Sometimes it is hard to figure out this game.  Take the four-game, weekend series in Petro Park that ended yesterday.

**On Thursday night in the first inning, the Phillies had three hits, a walk and a SD error. They scored one run.

**Vance won that game and fanned a career-high 11, working seven innings.  Two years ago, his first taste of the majors, he struck out 12 in 13 total innings.

**Cole was called for two balks in Friday’s game.  A first for him.  In his career, minors and majors, he had four before Friday.

**Friday night Shane was hit by a pitch, the ump said he didn’t get out of the way, the next pitch was at Shane’s feet and he briefly acted as if he was hit again but to no avail.  Shane then homered.

**Doc walked three consecutive batters in the second inning on Saturday, first time he’s ever walked three in a row in 2,555 innings.

**For the game, he wound up walking four.  That snapped a streak of 117 consecutive starts in which he walked that many without an unintentional walk included.  The loss was Doc’s first ever to SD.

**A two-out run in the top of the ninth on Saturday helped the Phillies escape a shutout for the second straight Saturday and third in a week.

**In five games started by LHP, the Phillies have scored six runs.

**Saturday’s loss was the Phillies first at Petco Park since August 19, 2008. It ended a club-record streak of 13 straight wins there.  George W. Bush was President the last time the Phillies lost at Petco.

**Two Phillies errors paved the way for two unearned runs in the first inning on Sunday.  Going into the game, the Phillies had the NL’s fewest, six.

Sad News
Thanks to faithful reader Dennis Orlandini, we learned the sad news that former Phillies SS John O’Neil died on April 18, one day before his 92nd birthday.  I had offered birthday wishes on the 19th, not aware.  Mr. O’Neil played 46 games for the 1946 Phillies, his lone major league season. 

Two years ago for his 90th birthday, we sent him a Phillies jersey with his name and number (27) on the back.  A daughter responded that he was touched by the gesture.

Our thoughts and prayers are extended to Mr. O’Neil’s family.

Down On the Farm
**Lehigh Valley had two losses and one postponement. 

**Reading was 1-1 and a postponement.  Down 3-1 on Friday night with two out in the last of the ninth, they tied the game and won it in the 10th.

**Clearwater won on Sunday after being rained out Friday and Saturday.  RHS Justin DeFratis made a rehab start on Sunday, one scoreless inning.  LH Austin Wright (3-0) followed Justin and improved to 3-0, fanning 10 in five innings.

**Lakewood lost 15-2 at Hagerstown on Friday night and then got rained out Saturday night and a double-header on Sunday.

Phlashback
April 23, 1961—RHP Art Mahaffey sets a Phillies record with 17 strikeouts in a 6-0 win over the Cubs in the second game of a doubleheader at Connie Mack Stadium.  RHP Frank Sullivan blanks the Cubs, 1-0, in the first game.  Phillies haven’t had a doubleheader shutout since.

April 23, 1991—Jim Fregosi replaces Nick Leyva as Phillies manager.

Check www.phillies.com/alumni for more flashback moments.

When asked about offense, Charlie responded, “We scored two more runs than we did last night.”  Following the tough 1-0 loss in SF on Wednesday night, the Phillies blanked the Padres, 2-0, on Thursday night.

Once again, the starting pitching was brilliant.  This time it was Vance, fanning a career-high 11 in seven shutout innings.  Phillies starters’ ERA is now 2.32. A year ago they led the majors with a 2.86 figure.

Once again, the offense sputtered.  Right off the bat, Juan walked to start the game and eventually scored. In that first inning they had three hits, a walk and an error but scored just one run.   Turns out it was enough. 

Their second run came on a passed ball in the ninth.

Working pitchers hasn’t been a plus for the hitters.  The Phillies drew two walks giving them 22 for the season.  The Padres, another team that doesn’t score many runs, have 59.

Anyway, the 12th consecutive win at Petco Park, a new Phillies record for one ballpark.  Their old mark was 11 in a row at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field, 1954-55.  Charlie was 11 years old then.

Down On The Farm
**Lehigh Valley won, 8-4, at Buffalo.  1B Cody Overbeck, 4-4, including two doubles; C Eric Kratz, 3 hits, 2 RBI.  1st save for Joe Savery, 1.2 scoreless innings.

