Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

April 30, 2004

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Philadelphia Phillies 4 Arizona Diamondbacks 0

BATTERIES: ARI - ELMER DESSENS, RANDY CHOATE (5TH), OSCAR VILLARREAL (6TH), STEVE RANDOLPH (7TH) AND ROB HAMMOCK

PHI - RANDY WOLF, RHEAL CORMIER (8TH) AND MIKE LIEBERTHAL

WP - RANDY WOLF (2-1)
LP - ELMER DESSENS (1-3)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: ARI - NONE

PHI - BOBBY ABREU (5) OFF ELMER DESSENS IN THE 3RD, 2 ON JIM THOME (7) OFF ELMER DESSENS IN THE 3RD, 0 ON

TIME: 2:22 ATT: 43,721 PROBABLES: ARI - RANDY JOHNSON (2-2, 3.28) PHI - VICENTE PADILLA (0-3, 3.86) Extended Box ARIZONA (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (4) - FINAL ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Kata 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .313 A Cintron ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .272 L Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .294 G Colbrunn 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 S Finley cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .225 D Bautista rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .376 C Tracy 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .419 R Hammock c 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .321 E Dessens p 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .125 a-S Hillenbrand ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .184 R Choate p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 O Villarreal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-B Estalella ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .154 S Randolph p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 0 5 0 1 7 7 a-struck out swinging for E Dessens in the 5th; b-struck out looking for O Villarreal in the 7th. BATTING: 2B - L Gonzalez (7, R Wolf). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - S Finley 1, B Estalella 2. Team LOB - 6. FIELDING: E - C Tracy (2, throw). PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Byrd cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .221 P Polanco 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .241 B Abreu rf 3 1 1 3 1 1 0 .256 J Thome 1b 4 1 1 1 0 3 2 .364 P Burrell lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .289 M Lieberthal c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .174 D Bell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .227 J Rollins ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .183 R Wolf p 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .455 a-S Wooten ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 R Cormier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 4 6 4 1 9 6 a-grounded to shortstop for R Wolf in the 7th. BATTING: 2B - P Polanco (5, E Dessens). HR - B Abreu (5, 3rd inning off E Dessens 2 on, 2 Out), J Thome (7, 3rd inning off E Dessens 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - B Abreu 3 (13), J Thome (13). 2-out RBI - B Abreu 3, J Thome. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Byrd 1, J Thome 1. Team LOB - 4. ---------------------------------------------------- ARIZONA - 000 000 000 -- 0 PHILADELPHIA - 004 000 00x -- 4 ---------------------------------------------------- ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era E Dessens (L, 1-3) 4 6 4 4 0 3 2 7.66 R Choate 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 8.31 O Villarreal 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.57 S Randolph 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.93 PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era R Wolf (W, 2-1) 7 5 0 0 1 5 0 2.78 R Cormier 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.56 WP - E Dessens. Pitches-strikes: E Dessens 76-47; R Choate 13-9; O Villarreal 10-7; S Randolph 24-12; R Wolf 106-65; R Cormier 25-16. Ground balls-fly balls: E Dessens 6-3; R Choate 0-0; O Villarreal 0-2; S Randolph 1-3; R Wolf 6-10; R Cormier 3-1. Batters faced: E Dessens 19; R Choate 3; O Villarreal 3; S Randolph 7; R Wolf 27; R Cormier 6. UMPIRES: HP--Fieldin Culbreth. 1B--Tony Randazzo. 2B--Kevin Kelley. 3B--Jim Wolf. T--2:22. Att--43,721. Weather: 76 degrees, clear. Wind: 17 mph, left to right. How They Scored PHILADELPHIA 3RD: J Rollins grounded out to second. R Wolf singled to shallow left. M Byrd singled to center, R Wolf to second. P Polanco grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Byrd out at second, R Wolf to third. B Abreu homered to right, R Wolf and P Polanco scored. J Thome homered to right. P Burrell safe at first on throwing error by third baseman C Tracy. M Lieberthal flied out to right. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) ARIZONA 0, PHILADELPHIA 4.

Game Story
PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Randy Wolf is finding his stride. Wolf pitched seven strong innings to extend his scoreless streak to 21 frames and combined with Rheal Cormier on a five-hitter as the Philadelphia Phillies blanked the Arizona Diamondbacks, 4-0. Bobby Abreu and Jim Thome hit back-to-back homers for the Phillies, who have won five of their last seven games. Wolf (2-1) was winless in his first three starts of the season and did not last into the seventh inning in any of those outings. The lefthander bounced back to toss a four-hit shutout against Montreal on Sunday and was just as good in this one, allowing five hits, walking one and striking out five. "I feel pretty good out there," said Wolf, who had struggled two starts ago against Montreal on April 18. "It all stems back to that Montreal game back here where I was horrible that first inning. I did not lose confidence from that. The main thing I wanted to do was hit my spots and be aggressive in the zone." After a 13-inning game Thursday in St. Louis, the Phillies were hoping for a long outing from Wolf, whose brother Jim, was the umpire at third base on Friday. "That's two outstanding outings in a row and we needed that tonight," Phillies manager Larry Bowa said. "The bullpen was spent." "(Wolf) kept us off-balance all day," said Luis Gonzalez, who had the lone extra-base hit for Arizona, a double to right center in the fourth. Cormier retired all six batters he faced to complete the win. Arizona starter Elmer Dessens (1-3) allowed all four runs in the third. Wolf had a one-out bloop single to left field and went to second on a base hit by Marlon Byrd. Placido Polanco barely beat out a double-play grounder to keep the inning alive and Abreu followed with his fifth homer of the season to right field to make it 3-0. "It was an up-and-in fastball and I was trying get it there," explained Abreu, who was just 2-for-13 with two outs and runners in scoring position. "I am struggling with runners in scoring position and I am just trying to put the ball in play." Thome followed with his seventh homer of the season and second in as many games to complete the scoring. "It's a (darn) shame," said Diamondbacks manager Bob Brenly. "I think the replay showed that the runner (Polanco) was out at first base and we're out of the inning. They ended up scoring four runs. They shouldn't have even had those hitters to the plate in that inning." Dessens allowed six hits, did not walk a batter and struck out three. One of the few bright spots for Arizona was Danny Batista, who singled in the seventh to extend his hitting streak to 21 games. Rob Hammock had a pair of hits for the Diamondbacks. Hammock's second hit, an infield punch shot past a diving Wolf, loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh. Wolf then struck out pinch hitter Bobby Estalella to get out of the jam. "We had a shot there," Brenly said. "I think he threw his fastest pitch of the night to Estalella."

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