Friday, June 16, 2006

June 16: PREGAME -- Wolf is back

Randy Wolf has rejoined the Phillies, and by the All-Star break, he may be pitching from the mound at Citizens Bank Park. After two rehab starts for high-A Clearwater, Wolf's next four starts will be at double-A Reading or triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

He also isn't ready to give up on winning the NL East, even after the Phillies were swept by the Mets this week.

"When you get swept by a rival, especially New York, people usually say, 'It's over,'" Wolf said. "But I remember in 2001, we were something like 8 games up, and it wasn't done. We didn't win the division."

True enough.

Here's tonight's lineup, with season stats:

SS Jimmy Rollins (.254, 9 HR, 22 RBI)
2B Chase Utley (.299, 12, 40)
RF Bobby Abreu (.292, 8, 48)
LF Pat Burrell (.263, 18, 50)
1B Ryan Howard (.289, 22, 54)
CF Aaron Rowand (.287, 8, 24)
3B David Bell (.260, 4, 25)
C Chris Coste (0-for-12)
LHP Cole Hamels (1-1, 3.68 ERA)

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