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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Rocky Mountain Sweep

Six months after the Rockies ended the Phillies 2007 season with a three-game sweep in the NLDS, Charlie Manuel's crew earned a bit of redemption with a two-game sweep at Coors Field.

The Phillies won in edge-of-your-couch fashion Tuesday night.

Down to their last at bat, the Phillies pushed across three runs in the ninth off Colorado closer Manny Corpas en route to a 8-6 win at Coors Field.

The hero? Pat Burrell. Yes, the same Pat Burrell who was the bane of Phillies fans' existence 10 months ago.

But since last year's all-star break, Burrell has been all-star worthy. In 95 games since last year's all-star break, he's hitting .309 with 26 home runs and 82 RBIs.

Three of those RBIs came on one, game-winning swing Tuesday night. With the bases loaded and one out, Burrell unloaded on a fastball with a bases-clearing double.

Burrell leads the National League with 22 RBI. One more RBI this month and Burrell will tie Von Hayes' April record with 22, set in 1985.

The quickest addition to the Archive Files: Burrell and the Phils bats come alive late to sweep their way out of Denver.

And in the notebook from Tuesday's day at Coors Field, Jenkins adjusts to the bench, a local kid finds a comfort zone in the Rockies pen and Utley's best man talks about the slugging second baseman's hot streak.

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The Archive Files

On Monday, Carlos Ruiz and the Phillies beat the Rockies - something they couldn't do last October.

In the notebook, Eric Bruntlett gets ready for two more weeks at shortstop.

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