**Reading was idle.

**Clearwater dropped to 0-4 this week with a 7-1 defeat at Lakeland.  LHS Jesse Biddle, 7 runs (4 earned) in 3 innings.

**Lakewood lost its third straight, 11-9, in 10 innings at Hagerstown.  SS Tyler Greene, 3 RBI. 3B Maikel Franco, 2nd HR, 2 RBI; 1B Kelly Dugan, 2nd HR, 2 RBI.

Weekly Honors (April 5-15)
Pitcher:  RHP Tyler Cloyd, Lehigh Valley-Reading.  Started 2 games, 1 at each level and was 2-0, 1.50 ERA.  Scheduled to begin the season at Reading, he was called to start the LV season opener on 4/5 because Dave Bush was suspended for a spring training brawl.  Cloyd threw 6 perfect innings, striking out 8, throwing 73 pitches.  He had 5 3-ball counts. He returned to Reading and won his first start there on 4/12, allowing 2 runs on 6 hits in 6 innings. The 24-year-old was an 18th round selection in 2008 and signed by Jerry Lafferty. It marks the 3rd time in the last 6 awards that Cloyd has been named pitcher of the week.

Player:  OF Jiwan James, Reading.  Starting in all 3 outfield positions, James hit .364 in 11 games, 12 hits and a club-high 7 runs.  Among his dozen hits were a double, 2 triples and 2 homers.  He stole 6 bases in 7 attempts. His .697 slugging percentage was tops in the organization.  He had a 7-game hitting streak (.444) end on 4/14.  The 23-year-old switch-hitter was a 22nd round selection in 2007 and signed by Chip Lawrence.  It is the third time in his 4-year minor league career he was won the weekly honors.

Alumni Notes
**RHPs Tyler Green and Mike Grace, once teammates on the Phillies, have been reunited in business in Phoenix.  Check out Paul Hagen’s story at www.phillies.com/alumni.

**Birthdays: Tommy Hutton (66) today . . . Mickey Morandini (46) and Terry Francona (53) on Sunday.

Pitching and defense.  That’s the Phillies mantra without Chase and Ryan, their 3-4 hole hitters.  They got the pitching last night, a brilliant effort by Cliff but defense opened the door for SF’s 1-0, 10-inning win.

The Phillies entered the game with the second best batting average in the NL but only two teams had scored fewer runs.  That trend continued.  Defensively, the Phillies had just four errors going into the game but they added two, including one that led to the lone run.

Cliff threw 102 pitches in 10 innings of work.  An amazing number.  What is more amazing, 80 were strikes.  Stop and think about that.  Only 22 pitches weren’t in the strike zone.

Cain, on the other hand, threw 91 pitches in his nine innings.  At home this year, he’s allowed three hits and no runs in 18 innings.  The 0-0 game after nine was played in 1 hour, 50 minutes.

Last Phillies pitcher to work 10 innings was Terry Mulholland in 1993.  The Phillies club record for most innings in a game?  Well, the record won’t ever, I mean ever, be broken: 20. It has been done three times: Tully Sparks, 1905 (2-1 loss at Chicago), Mule Watson, 1912 (2-1 loss to Cubs at Baker Bowl) and Joe Oeschger, 1919 (9-9 tie vs. Dodgers at Baker Bowl).  Guess they didn’t have pitch counts back then.

Loss dropped Phillies into last place in the East for the first time since April 20, 2007.  Remember, they went on to the playoffs that year.  Last night’s game was #12.  That means 150 games remain.

Special Birthday

SS John O’Neill who turns 92 today.  He had one year in the big leagues and that was with the 1946 Phillies, hitting .266 in 46 games.  He was 25 years old and wore #27.  His fondest memory of his brief career, “being called up to the majors.”  John resides in an assisted living apartment in Lakewood, NY. 

Down On The Farm

**Lehigh Valley dropped a 4-1 decision for the second straight day at Buffalo. IronPigs were held to four singles.  LHR Jacob Diekman struck out the side in the 8^th inning.

 *Reading’s three-game winning streak ended, 2-1, in Richmond.  RHS David Buchanan (1-1) was the loser.

 **Clearwater was idle.

 **Lakewood lost its second in a row, 9-1, to Greensboro. LF Brian Painter, 2-4 and sixth stolen base.

Phlashback

April 19, 1900—Phillies win in Boston, 19-17, in 10 innings, the highest scoring opener in NL history.  Boston scored nine in the bottom of the ninth to send the game into extra innings.  Wonder what the pitch count was in that game.

112 years later, will we duplicate 19 runs tonight in Petco Park?

