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7:10 pm EDT Mon Jun 28, 2010

After struggling for weeks, the high-powered Philadelphia Phillies are finally swinging the bat with confidence. They’ll now try to keep pace with the NL’s top offense. Coming off another lopsided victory, the Phillies look to continue their surge Monday night when they open a three-game series against the NL Central-leading Cincinnati Reds. With an 11-2 victory over Toronto on Sunday, Philadelphia won for the eighth time in 11 games after losing 15 of its previous 21. The Phillies’ normally prolific offense was virtually nonexistent during that awful stretch, plating 51 runs while batting .218, but appears to be back on track, scoring 75 runs while hitting .274 in the last 11. Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth are leading this charge. The All-Star first baseman is batting .349 with five home runs and 12 RBIs in the last 11 games, while Werth is batting .324 with three homers and eight RBIs. The two also battered Cincinnati pitching last year, as Howard had three home runs and five RBIs in seven games and Werth homered four times and drove in nine. The Phillies went 5-2 against the Reds in 2009, and have won 12 of 17 at Great American Ball Park.

Cincinnati, though, has been one of baseball’s biggest surprises this season. The Reds lead the league in runs and slugging percentage, and are one-half game ahead of St. Louis in the Central. This is the latest in a season that Cincinnati has been in first place since 1999. Staying atop the division, however, won’t be easy. Following this series, the Reds, whose five-game winning streak ended with Sunday’s 5-3 loss to Cleveland, open a season-high 11-game road trip that leads into the All-Star break. Cincinnati’s pitching should be in good shape for the opener, as Baker gives the ball to Johnny Cueto. The Reds are 9-2 with Cueto on the mound since April 30. Cueto, who has yielded two runs or fewer in six of his last nine outings, gave up three hits in seven innings in Wednesday’s 3-0 win at Oakland.