Chris Wheeler Has A Cold

A night after losing game 10,001 to the Dodgers to drop back to .500, the Phillies went on an offensive explosion again, crushing LA, 15-3. Even Real Deal Durbin, who got his first major league win, had three hits in the easy victory.

The loss was absorbed by Dodgers pitcher Mark Hendrickson, who you may remember as the 76ers second-round pick in 1996. If I ever invent a time machine, I’m going back in time and placing a bet in ‘96: The 76ers second-round pick this year will one day pitch against the Phillies, with Mike LIeberthal as catcher. I could probably get pretty good odds. A billion to one, maybe?

Ryan Howard hit a pair of homers last night, and Chase Utley had 3 RBI, upping his league-leading total to 79. But the real story was Phillies announcer Chris Wheeler, who lost his voice somehow. Here’s his call of Howard’s first homer. I cannot stop laughing about the word “gone” in this clip.

After their 26-hit outburst last night, the Phillies will probably be no-hit tonight today at 3!

Update, 11:25 a.m.: Oh, yeah, and Howard hit his homers off of Mask.

Philadelphia 15, Los Angeles 3 [AP/Yahoo! Sports]