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Sunday, Aug. 6 3:05pm ET
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DENVER (AP) -- Arizona isn't the only team happy with the Curt Schilling trade. Travis Lee went 3-for-5 with four RBI and Mike Lieberthal scored three runs and drove in two as the Philadelphia Phillies took a 10-run lead Sunday, then hung on to beat the Colorado Rockies 10-9. "I think the trade worked out for both parties," said Lee, acquired from Arizona on July 26. "The Phillies didn't want to lose a guy like Schilling, but they know they weren't in a race and they can build around a core group of guys," Lee said. "Arizona is a different situation. They've spent so much money, they have to win. They're pulling out everything to win this year and if they don't, I think they're going to be in big trouble. "They pulled out all the stops and if you weren't producing, they got rid of you. It was not a bad deal to get rid of me and get Schilling, because he's a great starter. But there are some guys who aren't going to develop. (Erubiel Durazo) was a big stud, but they sent him down because he was struggling for a couple weeks." Lee had his first three-hit game for the Phillies, who stopped a five-game losing streak. Pat Burrell had two hits and two RBI. "Here I get to play every day," Lee said. "I get to face both right- and left-handers instead of platooning. I know that it would be good for me in the long run, and I'm feeling comfortable here." Colorado made it close with one run in the sixth, four in the seventh, one in the eighth and three in the ninth. After Todd Helton's two-run single with two outs in the ninth off Vincente Padilla, Jeff Cirillo hit an RBI single. With runners at first and second, Padilla then retired pinch-hitter Butch Huskey on a hard grounder to third. "You just know, that with this ballpark and their lineup, you can't give up outs," Phillies manager Terry Francona said. "It is not a fluke when this happens, because it happens here all the time." Pinch-hitter Terry Shumpert had a three-run homer as the Rockies lost for the 23rd time in 31 games. Helton went 2-for-5 with three RBI, raising his league-leading average to .380. "We had to overcome a 10-0 hole and we came up a hit short of doing it," Shumpert said. Bruce Chen (6-1) allowed five runs and 10 hits in 6 1/3 innings. Chen, acquired in a July 12 trade from Atlanta for Andy Ashby, is 2-1 in five starts for Philadelphia. Pedro Astacio (9-8) lasted only four batters into the fifth inning, allowing six runs and seven hits. "Pedro had his good stuff early and lost it," Colorado manager Buddy Bell said. "He got up in the strike zone and when he nearly hit Scott Rolen in the head, it was time to go get him." Lee hit a two-run single in the fourth, a liner that went off Astacio's glove and into center field, and the Phillies made it 7-0 in the fifth on Kevin Jordan's RBI double, Lieberthal's two-run single off Scott Karl, Burrell's sacrifice fly and Chen's RBI groundout. Burrell hit a run-scoring single in the sixth and Lee followed with a two-run single. Helton had an RBI grounder in the bottom half, Shumpert homered in a four-run seventh that included Jeffrey Hammonds' RBI single off Ed Vosberg, and Vosberg threw a run-scoring wild pitch in the eighth that made it 10-6. Game notesA team has reached double figures in runs 22 times in 53 games at Coors Field this season. ... Philadelphia traded 2B Mickey Morandini to Toronto for a player for a player to be named. ... Marlon Anderson, currently at Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, will join the Phillies on Monday in Philadelphia. ... Jordan was a late addition to the lineup, the result of the Morandini trade. ... Walker was back for the Rockies after a two-day bout with the flu. ... Colorado optioned RHP David Lee to Triple-A Colorado Springs and recalled RHP Craig House from Colorado Springs. ... Both benches received a warning after Chen hit Walker in the back with no outs in the sixth. ... Colorado manager Buddy Bell, who argued that Chen should have been ejected, was thrown out for the sixth time this year. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Philadelphia Clubhouse Colorado Clubhouse RECAPS Kansas City 3 Boston 1
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