PHILLIES NEWS

One word describes tonight's game, frustration. Freddy Garcia hasn't exactly been at his best thus far this season, as he has yet to get past the 6th inning in any of his starts, and tonight was no exception. Garcia lasted only 5 innings, but he battled pretty well and managed to hold the Braves to 3 runs through those 5 innings. Meanwhile, Ryan Howard crushed a 3-run homer in the top of the 6th inning to knot at 3. You'd think that would give Garcia even more resolve to come out strong in the bottom of 6th, but he wasn't even able to record an out in the inning, instead loading the bases with one out, before being replaced by Geoff Geary. Geary managed to get out of the inning but not before giving up a run, for a 4-3 Braves lead. Still, only trailing by a run with 3 innings to play, you'd think the Phils would still be able to make a run at it, think again. In the final 3 innings the Phils had exactly one baserunner, and the that was Greg Dobbs after a single in the 9th inning with two outs. Of course, Rod Barajas, followed the single by swinging at the first pitch he saw and flying out to end the game. Yeah, it doesn't get much more frustrating than that, as the Phils are now 1-5 against the Braves this season and just 12-15 overall. Life Sucks.