For the second time this season, the Phillies pounded out 20 runs, this time on a season-high 21 hits. I was running errands and missed the first inning in St. Louis, when with 2 outs Utley, Howard, and Burrell went deep in succession. I got back in time for the hit parade 4th, with the Phils up 4-0. Pitcher Kyle Kendrick got the hits rolling with a double; his second time up in the inning he singled. By inning end, the Phillies had scored 9 runs. Howard, who likes hitting in front of his hometown crowd, added a 3-run homer in the 6th. Catcher Carlos Ruiz, in a bit of a hitting drought, ended up with 4. Final score: 20-2. Infielder Aaron Miles pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 9th for the Cards and got a standing ovation from the fans. It was the only inning where the Phils went down in order. Kyle Kendrick went a strong seven and got his 6th win of the season, on the first anniversary of his unexpected call-up to the bigs. The Phillies are 10-1 in Kendrick's starts this year.
But for urgent errands, I would have been at the IronPigs game. The 'Pigs beat the Bisons to take 3 of 4 in the series and climb, at least for a day, out of last place. Something else though was making the 'Pigs announcers giddy: Daisuke Matsuzaka will be rehabbing Monday night at Coca-Cola Park during the PawSox-'Pigs series.
