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MILWAUKEE -- Tyler Cloyd did what he was supposed to do, and the Philadelphia Phillies got where they wanted to be for a long time. Delmon Young homered, Cloyd allowed four hits over 6 2-3 scoreless innings, and the Phillies moved above .500 for the first time this season with a 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night. Coming off a three-game sweep of Miami that pulled the Phillies even for the first time since they were 6-6 on April 14, the season-high fifth consecutive win improved their record to 31-30. "Were happy that some hard work is starting to pay off," Michael Young said after batting leadoff for the first time in almost 10 years. "Were starting to see it in the standings. Were very happy with that style of play right now. We just want to make sure we keep doing that. Keep pushing the envelope." Cloyd had a big hand in helping the team get above .500. "He took us where we wanted to go in the game," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "When you allow two runs or less, you stand a real good chance of winning the game. Cloyd (2-2) limited Milwaukee to singles by Jean Segura, Ryan Braun and Aramis Ramirez through 6 2-3 innings. When Norichika Aoki singled with two out in the seventh, Manuel brought in Justin De Fratus who retired Segura on a grounder to second. Philadelphia scored in four of five innings against Milwaukee starter Wily Peralta (4-7). "Tonight, we got a good start right out of the gate," Manuel said. Cloyd walked and scored on Mayberrys double in the second. Domonic Brown scored in the third when Erik Kratz hit into a fielders choice. "We got some runners on," Manuel said. "We got some runs out of it." Delmon Young homered in the fifth for his fifth home run in his last 15 games after only having one through his first 17. Milwaukees run came in the eighth off Mike Adams when Braun walked, stole second, advanced on a groundout and scored on Jonathan Lucroys grounder to third. The game was a rematch of Cloyds and Peraltas previous start. Cloyd lost 4-3 to Peralta on June 1 in Philadelphia, but didnt let that happen again. No Brewer got past second base despite his four walks. In the loss to Peralta five days ago, Cloyd went seven innings, allowing three runs, two earned, eight hits with a walk and three strikeouts. Peralta pitched seven innings, allowed two runs on eight hits. He walked one and struck out six, matching his season-high and picked up a rare victory. This time, Peralta threw 30 of his 99 pitches in a shaky first inning as the Phillies went ahead 2-0. Michael Young opened the game with a single. John Mayberry followed with a single and Jimmy Rollins did the same to load the bases and put Peralta in trouble right away. "I led off for about two years," Young said. "Probably right around the All-Star Break of 04, thats all she wrote." Ryan Howards sacrifice fly brought in Young. Peralta walked the next batter to load the bases again. With Delmon Young at bat, he bounced a pitch in the dirt that rolled away from catcher Lucroy allowing John Mayberry to score on the wild pitch. Peralta regrouped and struck out Young and retired Kratz on a comebacker to the mound. That performance wasnt what Brewers manager Ron Roenicke expected from Peralta. "He just didnt throw the ball where he wanted to," Roenicke said. "A couple ground balls the first two guys and then his command left him. He didnt have his slider today. The hard one he kept trying to throw and he couldnt command it, so he went to a softer slider." Peralta gave up five runs on eight hits in five innings, walked four and struck out two, losing for the fifth time in his last six starts. The fourth inning was the only one he kept the Phillies off the board. NOTES: Brewers LHP Tom Gorzelanny will make a spot start Sunday against Philadelphia. Hes replacing RHP Marco Estrada who went on the disabled list Wednesday with a strained left hamstring. ... Braun was back in the lineup after sitting out Wednesdays game with a lingering thumb problem. ... Brown was the first Phillies player to hit 10 home runs over a 12-game stretch since Ryan Howard did it Aug. 28-Sept. 8, 2006. ... LHP Cliff Lee (7-2, 2.45 ERA) goes for his fourth consecutive win for Philadelphia on Friday. RHP Alfredo Figaro (0-0, 3.67 ERA), a reliever pressed into the rotation, makes his second start for Milwaukee. ... Michael Young had three singles for Philadelphia. Michael Carter-Williams Jersey . Ibaka equaled a career high with 20 rebounds, adding four blocked shots and 15 points as the Thunder smothered the Milwaukee Bucks offence in a 92-79 victory Saturday night. Tyler Ennis Jersey .Y. -- Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills defence made life miserable for Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco. https://www.rocketsrookiesshop.com/Tracy-Mcgrady-City-Edition-Jersey/ . Its sharpness matched my mind. This was no night to go to sleep. Houston Rockets Jerseys . -- New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis is retiring after a 16-year career to become the goalie coach for the Los Angeles Galaxy. DeAnthony Melton Rockets Jersey . Westbrook has missed 27 games since having a procedure on Dec. 27 to deal with swelling in his injured right knee — the third operation on the knee in nine months. Ohio State dropped four spots to No. 6 in The Associated Press college football poll after its first loss of the season, and Penn State moved into the rankings for the first time since 2011 after upsetting the Buckeyes.Alabama is No. 1 again, receiving all but one of the 61 first-place votes from the media panel on Sunday. Michigan moved up to No. 2, Clemson is No. 3 and Washington No. 4.Louisville moved up to No. 5 ahead of the Buckeyes, who blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead and lost 24-21 against Penn State on Saturday night. The Nittany Lions entered the rankings at No. 24.Nebraska is No. 7 and Baylor is eighth. Texas A&M slipped three spots to No. 9 after losing for the first time this season.---POLL POINTSUP- West Virginia (6-0) moved up two spots to No. 10 in the rankings, the Mountaineers best showing since 2012. Those Mountaineers with Geno Smith and Tavon Austin were undone by a faulty defense and ended up finishing the season unranked after peaking at No. 5 in early October. These Mountaineers have the second-best defense in the Big 12 and rank 32nd in the nation in yards per play at 5.14.- No. 15 Auburn moved up six spots after the second-most lopsided SEC victory in the history of the program. The Tigers beat Arkansas 56-3 and have won four straight since a 1-2 start.- No. 19 LSU moved up six spots after trouncing Mississippi.- Washington matched its best ranking since finishing No. 3 in 2000.DOWN- Ohio State had the biggest drop of the week, but it still ran its streak of top-10 rankings to 31, the longest current streak in the nation, dating baack to November 2014.ddddddddddddIN- Penn State was last ranked Dec. 4, 2011. It had gone four full seasons without being ranked, the longest string of seasons without a ranking since the Nittany Lions made their first poll appearance in 1940. The Nittany Lions also are ranked without Joe Paterno as coach for the first time since 1954.- No. 23 Colorado and No. 25 Virginia Tech moved back into the rankings for a second time this season.OUT- Houston tumbled out of the rankings for the first time this season after getting routed by SMU. The fall from No. 15 to unranked is tied for the fifth-largest drop since the rankings went to a Top 25 in 1989.- Mississippi, which was the first 3-3 team since 2009 to be ranked last week, is out for the first time this season after dropping to 3-4 with a loss to LSU.- Arkansas, which started the season unranked, is out again.CONFERENCE CALLSEC -- 6Big Ten -- 5ACC -- 5Pac-12 -- 3Big 12 -- 3American -- 1MAC -- 1Mountain West -- 1RANKED vs. RANKEDNo. 3 Clemson at No. 12 Florida State. The toughest game left on the Tigers schedule.No. 4 Washington at No. 17 Utah. Maybe the first of two meetings for the leaders of the Pac-12 North (Huskies) and South (Utes).No. 7 Nebraska at No. 11 Wisconsin. The Huskers can lose and still hold on to the Big Ten West lead, but then they go to Ohio State.---Follow Ralph D. Russo at www.Twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP---Online:More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '