PHILADELPHIA ON FIRE

Ryan Howard and the Philadelphia Phillies are the hottest team going into the all-star break. Not only are they in 1st place, four games ahead of Florida, but they have won 9 of their last 10 games and 5 in a row. On Sunday, they completed not only a sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates but their best homestead since 2005 with a 5-2 victory at Citizens Bank Park.