Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 3
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, May 9, 2010
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 56°
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - John Hirschbeck, 3B - James Hoye
Attendance: 45193

Jayson Werth, Shane Victorino and Placido Polanco homered to power the Philadelphia Phillies past the Atlanta Braves, 5-3, on Sunday.

Raul Ibanez added an RBI and Chase Utley scored a run for the Phillies, who have won seven of nine.

Philadelphia jumped on top early when Werth was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Ibanez added a sacrifice fly off Atlanta starter Kenshin Kawakami. Polanco tacked on his solo blast in the second and Werth added his seventh homer in third.

Kawakami fell to 0-6 and was charged with all five runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings.

Cole Hamels struggled through five innings but hung on to earn the win, allowing three runs and eight hits while walking four and striking out five. The left-hander worked his way out of trouble in each of the first four frames before finally breaking in the fifth, when he yielded RBI singles to Melky Cabrera and Troy Glaus as the Braves pulled to within 4-3.

Chad Durbin and Jose Contreras combined for three hitless frames before handing the ball to closer Brad Lidge, who tossed a perfect ninth for his first save of the season.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Atlanta   Philadelphia
Kenshin Kawakami Player Cole Hamels
Loss W/L Win
6.2 IP 5.0
5 Strikeouts 5
7 Hits 8
6.75 ERA 5.40
Hitting
Atlanta   Philadelphia
Omar Infante Player Placido Polanco
3 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
4 TB 5
.600 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Atlanta 8 0 9 .242 18 10 3 4 0 0
Philadelphia 7 3 18 .241 6 6 5 2 0 0