it 3-0 Philly. A. J. Burnett, who came into the game with a five ERA for the Yankees, never had it tonight. In six innings Burnett gave up eight hits and five runs, inclulding three home runs. Burnett falls to 2-2 with an ERA of 5.28.

With the Phillies up 5-0, Alex Rodriguez blasted his sixth home run of the year to cut the deficit to 5-1. However, the Phillies, as they always do, never gave in. Raul Ibanez who is having an All Star season hit his 16th home run to right off of Chien Ming Wang. Wang made his return from the DL to pitch in some long relief for the Yankees strapped bullpen. I guess Wang must wish that he stayed on the DL for a couple more days.

In the eighth the Philles got to Wang. Pedro Feliz led off the inning with a single, and Rollins singled to left to move Feliz to third. Finally, Chase Utley drove in Feliez with a single of his own to make it 7-1 Phils.

The Yankees did try to come back via the home run ball. Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeria hit a couple of bombs to make it 7-3, but it was not enough. Brett Meyers went eight solid innings for Philadelphia allowing three runs on eight hits, while striking out five. He is now 4-2 on the season. Box Score.

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