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MLB: Philadelphia 10, Atlanta 6

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Published: May 8, 2009 at 10:29 PM

PHILADELPHIA, May 8 (UPI) -- Jayson Werth, Chris Coste and Chase Utley all homered Friday and the Philadelphia Phillies brought Cole Hamels his first win of the season -- 10-6 over Atlanta.

Hamels (1-2) allowed three hits and two runs over six innings while striking out seven, ending a series of fluke incidents that kept him from winning a game.

After being hit hard in his first two starts, he was struck in the left shoulder by a line drive in Milwaukee April 23 and had to leave the game in the fourth inning. He threw 4 1/3 shutout innings against Washington in his next start, but suffered a minor ankle sprain while fielding a grounder and was taken out as a precaution.

Werth hit a two-run homer in the third to give the Phillies a 6-0 lead, Coste hit a solo shot in the fourth and Utley had a bases-empty blast in the fifth.

Jo-Jo Reyes (0-2) took the loss, giving up four earned runs on five hits over five innings.

Casey Kotchman hit a three-run homer for Atlanta in the ninth.

Philadelphia stopped a two-game slide and Atlanta had a two-game winning streak snapped.

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