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7:10 pm EDT Thu Apr 22, 2010

Although the Philadelphia Phillies managed to snap a losing streak, their potent offense is still scuffling. Facing Atlanta Braves staff ace Derek Lowe probably won’t help. In Thursday night’s series finale in Atlanta, the Phillies again try to break out of their funk as they square off against Lowe, who hasn’t lost to Philadelphia in nearly a dozen years. The Phillies averaged 7.7 runs while batting .315 with 15 homers in winning eight of their first 10 games, but this formidable lineup has cooled off considerably, plating six total runs while hitting .188 with one home run in the last four. Philadelphia ended a three-game skid with a 2-0 win over the Braves on Wednesday, but the offense had little to do with the victory. Prized offseason acquisition Roy Holliday delivered another masterpiece— throwing a five-hitter for his first NL shutout—while lowering his ERA to 0.82. While Holliday is cruising - winning each of the first four starts with his new team - Ryan Howard and Shane Victorino have suddenly fallen on hard times.

Howard is 2 for 16 in the last four games, while Victorino is 2 for 17. Neither appear to have a good chance of getting out of this slump against Lowe. Lowe has limited Howard to four hits in 25 career at-bats, Victorino to two hits in 14 at-bats and has pretty much shut down the rest of Philadelphia’s lineup as well. The right-hander gave up three runs in 19 2-3 innings over three starts against the Phillies last season, and he is 6-0 with a 2.17 ERA in nine starts against them since 2005. His lone blemish came June 23, 1998, when he gave up three runs in six inning of a 3-2 loss for Boston. Lowe has opened this season having won each of his first three starts for the first time in his career, but he hasn’t been overly dominant in any of those outings. He allowed five runs in beating Chicago on opening day, walked a career-high seven in a win over San Francisco on April 10 and yielded four runs and seven hits in 5 1-3 innings in Friday’s 9-5 victory over Colorado. The sinkerballer has been aided by an offense that has backed him with a major league-best 10.9 runs per game of support.