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ATLANTA —With All-Star catcher Carlos Ruiz still nursing a left foot injury,
Roy Halladay is growing pretty fond of Erik Kratz. Frank Gore Super bowl Jersey . “I didnt know
he was going to hit the way he has hit,” Halladay said, “with the power that he
has.” Kratz homered in the ninth inning off Braves closer Craig Kimbrel and
John Mayberry Jr. hit a three-run shot off Cristhian Martinez in the 10th to
help the Philadelphia Phillies rally for an 8-5 victory over Atlanta on Friday
night. Josh Lindblom (3-3) pitched a scoreless ninth, allowing one walk and
striking out one. Jonathan Papelbon earned his 31st save in 34 chances by
striking out Dan Uggla, getting Paul Janish to fly out and striking out
Eric Hinske in the 10th. Martinez (5-4) allowed three hits, three runs, one walk
and struck out two. The Braves, who have lost two straight and three of four,
dropped 6 1/2 games behind first-place Washington in the NL East. Philadelphia
has won two straight and six of eight. The Phillies are 18 games back in the NL
East, but they finished August with a 17-12 record. “Ive got a headache,”
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said while a smile as he shook a bottle of
aspirin. “It was a mentally tough game. Its amazing. Its unreal. Good game. Good
comeback win.” Kevin Frandsen led off the 10th with a single, moved to second on
Martinezs balk and advanced to third on Chase Utleys groundout. After
Ryan Howard was intentionally walked, Martinez struck out Juan Pierre before
Mayberrys 13th homer landed in the seats in left field. Kratzs homer made it
5-all in the ninth. The save opportunity was just Kimbrels third since Aug. 3.
Though Kimbrel has converted 32 of 35 chances this season, his last blown save
came July 20 on a homer by Washingtons Danny Espinosa. Kratz finished the game
3-for-5 and has hit safely in 15 of his 25 starts. With Ruiz hopeful to come
back soon from the disabled list, Kratz might hope the Phillies remember that 15
of his 27 hits this year are for extra bases. “You cant say enough about Kratzys
at-bat,” Mayberry said. “Kimbrels obviously one of the best closers in the game.
For him to come up with a clutch hit like that was huge and kind of put the
momentum on our side.” Uggla homered off Jeremy Horst to break a 4-all tie in
the sixth. Martin Prado and Freddie Freeman hit two-run homers in the fifth off
Halladay, Philadelphias starting pitcher, to give the Braves a 4-1 lead. Howard,
whose 10th homer made it 1-0 in the second, cut Atlantas lead to 4-3 in the
sixth with a two-run single that chased Atlanta starter Mike Minor.
Ty Wiggintons sacrifice fly off Chad Durbin made it 4-all. Halladay gave up
seven hits, four runs, four walks and struck out three in 4 2-3 innings.
Halladay is 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA in four starts at Turner Field this year. The
two-time Cy Young Award winner had gone 4-1 with a 2.75 ERA in his first five
August starts. Not until the third inning did Halladay tell anyone that he had
been sick the night before. He delivered the news to pitching coach Rich Dubee.
“I didnt feel very good last night,” Halladay said. “I was just zapped once I
got out there. I tried to battle as much as I could. I just didnt have enough
there by the fifth inning.” The Phillies have won just two of their last nine
against Atlanta. Minor led off the fifth with a single and scored with one out
on Prados eighth homer. After Jason Heywards popup, Hallaway walked
Chipper Jones before Freeman launched his 19th homer to make it 4-1. In the
sixth, Minor loaded the bases on singles by Jimmy Rollins, Frandsen and Utley.
Howard singled softly to centre to score Rollins and Frandsen and cut the lead
to 4-3. “Its obviously not a good thing,” Minor said. “If they give me runs, I
need to go out there and shut that inning down. But its obviously disappointing
to give up some base hits right there and pretty much all the runners score.”
Howard has 40 homers and 115 RBIs in 129 career games against Atlanta. Minor
allowed seven hits and four runs with one walk and three strikeouts in four-plus
innings. On the last play of the fourth, the 40-year-old Jones was trying to
score from second on Janishs single to centre, but he was tagged out at the
plate by Kratz. Though Jones lowered his shoulder and knocked Kratz on his back,
Kratz held onto the ball to preserve Halladays 1-0 lead. “He got him good,”
Halladay said. “It was a big play. Knowing youre going to get hit like that and
still catching the ball, it takes some toughness.” Notes: Braves SS
Andrelton Simmons has been cleared by a team physician to begin baseball
activities and could start a rehab assignment on Tuesday. ... Rollins apologized
to Manuel before the game and returned to the lineup a day after the former NL
MVP was benched in the middle of a game for failing to hustle. ... Minor went
1-1 with 2.40 ERA in his first two starts against the Phillies this year. ...
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throughout the playoffs.New York Islanders star-forward John Tavares has joined
Bern of the Swiss Elite League until the end of the NHL lockout. Tavares is
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