PHILLIES NEWS

As I mentioned before, Jon Lieber returned to the Phillies today and made his first start since May 29. On the whole he gave the Phillies everything they could have hoped for and more. He pitched 7 innings giving up just 3 runs, 2 in the 1st inning, and 7 hits. The Phillies bullpen did their job once again with two scoreless frames in the 8th and 9th innings. However, the Phillies offense again failed to do theirs with just 2 runs on 4 hits. Apparently, Pirates starter Ian Snell has some sort of power over the Phillies. This is the second time Snell has faced the Phillies and the second time he has befuddled the Phillies hitters. So far his career ERA against the Phillies is .064. I don't know about you, but if that is not dominance I don't know what is. Anyway because of Snell's mastery of the Phillies the game ended in 3-2 victory for the Pirates. Now to me losing to the Pirates is just pathetic, I mean right now they are the worst team in the National League by far, but of course if the Phillies keep playing the way they have been it won't take them too long to fall to the Pirates level. If they don't win the next two games in this series against the Pirates, then there maybe no hope left for them. I mean you can't go up against the worst team in the league and get swept or drop 2 of 3 games and then expect to still be able to turn things around. If you can't win a series against the worst team in the league than you can't win a series against anyone. Well, I don't know if things can get any worse for the Phillies than they are right now, so maybe just maybe at this point in the season things can only get better for the Phillies. Tune in next time to find out if they do and until then happy trails everyone.