Top of the 2nd

Here's hoping all the fans down here from the City of Brotherly Love didn't make the trip just to see Ryan Howard - the superstar swings at Ian Snell's first pitch and bounces out to first.

Snell, who won just nine games last year but posted a 3.76 ERA was among the top 10 in the National League in strikeouts (177) and innings (208), pitches around a four-pitch walk to Pat Burrell and posts his second hitless inning.