Aaron Hill's two home runs not enough to beat Philadelphia

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TORONTO - The Philadelphia Phillies overcame two home runs by Toronto's Aaron Hill and used a four-run fourth inning to defeat the Blue Jays 5-4 yesterday afternoon.

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The Associated Press

Atlanta Braves shortstop Diory Hernandez, left, jumps into the air to avoid Boston Red Sox's Brad Penny as he turns a double play on a ball off the bat of Boston's Dustin Pedroia during the fifth inning yesterday at Turner Field in Atlanta.

It was the second win in a row for the Phillies, who lost the opener of the three-game interleague series 6-1 on Friday.

Brad Lidge pitched the ninth to pick up his 14th save of the season despite giving up a bunt single that was followed by a walk. Pinch-runner John McDonald was caught off second for the second out to help kill a potential rally before a Rogers Centre crowd of 36,379.

Lidge came off the disabled list late last week after having a sprained knee.

Phillies starter Jamie Moyer (6-6) lasted five innings and allowed four runs and five hits, including two homers by Hill and one by Jose Bautista.

Blue Jays starter Brian Tallet (5-5) couldn't hold a 4-1 lead and four of the five runs he allowed in six innings came in the fourth. One of the left-hander's runs was unearned but he gave up eight hits and six walks, three to Jayson Werth who hit two home runs in the Phillies 10-0 victory on Saturday and walked a total of four times yesterday.

Hill hit an 0-1 hanging curveball to left for his first homer and his 18th of the season. He then hit a first-pitch changeup to lead off the third for the first two-homer game of his career. Later in the inning Scott Rolen doubled to extend his career-high hitting string to 16 games.

In between Hill's homers, Jose Bautista hit his second of the season with Lyle Overbay on through a walk. The Phillies scored in the third when Ryan Howard's groundout brought home Shane Victorino from third where he was perched after a leadoff single, Werth's walk and a passed ball on Chase Utley's strikeout.

The Phillies came back with four in the fourth, two on Utley's two-out triple. Pedro Feliz led off with a single, Chris Coste walked and Tallet was too late going to first to get Eric Bruntlett who put down a sacrifice bunt and came up with a single to load the bases. Carlos Ruiz's fielder's choice grounder to third scored one run and Victorino hit a sacrifice fly. Werth singled to set up Utley's triple off wall in centre.

The Blue Jays loaded the bases against Ryan Madson in the eighth with two out on Rolen's single, Bruntlett's error on Adam Lind's potential double play grounder to shortstop and an intentional walk to Lyle Overbay.

But pinch-hitter Russ Adams hit a bloop to third to end the threat.

In other Major League Baseball action:

Braves 2 Red Sox 1

At Atlanta, rookie Tommy Hanson threw six scoreless innings despite a bout with the flu, and homers by Chipper Jones and Garret Anderson carried Atlanta past Boston to prevent a Red Sox sweep.

Tigers 4 Astros 3

At Houston, Brandon Inge hit a two-run homer off Jose Valverde with two outs in the ninth inning and Detroit averted a sweep with a win over Houston.

Royals 3 Pirates 2

At Pittsburgh, Zack Greinke didn't allow a run until making his final pitch before a rain delay in the seventh inning, and Kansas City kept the Pirates from sweeping an interleague series for the first time since 2001.

Rays 5 Marlins 2

At St. Petersburgh, Fla., David Price allowed one run over 6 1-3 innings and Tampa Bay beat Florida to complete a three-game sweep.

Reds 8 Indians 1

At Cleveland, Brandon Phillips celebrated his 28th birthday with another big game against Cleveland, leading the Reds over his former team.

Nationals 5 Orioles 3

At Baltimore, John Lannan took a four-hitter into the eighth inning, Adam Dunn hit a colossal home run, and Washington defeated Baltimore to avoid a three-game sweep.

Giants 7 Brewers 0

At Milwaukee, Ryan Sadowski scattered four hits over six scoreless innings in his major league debut and San Francisco avoided a three-game sweep with a win over Milwaukee.

White Sox 6 Cubs 0

At Chicago, John Danks pitched seven shutout innings, Chris Getz stole home against Carlos Zambrano and the Chicago White Sox got another run on a bases-loaded infield fly rule to beat the Cubs.

Twins 6 Cardinals 2

At St. Louis, Francisco Liriano pitched seven strong innings, Justin Morneau hit a three-run home run and Minnesota beat St. Louis.

Mariners 4 Dodgers 2

At Los Angeles, Jose Lopez had three hits including a two-run double, Adrian Beltre singled home a run in his last game before undergoing shoulder surgery, and Seattle beat Los Angeles.

Rockies 3 Athletics 1

At Oakland, Aaron Cook took a shutout into the ninth inning and won his fifth consecutive start as Colorado defeated Oakland.

Angels 12 Diamondbacks 8

At Phoenix, Gary Matthews Jr. stole home and hit a three-run double, Juan Rivera, Jeff Mathis and Maicer Izturis homered and Los Angeles beat Arizona.