Lee, Glanville Lift Phils over Schilling and D'backs, 5-1

PHOENIX — Travis Lee exacted revenge against his former team. Curt Schilling could not.

	Travis Lee drills his second home run of the night and sixth of the season.

In his return to Arizona, Lee hit a pair of solo homers to help hand Schilling his first loss of the season as the Phillies posted a 5-1 victory over the Diamondbacks.

After a successful first season with the Diamondbacks in 1998, when he finished third in National League Rookie of the Year balloting, Lee has struggled each of the last two years.

Last summer, the Diamondbacks had seen enough of the once-promising first baseman, trading him in a deal that brought Schilling to Arizona.

Lee made his return to Bank One Ballpark a successful one, hitting solo homers in the sixth and ninth innings.

"My first at-bat, I was too calm," Lee said. "My second at-bat, I was still calm and it was like I didn't play with those guys because it looked so different over there."

Schilling spent his last nine seasons with Phillies and was the ace of their staff when the club reached the World Series in 1993. But with the Phillies struggling in recent years, Schilling lobbied the club for a trade to a contender and was granted his wish on July 26.

Bidding to join Minnesota's Brad Radke as the major league's only six-game winners, Schilling (5-1) was foiled in his first appearance against Philadelphia since the trade.

The hard-throwing righthander allowed three solo homers and five other hits over seven innings, walking two and striking out five.

Although still early, the Phillies have looked like the contender Schilling demanded when he pitched there. Philadelphia has the best record in the National League at 21-13.

Doug Glanville wasted little time in making life miserable for his former teammate, hitting Schilling's third pitch of the game over the left-field wall. Glanville also hit a solo shot in his next at-bat in the third.

Glanville finished 4-for-5 for Philadelphia, which snapped a nine-game losing streak in Arizona, dating to August 12, 1998.

"I was overthrowing the ball early. The one thing you don't do is leave the ball up to Doug. Both of them I did," Schilling said.

Randy Wolf (3-4) outpitched Schilling, surrendering one run and five hits in eight innings. The lefthander walked one and struck out nine.

"I didn't do anything different. All I tried to do was be aggressive," Wolf said. "There's a lot of fun going against him (Schilling). It's a lot of fun going against any pitcher but a guy that helped me out when I was coming up and I guy that I got a lot of respect for, it was a lot of fun."

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

After Glanville hit his fifth homer deep over the left-field wall to lead off the game, Wolf put two runners on in the bottom of the inning but got Matt Williams to bounce into an inning-ending double play.

Glanville victimized Schilling again in the third, when he completed his first multi-homer game since June 6, 1998, giving Philadelphia a 2-0 lead.

"He's a fastball power guy and (has) great command with it," Glanville said. "You just have to be aggressive. I was able to get on top of pitches with him because he can go up on the zone and really blow it by people."

Wolf was shutting down the Diamondbacks, limiting them to a pair of singles over the first four innings before they reached him for their only run in the fifth.

Tony Womack tripled into the right-center field gap with one out and came home a groundout by Damian Miller.

Hitless in his first two at-bats, Lee hit a controversial homer just over the right-center field stands in the sixth to give Philadelphia a 3-1 lead. The hit was originally ruled a double, but after the umpires conferred, the ball was ruled to cross the line just over the railing.

"I like hitting in this park. The ball really jumps. I didn't know if I hit it enough to get over the railing," Lee said. "They gave it to me, I'll take it. I started trotting then they threw it back. I said `what's going on,' then Larry (Bowa) went out of his shoes."

"My experience here is that a ball hit in that area stays in the stands," said Arizona manager Bob Brenly. "I don't understand why the (Jerry Meals) second base umpire who hustled out to get good position was overruled by the (Bruce Froemming) first base umpire."

Schilling retired his final four batters before leaving. He threw 83 of his 124 pitches for strikes.

Lee hit his sixth homer, leading off the ninth against Greg Swindell, extending the lead to 4-1. It was his fourth career multi-homer game and first since July 7, 1998 against Chicago.

Glanville completed his big night with an infield hit that plated a run later in the inning for the final margin.

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