Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 2:34am
Phillies ride Howard's bat, Blanton's arm to edge Dodgers
Updated Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 7:16am
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| Ryan Howard holds his bat in the air after striking out swinging. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok) | Ryan Howard homered for his first RBI of the season and Joe Blanton pitched eight effective innings to lead the Phillies over the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Monday night.
Jimmy Rollins also went deep and Jonathan Papelbon retired pinch-hitter Adam Kennedy on an easy popup with a runner at third to end it. The last-place Phillies have won three straight and get ace Roy Halladay back from the disabled list Tuesday night after missing seven weeks with a lat injury.
Howard, the 2006 NL MVP who averaged 132.7 RBIs over the previous six seasons and led the NL three times with 140 or more, missed Philadelphia's first 84 games because of the ruptured left Achilles tendon he sustained while grounding out to end last year's NL division series against St. Louis.
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