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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- This time around, seven solid innings was enough
for Randy Wolf.
Wolf allowed one run and Mike Lieberthal hit a three-run home run
as the Philadelphia Phillies extended their winning streak to a
season-high five by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 Wednesday
night.
Wolf (8-5) allowed five hits, struck out seven and walked none.
In his previous start, Wolf also allowed one run through seven
innings before being rocked for five runs and six hits in the
eighth.
"To tell you the truth, it took me a while. It took me a good
four days to forget about that eighth inning, but I did," Wolf
said. "That last game was such a roller-coaster ride. You're at
the top of the ride and then in the matter of 20 minutes, you're at
the bottom. To come back and play this game was big for me,
mentally."
Phillies manager Terry Francona said the previous outing had no
bearing on the decision to take Wolf out after seven innings.
"It was just who was coming up and what was going on,"
Francona said. "I just thought he'd had enough."
Lieberthal's 13th homer capped a four-run fifth inning off
starter Jamey Wright (4-2).
Ron Gant, Bobby Abreu and Scott Rolen opened the fifth with
consecutive singles before Lieberthal lined a 3-2 pitch 407 feet to
center.
Wright gave up four runs and eight hits in four-plus innings.
Wright won three times in four previous starts since his last loss
on June 9.
"The home runs that I've given up are, I think, all solos,"
Wright said. "That's something I was pretty proud of myself -- for
getting out of jams with guys in scoring position, bearing down a
little more. I let him have that one instead of going right at him
with my best sinker."
Milwaukee made it 4-1 in the seventh on singles by Marquis
Grissom, Charlie Hayes, and Geoff Jenkins' sacrifice fly. The
Brewers added a run in the eighth on Mark Sweeney's pinch-hit
double and Luis Lopez's single.
Philadelphia extended the lead to 5-2 in the ninth off David
Weather Lieberthal's one-out single and three consecutive walks.
With two outs and a runner on second, Wayne Gomes loaded the bases
before getting pinch-hitter Tyler Houston to fly to the warning
track in center for his seventh save in 11 chances.
Desi Relaford's baserunning mistake cost the Phillies a run in
the second. With two outs and runners on first and second, Wolf
singled to center. Lieberthal would have scored easily from second,
but Relaford went too far rounding second. Center fielder Marquis
Grissom threw behind Relaford, who was tagged out before Lieberthal
crossed the plate.
"It would have been a lot tougher if we'd lost by one,"
Francona said. "That's a mental mistake that you don't like to see
happen."
Game notes
Rolen extended his hitting streak to 13 games. ... Wright's
outing was his shortest of the season in nine starts. He pitched
into the eighth inning in each of his four previous starts. ... The
Phillies clinched their sixth straight series victory. The last
time they won five or more consecutive series was in 1995, when
they won 10 straight. ... The last time Philadelphia won five
consecutive games was May 4-9 last season. ... Chris Jones, called
up Tuesday, made his Brewers' debut as a pinch-hitter in the sixth
inning and flied out to right. ... After the game, the Brewers
optioned RHP Allen Levrault to Triple A Indianapolis and recalled
LHP Ray King.
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