It doesn’t always matter how many hits you get in a game, it’s when you get them.  Last night the Phillies bowed, 4-2, in SF.  Joe-B kept them in the game and was tagged for four runs, although one should go to third base umpire Marty Foster who missed a call.

But, the big story was the offense, or lack of.  In six of the first seven innings, the Phillies had a runner in scoring position.  In the sixth, they had the bases loaded and no outs but only managed one run on a sac fly.  Hitters were 1-11 with runners in scoring position and that told the story.

One thing about baseball, the next game comes quickly, like tonight.  Cliff Lee, 3-0, 0.72 ERA, in his career of regular-season games at ATT&T park faces Matt Cain, fresh from a 1-hit, 11-strikeout outing.

Since 2000, the Phillies have won only four of 13 series in this ballpark.  Rubber game will determine which way those numbers change.

After the game, the Phillies take a Delta charter flight south to San Diego.  In the history of Petco Park, the Phillies have an unearthly 22-4 record.  This next series is four games and then it’s on to Phoenix for three.

Congratulations
Former Phillie Jamie Moyer, who last night became the oldest pitcher ever to win a game.  Some day after he finally takes off a baseball uniform, we’ll bring him back to Citizens Bank Park for Alumni weekend. 

Down On The Farm
**Lehigh Valley lost, 4-1, at Buffalo. LHR Joe Savery made his first appearance, 1 inning, 1 hit, 1 unearned run, 2 strikeouts.

**Reading used a 10-run sixth inning to crush Richmond, 19-6.  2B Cesar Hernandez, 5-6 with 5 runs scored, 1B Darin Ruf, 5-6, 4 runs, LF Leandro Castro, 3-5, 6 RBI.  RHS Trevor May (3-0), 1 run, 5 innings, chipped in with a 2-3 night at bat.  He’s hitting .500 for the season.

**Clearwater dropped a 2-1 decision at Tampa.  LF D’Arby Myers, 2-4, hitting .360.

**Lakewood also lost by one run, 4-3, to Greensboro.  RF Brian Pointer, 1-3, triple, 3 RBI.

Phlashback
One of the truly great moments in Phillies history:
April 18, 1987–3B Mike Schmidt homers at 4:53 p.m. on a 3-0 pitch from Don Robinson in Pittsburgh to become the 14th player in baseball history to reach 500 home runs.  Dramatic three-run, game-winning homer in the ninth beats the Pirates, 8-6.

Mike reflects on that historic homer on www.phillies.com/alumni.

Doc made sure the longest road trip of the season got off to a good start with yet another stellar performance.  If he isn’t the best pitcher in the game, then name one.

Tim has been struggling (12.91 ERA entering last night’s game).  The Phillies took advantage of his struggles by jumping on him for four runs in the first inning.  Doc took it from there.  It was his first win ever over the Giants. JP closed it out.

Both gave examples of pounding the strike zone.  Doc threw 109 pitches, 76 for strikes.  JP, 14 pitches, 12 for strikes. 

Doc’s worked seven innings and has allowed two or fewer runs in all three starts.  According to Elias Sports Bureau, the last Phillie to do that was LHP Dennis Cook in 1990.   He was 8-3 for the Phillies and was traded that September for C Darrin Fletcher.  Don’t think Doc will be traded.

Game #2 is tonight and can be seen nationally on MLB Network.  Pat Burrell, who finished his career with the Giants last season, will throw out the first ball.  He’ll officially retire as a Phillie on May 19 when he does the same thing at Citizens Bank Park.

Down On The Farm
**Lehigh Valley won its sixth straight, 8-2, at Buffalo.  RHS Austin Hyatt (2-0) allowed one unearned run in 5.2 innings.  RF Derrick Mitchell drove in four runs.

**Reading won, 5-3, at Richmond.  RHP Tyler Cloyd (2-0) gave up 10 hits but won his third in a row (including opener at LV).  BJ Rosenberg picked up his 3rd save.  SS Troy Hanzawa, two hits, two RBI.

**Clearwater dropped a 6-2 decision at Tampa.  LHP Adam Moran (0-1) took the loss.  He fanned six in six innings, boosting his organization-high total to 21.

**Lakewood won its third in a row, 5-4, over Greensboro.  DH Aaron Altherr was 3-4.  RHR Colby Shreve (1-0) picked up the win with 3.2 hitless, scoreless relief innings.

