Cotton candy takes center stage one April evening at a Reading Phillies game.Charlie Manuel actually smiled after Ryan Howard hit his second home run, a 2-run hang 'em- bang 'em shot in the 6th. By the end of that inning, the Phillies had sent 13 to the plate and put 8 more on the board for a 12-0 lead. Jamie Moyer went six innings and was masterful, allowing hits but keeping the Nats off-balance and off the board. He also drew a pivotal walk in that 6th-inning outburst. Clay Condrey, on for the last three innings, surrendered two runs. Thanks to that peculiar rule of baseball about pitching the last three innings of a game, he got the save in a 12-2 win. It was good to see Charlie smiling again. Of late he's been ducking his head or drumming his fingers on the dugout railing. Howard's first homer, by the bye, was a long-gone solo into the second deck. He got the Phillies on the board in the 1st with an RBI double. Pedro Feliz and Shane Victorino also homered. Last night the Nats' new park was suddenly looking like a hitters' park.
