Phils Rough Up Schilling

Curt Schilling had been unbeatable this season, until his old Philadelphia teammates came to town.

Doug Glanville was 4-for-5 with two home runs and Travis Lee homered twice in his first game back at Arizona as Philadelphia beat the Diamondbacks 5-1 Friday night.

It was the first time Schilling had faced the Phillies since Philadelphia traded him to Arizona last July 26.

"Anyone who knows me knows that I was anxious," Schilling said. "But one of the things I`ve always taken a lot of pride in is, the bigger the game and the more adrenalin I get, I can usually channel that pretty well. Tonight, I didn`t."

Randy Wolf (3-4), in his second consecutive strong outing, allowed one run and five hits in a season-high eight innings. He struck out nine and walked one.

"Randy pitched super," Philadelphia manager Larry Bowa said. "He rose to the occasion."

Schilling (5-1), whose 5-0 start had been the best of his career, fell behind in a hurry.

Glanville led off the game with a homer, then led off the third inning with another, the second two-homer game of his career.

"I like playing against my friends," Glanville said. "I feel up for it. I want to do well against them. ... I felt good today, and I was able to get on top of the pitches. That was the key."

Schilling is notorious for how hard he studies hitters.

"I`ve got it written down. One thing you don`t do is leave a ball over the middle of the plate up to him, and both of them I did," Schilling said. "I just could not get in a grove. I cannot explain it."

Schilling threw 124 pitches in seven innings. He allowed three runs on eight hits, struck out five and walked two.

"He made more bad pitches in this game than he`s made all year long," Arizona manager Bob Brenly said. "The fact that he only gave up three runs while he was in there was a testament to how much he battled once he had runners on base."

Wolf, who started the season 0-3, retired 10 in a row, five by strikeouts, before Tony Womack, in a 2-for-34 slump that had cost him the leadoff spot, tripled into the gap in right-center. Womack scored on Damian Miller`s chopper to the mound to cut the lead to 2-1.

Lee, who was part of the Schilling trade, hit a towering, 408-foot shot to right center that hit just at the yellow home run line on the porch that juts out over the field.

At first, Lee appeared to have a double. But after Lee and Phillies manager Larry Bowa argued, and the umpires convened, they called it a home run. Television replays were inconclusive, but Schilling and Brenly vehemently complained in vain.

"From the history of this ball park, it`s been my experience that a ball hit in that area of the park, if it`s above the yellow line, it stays in the seats," said Brenly, who broadcast virtually all home games for Arizona for three seasons. "There`s nothing for the ball to hit to ricochet back onto the field."

He also noted that center fielder Steve Finley thought the ball was under the yellow line, and so did second base umpire Jerry Meals. Meals, though, was overruled.

Lee got his fourth career two-homer game, but first with Philadelphia, when he hit homered to lead off the ninth against reliever Greg Swindell.

Lee, considered the cornerstone of the Diamondbacks franchise in their expansion season, insisted he had no special satisfaction in having a big game in his first game back.

"I like hitting in this park," he said. "We took some early batting practice and the ball was just jumping. It was cool seeing some of the guys over there. But a home run is great and a win`s even better, no matter if it`s against the Diamondbacks or any other team."

With the victory, the Phillies made sure they won`t be swept for a fourth consecutive series at Arizona. The Diamondbacks had beaten Philadelphia the last nine times they`d played at Bank One Ballpark.

Game notes:
Schilling`s wife, Shonda, underwent surgery last week to remove 25 potentially malignant moles from her back and shoulder. It was her third operation this year for melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer. ... In an early-season heat wave in Phoenix, the temperature was 95 degrees at game time, with the roof open. ... Philadelphia is 3-10 all-time at Arizona. ... Omar Daal, also part of the Schilling trade, is 4-0 going into his start against the Diamondbacks Saturday night. ... Glanville and Bobby Abreu both were thrown out by Miller trying to steal third.

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Author: 6 ABC - Action News