Phlashback
April 17, 1976—3B Mike Schmidt ties major league record by hitting four consecutive home runs in defeating the Cubs in Wrigley Field, 18-16, in 10 innings.  The Phillies rallied from trailing 12-1 and 13-2, tying the NL record for the biggest comeback.  Schmidt’s homers came in the 5th, 7th, 8th and 10th innings (game winner).

You can read Chris Wheeler’s account of the wild game and Mike’s memories of the four consecutive homers on www.phillies.com/alumni.

There’s nothing like flying from the east coast to the west coast after a victory.  It certainly makes the long trip much more pleasant, even shorter although that’s not possible.

The Phillies avoided a sweep of the Mets by scoring late, with new extra men, Nix and Wigginton coming up with the big hits.  Key hits have been missing.

Cole gave up a two-run homer in the first inning and that was it.  It was his first win over the Mets at home since 2009.  10 strikeouts marked his 19th double-digit game.  Only three other Phillies hurlers have more: Steve Carlton (70), Curt Schilling (45) and Jim Bunning (25).

Circling the Bases
Galvis was given the day off on Sunday.  His defense has been sparkling.  After an 0-12 start, he’s 6-15 . . . 10-game trip begins tonight in SF in a pitching matchup classic, Doc vs. Lincecum.  Doc’s ERA is 0.60, Tim’s an unearthly 12.91 . . . Phillies face the Giants top three hurlers . . . Phillies are 17-25 at ATT&T Park, winning three of four last season . . . Four games in Petco Park starting Thursday night.

Down On The Farm
**Lehigh Valley ended a homestand 5-0 with a 3-1 decision over Rochester.  Ironpigs are 9-2, topped only by the Lansing Lugnuts (9-1) in the Midwest League.  LF Domonic Brown is hitting .367 in his last eight games.  He has two hits in each of his last three games.  RHR Phillippe Aumont picked up his organization-high fourth save on Sunday.

**Reading split four games at Harrisburg in a series that started on Thursday.  Phillies are 8-3.

**Clearwater was 1-2 over the weekend.  Threshers are 4-6. CF Peter Lavin leads the organization with 15 hits.  Andy Pettite started against them Sunday for the second time during the week.

**Lakewood returned home on Thursday and won three of four from Hagerstown.  CF Gauntlett Eldemire leads the organization with 11 runs scored and eight steals.

Phlashback
April 16, 1953—2B Connie Ryan goes 6-for-6 (four singles, two doubles) in 14-12 loss in Pittsburgh.

April 16, 1959—Dave Philley gets major-league record ninth straight hit as a pinch-hitter (eight in 1958) as Phillies drop 7-3 decision in Milwaukee.  Philley died last month ( March 15) at age 91 in Paris, TX.  A switch-hitter, he had 93 career pinch hits.

April 16—Oh, no: Burt Hotton of the Cubs pitches a no-hitter against the Phillies in Wrigley Field in 1972 and six years later, Bob Forsch of the Cardinals no-hits the Phillies in St. Louis.

More Phlashback moments can be found at www.phillies.com/alumni.

Perhaps starting pitching is contagious.  Joe-B turned in a gem in his first start last night.  Elbow problems plagued him most of last season.  He doesn’t have the glitter of Doc, Cliff and Cole but his career is a winning one.

He’s now 27-17 since coming to the Phils for three prospects, none of whom are with the A’s any longer.  At Citizens Bank Park, he’s 13-3 in his last 16 starts. 

Starters so far have a 1.60 ERA for six games, pretty stingy.

Phillies are now 1-1 in series wins.  A year ago, they won 34 of 53.  Winning series is key.

Weekend
Mets in town for three games.  Charlie’s being honored pre-game Saturday for his historic 646th win last season, which set a record for a Phillies manager.  The Phillies have a surprise gift for him.

After Sunday’s game, the Phillies take a Delta charter flight across the country to San Francisco.  10 games in 10 days against the Giants, Padres and Diamondbacks, not an easy journey.

Then back home for one four-game series against the Cubs, starting April 27.

Down On The Farm
**Lehigh Valley won 4th in last 5, 5-4, vs. Syracuse.  C Tuffy Gosewisch hit a grand slam.  RHR Phillippe Aumont, 3rd save, 2 strikeouts, 1 inning.

**Reading improved to 7-1 with a 4-1 win in Harrisburg.  RF Jiawan James had his 2nd triple and threw out a runner at first base.  RHS Trevor May (2-0), 1 run, 7 innings and an RBI double; RHR B.J. Rosenberg, 2nd save.

