by By Hal McCoy Staff Writer , Dayton Daily News

In the early going, it looked as if the Philadelphia Phillies were about to put together another night of outscoring the Reds by 21 runs, but it was time for intervention.

When it ended, the Reds were on top, 4-3, with Hernandez driving in the winning run in the ninth inning.

That, though, is getting far, far ahead of this story.

Harang gave up back-to-back home runs in the second inning to Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth, then another run in the third.

And the Phillies had the bases loaded with no outs after scoring the run in the third, a 3-0 lead. Not only did they not score again in that inning, they didn't score again in the game.

Now it was Phillips' turn. He hit a two-run homer in the fourth and tied it in the sixth, 3-3 with another homer.

Fast forward to the ninth.

Votto led the inning with a double. It was Phillips' time again - only the man who had hit two home runs was asked to put down a sacrifice bunt. And he did it, moving Votto to third. Hernandez singled - and that's how a team beaten 22-1 one night can win 4-3 the next.

"Baseball," said manager Dusty Baker. "It'll drive you crazy."

Baker asked Phillips to bunt instead of swing away, "Because he and (pitcher) Brad Lidge have no understanding. Phillips was 0 for 7 against him. I talked to him and he said, 'No problem.' "

Said Phillips, "We deserved that butt-whipping we got (Monday) and I'm glad it happened. It was kind of funny and it really woke us up. We were just moping along after getting butt-whippings two games in a row (10-1, 22-1).

"We had to play Reds Baseball, do the little things," he said. "You have to learn to do the fundamental things, learn how to bunt to show the little kids in the stands that bunting is important in situations like that."

Down 3-0 with the bases full of Phillies and no outs, Baker was in the dugout thinking, "This looks bad. Oh, no, here we go again."

That's when Harang bowed his back and said, "No more. That's it."

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