Mayberry and Victorino lead Phillies to victory over Rockies

John Mayberry Jr. is the future of the Phillies. He showed that again last night as his home run tied the game in Denver when the Phils were down 3-1 in the top of the 9th inning. It was a pinch hit home run for Mayberry.

Shane Victorino did the rest, he hit a home run the very next inning in the 10th, and the Phillies won this one 4-3. Cole Hamels only gave up 2 runs, but couldn’t get the win last night as the Phils were trailing when he was lifted in the 6th inning.

After the game the Rockies’ Chris Iannetta had this to say about the Phils, “[Philadelphia] played like the best team in baseball, but we had our chances.”

The Phillies visit to Denver continues tonight at 8:40pm again, with Kyle Kendrick on the mound for the Phils and then Roy Halladay wraps up tomorrow afternoon at 3:05 pm ET with the Phils travelling onto San Francisco after that game.

Here's what Mayberry Jr.'s home run log look like (prior to the start of last night's game):

2009 HRs	#car	#yr	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn
1	1	1	2009-05-23	PHI	@	NYY	Andy Pettitte	tied 1-1	t 5
2	2	2	2009-06-18	PHI		TOR	Dirk Hayhurst	ahead 4-3	b 5
3	3	3	2009-06-23	PHI	@	TBR	David Price	ahead 3-0	t 1
4	4	4	2009-06-30	PHI	@	ATL	Mike Gonzalez	behind 2-3	t 8
2010 HRs	#car	#yr	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn
5	5	1	2010-09-29	PHI	@	WSN	Ross Detwiler	ahead 2-0	t 4
6	6	2	2010-10-03	PHI	@	ATL	Tim Hudson	tied 0-0	t 3
2011 HRs	#car	#yr	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn
7	7	1	2011-04-30	PHI		NYM	Jonathon Niese	behind 0-1	b 7
8	8	2	2011-05-15	PHI	@	ATL	Tim Hudson	behind 0-1	t 6
9	9	3	2011-05-31	PHI	@	WSN	Jason Marquis	behind 1-5	t 5
10	10	4	2011-07-06	PHI	@	FLA	Anibal Sanchez	tied 0-0	t 2
11	11	5	2011-07-06	PHI	@	FLA	Michael Dunn	ahead 5-3	t 6
12	12	6	2011-07-26	PHI		SFG	Barry Zito	ahead 4-1	b 4

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 8/2/2011.