**Clearwater went extra innings for the second straight game, this one a 6-5 win over Lakeland.  1B Jim Murphy, 3 hits, 1st homer, 3 RBI.  CF Peter Lavin, 3 hits, 2nd steal. RHR Jordan Whatcott (1-0), 0 runs, 2 strikeouts, 2 innings.

**Lakewood won home opener, 8-1, over Hagerstown.  CF Gauntlett Eldemire, 1-3, 3 runs, 6th steal.  RHS Michael Nesseth (1-1), 0 runs, 5 innings; RHR Kenny Giles, 1st save.

Phlashback
April 13, 1983—Trailing, 9-5, C Bo Diaz hits game-winning grand slam with two out in the last of the ninth off RHP Neil Allen to defeat the Mets, 10-9.

April 13, 2003—Phillies score club-record 13 runs in one inning (4th) en route to a 13-1 romp in Cincinnati.

April 14, 1960—34-year-old Gene Mauch replaces manager Eddie Sawyer, who resigned after 9-4 opening day loss in Cincinnati two days earlier.

April 15, 1985—Mike Schmidt plays in his 1,795th game to break the club record held by Richie Ashburn.

April 15, 2004—Four-run eighth inning lifts the Phillies to a 6-4 win over the Reds, their first victory in Citizens Bank Park.  LHP Rheal Cormier is the winner; save for Billy Wagner.  Homers by 3B David Bell and C Mike Lieberthal.

More Phlashback moments can be found on www.phillies.com/alumni.

It must be contagious, hitting that is. For four games, the hitting was non-existence. Last night, five straight hits in the third inning helped produce five runs, more than the Phillies had scored in any previous game this season.  Yoo-hoo, everybody hits.

From eight runs on 26 hits in four games, the Phillies piled up seven runs on 14 hits last night. 

Meanwhile, Doc continued his brilliant early-season pitching (one run in 15 innings).  In 31 starts after a Phillies loss, he’s 20-7.  That’s an ace.

Elias Sports Bureau
Win boosted Doc’s career won-lost record to 190-92 (.674). He became only the 10th pitcher in major-league history to reach the 190-wins mark with 92-or-fewer losses. The only other pitchers to do that in the post-World War II era were Whitey Ford in 1963 (who was 190-74), Juan Marichal in 1969 (190-87) and Pedro Martinez in 2005 (190-78).

www.phillies/com/alumni
**Mike Schmidt reflects on his historic four home run game in 1976 and his 500th homer 11 years later in the Alumni Views section.

**Pat Burrell is following the footsteps of Doug Glanville (2005) and Mike Lieberthal (2008) by officially retiring as a Phillie.

Trivia Question
Who got the last hit in both Jack Russell Stadium and Veterans Stadium?

Burrell: 9th inning single on 3/28/03 (JR Stadium) and 9th inning single on 9/28/03 (Vet).

Down On The Farm
**Lehigh Valley (5-2) edged Syracuse, 7-6.  C Eric Kratz, 2 doubles, 2 RBI; CF Scott Podsednik, 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 steals.  RHS Austin Hyatt (1-0); RHR Phillippe Aumont (2nd save).

**Reading (6-1) ended the homestand with a 4-2 win over New Hampshire. 2 hits each for 1B Darrin Ruf (.458) and RF Jiwan James (.417).  RHS Tyler Cloyd (1-0), 2 runs, 6 innings; RHR Justin Friend (3rd save).

**Clearwater (2-4) lost to Tampa by one run for the second straight game, 2-1, in 12 innings.  CF Peter Lavin, 3rd double, 1st HR.  No decision for LHS Adam Morgan, 1 run, 6 innings, 9 strikeouts.

**Lakewood (2-5) ended a season-opening road trip with a 5-1 loss in Greensboro.  BlueClaws open home schedule this evening.

Phlashback
April 12, 1965—Phillies win first NL game played in Houston’s Astrodome, 2-0, over the Colt 45s.  LHP Chris Short tosses four-hitter and 3B Dick Allen homers.

April 12, 2004—Cincinnati Reds spoil inaugural opener at Citizens Bank Park with 4-1 win.  RF Bobby Abreu hits first homer in new park.

Over 8,400 fans have cast their votes and the final five candidates for the Toyota Wall of Fame have been determined. In alphabetical order: RHP Jim Konstanty, C Mike Lieberthal, RHP Curt Schilling, C Jimmy Wilson and RHP Rick Wise.

