The Phillies don't, either.

This Burrell has been an unstoppable force in the middle of the order, delivering monster hits when most needed. Another such moment came well before Ryan Howard's game-winning 10th-inning double in the Phils' 6-5 victory over the Rockies on Monday night at Citizens Bank Park.

Burrell's moment arrived in the seventh inning, when his team trailed, 5-2. After two were out, Jimmy Rollins singled and Chase Utley walked. Rockies manager Clint Hurdle went to reliever Jorge Julio.

Philadelphia's left fielder watched two balls miss the strike zone, then tagged an inside fastball to left. Everyone knew where it was headed.

"He crushed it," closer Brett Myers said. "I knew off the bat that it had a chance -- to reach the upper deck."

Tie game. Mr. Burrell, take your curtain call.

"He's carried us," Howard said. "We're going to ride him right now. I don't think there's anyone hotter in baseball right now."

Or scorching, as in Burrell's case. While his average looks pedestrian at .266, he has hit .337 since July 1 with 20 home runs and 58 RBIs. Eight of those home runs came in the previous 15 games and four of them came in his past 18 at-bats.

"It's what he's capable of doing," Aaron Rowand said. "That's how he's hit his whole life. You're seeing him comfortable at the plate and not missing."

Burrell's homer erased Jose Mesa's indiscretion in the top of the seventh, when the reliever walked Troy Tulowitzki and surrendered a two-run homer to Matt Holliday in a five-pitch span.

Utley began the 10th with a single off former Phillie farmhand Taylor Buchholz, then scored when Howard's shot into the left-field corner eluded Holliday. Third-base coach Steve Smith wasted no time sending Utley.

"When I saw it hit off [Holliday's] glove, I immediately looked at Steve to see if we had any action going," Utley said. "I was expecting a play at the plate. The left fielder was playing left-center and I knew he wasn't going to catch it, so I just kept going."

"I was like, 'What the hell happened?' starting pitcher Kyle Lohse said. "I thought [Holliday] fell down and the wall ate him or something."

Howard's game-winner might not have been possible had it not been for a call by first-base umpire Mike DiMuro. With the bases loaded and two outs in the fourth, Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba smacked a Lohse pitch toward the right-field seats. Shane Victorino pursued, but a fan clad in a blue Phillies T-shirt touched the ball.

DiMuro ruled it a ground-rule double. After a long conference, DiMuro's call stood and the Rockies were forced to accept two runs instead of four, a huge swing considering that the next batter, pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez, grounded to second to end the inning.

"It's got to be over that chain-link fence, and Mike ruled that fan had reached below that fence," said crew chief John Hirschbeck. "Had that fan not touched the ball, [DiMuro] felt the ball would've struck the fence and still would've been in play."

Not getting the home run call, Colorado manager Clint Hurdle argued that at least a third run should've scored.

"My point was that it was over the rail," Hurdle said. "Initially [DiMuro] called it a home run, then called it a double. He said he was sure. Well, if you were sure, why did you initially call it a home run? The most important thing is to get the call right. I don't think they got the call right. That took two runs away."

Phillies manager Charlie Manuel naturally disagreed, and was prepared for an early night had that call been overturned.

"I was going to get thrown out of the game because he made the right call," Manuel said.

Burrell and Howard did the rest, helping the Phillies put behind them a 2-4 road trip that followed a rousing sweep of the Mets.

"Realistically, when we had the road trip and lost those tough games, not that you do this, but we had to shift our attention away from the Mets," Burrell said. "I think six games [back] at this point is tough, so we had to regroup, and sometimes that's hard."