Phillies Avoid Sweep with 2-1 Victory

A win is a win, anyway you get it.

Randy Wolf cooled off the Brewers' red hot bats, and the Phillies received a gift in the bottom of the 12th inning to avoid a sweep with a 2-1 victory.

	Scott Rolen is congratulated by Amaury Telemaco (left) and Tomas Perez after driving in the winning run.

Doug Glanville singled with one out in the 12th against Mike DeJean (2-1), extending his hitting streak to 13 games. Jimmy Rollins followed with a double down the left-field line.

An intentional walk to Bobby Abreu loaded the bases for Scott Rolen. On a 2-1 pitch, Rolen hit a sharp grounder up the middle that bounced off Ron Belliard's leg and into center field, and Glanville came across with the winning run.

"He hit that ball hard. It came off my glove. I let the team down," Belliard said.

"I felt I was out, I gotta be honest," Rolen said. "I couldn't believe [Belliard] was playing there. I didn't expect him to be there when I saw it leave my bat."

The win breaks a three-game skid for the Phils, and Larry Bowa will take it.

"We needed that game bad," Bowa said. "A lot of times you get beat, you say, 'We should have won this game.' We got beat the last three games. We got beat, there's no excuse."

Brewers manager Davey Lopes thought everything broke right.

"We did everything right," Lopes said. "Tailor-made double play. [The error] was something very uncharacteristic of us."

Wayne Gomes (3-1) pitched the top of the 12th for the win.

Brian Hunter, who started in place of the struggling Pat Burrell, had two hits, including a run-scoring single for the Phillies, who avoided getting swept in the three-game series.

Jeromy Burnitz delivered an RBI double in the sixth for Milwaukee, which had a five-game winning streak snapped.

Limited to two hits through the first five innings by Phillies starter Randy Wolf, the Brewers finally broke through in the sixth.

Luis Lopez singled with one out and, after Devon White struck out, Burnitz doubled off the left-field wall, producing the game's first run. Wolf got Richie Sexson to ground out to avert further trouble.

Wolf had his third straight strong start, giving up just that one run and five hits. The lefthander walked one and matched a season high with 10 strikeouts.

"I felt pretty good. I was locating my pitches and changing speeds," Wolf said. "They're a tough team to face. They have a lot of free swingers. They hit good pitches and bad pitches."

In his last three starts, Wolf has allowed four runs over 22 innings to go along with 29 strikeouts.

Milwaukee starter Paul Rigdon matched Wolf over the first five innings, giving up just two hits. But the Phillies got to him in the sixth.

Rolen doubled to deep right field with two outs. After an intentional walk to Travis Lee, Hunter delivered a single into center field to tie the game.

Rigdon, who left after the sixth, allowed one run and four hits. The righthander walked three and struck out two.

The Phillies had a chance to win it in the bottom of the ninth, putting two runners on with one out. But David Weathers got Gary Bennett to fly out to White up against the left-field wall before retiring Rob Ducey on a grounder to second.

Milwaukee's only baserunner in extra innings came when Jeffrey Hammonds singled with two outs in the 12th off Gomes.

The Phillies' bullpen of Rheal Cormier, Ricky Bottalico, Jose Mesa and Gomes allowed one hit over five scoreless innings with two strikeouts.

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