The final five will be presented to a Special Wall of Fame Selection Committee to select the 2012 inductee.  The committee consists of seven writers, two broadcasters, five club executives and one historian/author.

Induction ceremonies will take place on Friday night, August 10, prior to the game against the Cardinals.  John Kruk, 2011 inductee, will present the 2012 winner. 

More Alumni News & Notes can be found at www.phillies.com/alumni.

Bats Missing
It is no secret the Phillies aren’t hitting in the early portion of this season. Larry Bowa often said, check the back of baseball cards for the numbers.

So, here are the numbers (current average, back of baseball card numbers):

Rollins (.250/.272), Polanco (.154/.301), Pence (.267/.292), Nix (.000/.244), Mayberry (.250.,265), Pierre (.222/.296)  and Wigginton (.111/.265).  Notice the two missing pieces are Victorino and Ruiz.  They are the only ones with higher career numbers.

Rounding The Bases
MLB released the top selling player jerseys last week and the Phillies have four in the top dozen, Lee (#2), Halladay (#5), Pence (#9) and Utley (#11).  #1 is Jeter . . . March rankings of the MLB pro bloggers has Phillies Insider in 12th place, up from 14 in February . . . After Harry Kalas died, the Phillies displayed a mural on the left field wall and after winning the division that season, many of the players trotted out there to touch the mural.  It is now on display again permanently in Harry The K’s restaurant . . . MLB Network did its top 100 player rankings last week and Cole is #67.  Hard to believe, Harry.

Down On The Farm
**Lehigh Valley was blanked on 4 singles, 8-0.  RHP Dave Bush (0-1), 1 unearned run in 5 innings.

**Reading was nipped by New Hampshire, 3-2. Runs came on solo homers by LF Jiwan James and DH Steve Susdorf.  RHP Jonathan Pettibone (0-1), 3 runs, 5.2 innings.

**Clearwater lost to Tampa, 5-4.  C Cameron Rupp, 2 RBI. RHP Perci Garner (0-1), 2 earned runs, 5 innings.

**Lakewood ended a 3-game losing streak with a 10-6 decision at Greensboro.  LF Brian Pointer hit his 3rd HR; SS Tyler Greene, an 11-round pick out of high school last year, hit his 1st pro homer.  LHP Lino Martinez (1-0), 3 runs, 5 innings.  RHR Ryan Duke, 1st save.

Cole hadn’t lost to the Marlins at Citizens Bank Park since 2010, 4-0; Sanchez hadn’t won in seven outings in the Phillies home also since 2010. That flip-flopped as the Marlins won the Phillies home opener yesterday. Cole fell to 1-4 in his last six opening starts of a season. 

The Marlins pounded out six extra base hits yesterday.  The Phillies have four for the season.  They’re averaging 2 runs per game in falling two under .500 for the first since April 23, 2009. Obviously, the offense is sputtering.  It will pick up.

Day off today is followed by a classic pitching matchup tomorrow night, Doc against the Marlins’ ace, JJ.  Could be a tough night for hitters. 

Elias Sports Bureau
The Marlins’ Infante became the eighth visiting player with a multi-homer game in a Phillies home opener.  Among the others were Albert Pujols (Cardinals, 2006) and three Hall of Famers, Mel Ott (Giants, 1934), Bill Terry (Giants, 1932) and Buck Ewing (Giants, 1887).

Down On The Farm
**Lehigh Valley blanked Pawtucket, 1-0; four pitchers combing in the shutout; RHS Scott Elarton won, 2 hits, 5 innings; LHR Jacob Diekman, 1st save, 2 hits, 3 strikeouts, 1 inning.  LF Dominic Brown, 2-4, including RBI single in the 4th.

**Reading improved to 5-0, 5-2, over New Hampshire.  CF Tyson Gillies, 3-5, 3 runs, 2 RBI; hitting .389.

**Clearwater beat Tampa, 9-6 with DH Jeremy Barnes and C Cameron Rupp getting 4 RBI each.  Two big leaguers on rehab pitched in the game, Andy Pettite and Jose Contreras.

**Lakewood continued a season-opening 7-game road trip with a 6-2 loss in Greensboro.  RF Brian Pointer, 3-4, including 2nd homer.

Phlashback
April 10, 1971—Phillies win first game played in Veterans Stadium, 4-1, over the Montreal Expos.  RHP Jim Bunning is the winner. SS Larry Bowa got the first hit.  3B Don Money got the first home run.

More Phillies Phlashbacks can be found on www.phillies.com/alumni.