Phillies Crush Cubs

You would think that all of this Roy Halladay trade talk would eventually get to the players heads. Apparently not. After tonight's 10-1 win over the Cubs the Phillies extended there winning streak to nine games.
Rodrigo Lopez suffered right shoulder inflammation in his last start on July 6th and hasn't pitched since then. Tonight was his first game back and Lopez didn't have his best stuff but he worked out of it and pitched a quality outing. Lopez went six innings and gave up one earned run.
The Phillies offense got out to a great start. With runners on second and third with two outs in the first inning, Raul Ibanez hit a three-run homerun to dead centerfield to give the Phillies a 3-0 lead. After that the Philliesjsut kept on adding on runs. Carlos Ruiz and Ryan Howard both hit homeruns to contribute to there outburst in runs and the Phillies went on to win 10-1.
Also, the Phillies said today that Brett Myers could be back by August but he would have to pitch out of the bullpen. Myers says that he is nowhere near being able to go 100 pitches but he would be a great asset to the Phillies bullpen. Myers will throw a bullpen session on Saturday.
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Phillies:Joe Blanton's last start on Saturday was wiped out after 1 1/3 innings because of a postponement at Land Shark Stadium, but instead of losing his turn in the rotation altogether, manager Charlie Manuel figured the 28-year-old could use that as pretty much a bullpen session and start him three days later. Blanton threw 24 pitches -- giving up two unofficial runs -- and will be on 10 days' rest when he takes on the Cubs. The 28-year-old has a team-high 10 quality starts this season, including seven in his past nine outings.Harden opened the second half in much better form than he closed it.
Cubs:Rich Harden opened the second half in much better form than he closed it. In his two starts prior to the All-Star break, Harden gave up 11 runs on 15 hits over seven innings. In his first post-break start, the right-hander held the Nationals to one run -- unearned -- on three hits over six innings. He seems to like the road grays. Harden is now 5-1 with a 2.17 ERA away from Wrigley Field. But Harden pitched good against the Nationals, that's pretty much like pitching good against a Triple-A team. Harden will be tested more against a superior team, the Philadelphia Phillies.