PBR - Roy Halladay tossed seven strong innings and Erik Kratz homered and drove in a pair to lead the Phillies past the Diamondbacks 3-0 on Saturday night at Citizens Bank Park.

"The last two games, I felt like things were going in the right
direction," Halladay said. "So to be able to get results after you're making
changes like that, it's nice. [Pitching coach Rich Dubee] has been
working a lot with me. So it's nice to have it pay off and feel like
you're improving."
Kratz, filling in for Carlos Ruiz, drilled a 2-0 pitch into the seats in left in the third to give the Phillies an early advantage. An inning later he worked a walk to force home another run to increase the Phillies lead to 2-0. Domonic Brown hit a two-out RBI single in the eighth to secure the victory.
Josh Lindblom notched two strikeouts in the eighth and Jonathan Papelbon finished off a four-hitter for his 24th save of the season. Ryan Howard chipped in with a pair of hits.
Joe Saunders surrendered two runs over 6 1/3 innings in the losing effort, snapping a four-game winning streak.
- Patrick Gordon is the editor of the Philadelphia Baseball Review. Contact him at pgordon@philadelphiabaseballreview.com or @Philabaseball on Twitter.