Phillies on an early roll

Well, that was a pretty exciting weekend of Phillies baseball.

An opening day thriller, the return of Cliff Lee, and another offensive outburst.

Yep, the weekend had it all.

Best of all, the Phillies are off to a 3-0 start.

Oh yeah, their ace takes the mound in Tuesday's series opener against the New York Mets.

Their fourth ace that is.

Through three games, Roy Halladay, Lee, and Roy Oswalt have thrown 19 innings, striking out 23 while walking only one. Their ERA is 2.37.

Now it is time for Cole Hamels to take the mound.

Welcome to Phillies baseball, where the starters are going to dominate.

But don't forget about the offense.

A day after scoring nine runs, Ryan Howard led the way with a first inning three-run shot and later connecting on an RBI double.

The Phillies took out the brooms today, completing a three game sweep of the Houston Astros.

Five of the Phillies eight regular players finished the series batting over .300.

Jimmy Rollins and Howard, arguably the most important parts of the lineup, are hitting .444 and .500, respectively.

Ben Francisco, who took over for the departed Jayson Werth, hit his first home run today, and is batting .375.

Bring on the Mets.