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May 2
The Phillies went 4-1 on the week and are now at 16-8 overall, the best record in the National League.
April 26: Dodgers 3, Phillies 0. Former Phillie Kevin Gross was masterful over eight innings for the Dodgers. Curt Schilling gave up two homers and took the loss.
April 27: Phillies 3, Dodgers 1. Three first-inning runs were all the Phils needed in this one. Danny Jackson gutted through six innings, and Larry Andersen and Doug Jones took things the rest of the way.
April 29: Phillies 4, Giants 3. Darren Lewis hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to give the Giants the lead, but Ricky Jordan and John Kruk homered in the bottom of the inning to go back in front. David West got the win, and Jones picked up his eighth save on just three pitches.
April 30: Phillies 6, Giants 2. Home runs by Milt Thompson and Lenny Dykstra helped the Phillies to a bit of an easier win. Ben Rivera threw eight solid innings to collect his third win of the season.
May 1: Phillies 6, Giants 5. The Phillies went up 5-0 and were cruising, with Curt Schilling throwing six no-hit innings before giving up two homers in the seventh. Two errors by Kevin Stocker allowed the Giants to tie it in the ninth, but the Phils came right back with a walk-off single by Kruk in the bottom of the inning to extend the winning streak to four games.
Some notable stats from the first month of the season:
-Darren Daulton has been on fire, with a .370 average, six home runs, 20 RBI and 1.6 WAR, third-best in the league.
-Dykstra leads the league with 11 stolen bases.
-Jackson (1.06) and Rivera (2.03) rank first and second in the league in ERA.
-Jones is tied for the league lead with eight saves.
-The Phillies offense has been the best in the league overall so far.
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