PHOENIX -- A.J. Burnett made himself at home in Arizona all weekend.On Friday, he painted his face like an undead monster along with many of the locals as part of Zombie Night at Chase Field. A day later, he goofed around with his buddies in the dugout and gleefully rooted on his teammates to victory.But the veteran finally wore out his welcome on Sunday afternoon when he shut down the D-backs' offense and hushed the crowd in a 2-0 victory to seal the series for the Phillies.It's all fun and games until you shut out the home team for eight innings. 
Burnett allowed only five hits and struck out eight in the victory, the second win in the row for the Phillies and their fifth win in seven games. The Phillies now return to Philadelphia for seven games with a 6-4 record on their 10-game road trip through Colorado, Los Angeles and Arizona.The Phillies wasted little time against D-backs starter Brandon McCarthy. Ben Revere led off the game with a single, stole second base and came home on single by Chase Utley for an early 1-0 lead.Utley stung the D-backs again, this time in the sixth inning, when he led off the frame with a double. One out later, Marlon Byrd followed with a sharp grounder to D-backs shortstop Chris Owings in the hole near third base. Once Owings corralled the ball, he threw toward D-backs third baseman Martin Prado in an attempt to get Utley, who was advancing to third on the play. The ball sailed past Prado and Utley scooted home for the Phillies' second run.McCarthy struck out a career-high 12 batters in the loss.Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com
Burnett allowed only five hits and struck out eight in the victory, the second win in the row for the Phillies and their fifth win in seven games. The Phillies now return to Philadelphia for seven games with a 6-4 record on their 10-game road trip through Colorado, Los Angeles and Arizona.The Phillies wasted little time against D-backs starter Brandon McCarthy. Ben Revere led off the game with a single, stole second base and came home on single by Chase Utley for an early 1-0 lead.Utley stung the D-backs again, this time in the sixth inning, when he led off the frame with a double. One out later, Marlon Byrd followed with a sharp grounder to D-backs shortstop Chris Owings in the hole near third base. Once Owings corralled the ball, he threw toward D-backs third baseman Martin Prado in an attempt to get Utley, who was advancing to third on the play. The ball sailed past Prado and Utley scooted home for the Phillies' second run.McCarthy struck out a career-high 12 batters in the loss.Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com
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