Phightin's take NL East Flag

The Phillies take the series two games out of  three.  Curt Simmons shuts out the Cards 1 - 0 in game one and then switching uniforms he limited the Phillies to one run in a Cardinals 6 - 1 win in game two

In the rubber game of the series The Phillies scored 6 times in the first inning added three more in the second and coasted to a 11 - 5 win behind Robin Roberts.  Ennis homered, one of four homers hit by the Phillies, and had four hits to lead the Phillie's attack.  Ennis also drove in the only run in the first game.

Jim Clouser
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Just to add a couple of comments, these teams came in to the series tied for the NL East lead, so the

series win gets the Phillies the division crown.

In the first game Del Ennis stroked a two-out, run scoring single in the bottom of the first inning to plate what turned out to be the only run of the game. The Cardinals had a few threats during the game, but could not get that key hit like Ennis provided the Phightins'.

The rubber game saw the Phillies jump all over Ray Sadecki in the first. Ironically I hesitated starting Sadecki, who I moved up a day in the rotation but was still on full rest. He was coming off two straight complete game shutouts, and while he was going well my thought was "he's probably due to get shelled since he has at least an 18 consecutive scoreless innings streak going". Sure enough, he got shelled. Should have gone with "gut feel" instead of logic. :-)

Bike Mike