PHILLIES NEWS

Although hobbled, Freddy Garcia turned in his best start of the season thus far, going 6 innings and allowing just 2 runs on 5 hits. Unfortunately, Garcia's effort was not enough on this night in Arizona. The Phils were dazzled themselves by Diamondbacks starter Doug Davis who also went 6 innings while allowing only 2 runs on 5 hits. Then of course when the Phils had finally tied at 2 in the 6th. Antonio Alfonseca came in to pitch the 7th inning and promptly allowed the Diamondbacks to go back ahead 3-2. The Phils battled back again and tied it in the top of 8th at 3, but did so the hard by beating out consecutive double play attempts. Then of course in the bottom of the 8th inning in came Francisco Rosario who once again promptly allowed Arizona to go back ahead 4-3 and that was all they would need. The Phils only baserunner in the 9th was Jimmy Rollins who was hit by pitch and never advanced off 1st base. Thus, the Phils fell short again. It's pretty clear now that the Phils just can't win close games with the bullpen they have right now, especially not with the way they performed tonight. At any rate though the Phils dropped to 14-18, somehow by the grace of God, the Braves, Marlins, and Mets all lost tonight as well, so the Phils didn't lose any ground in the NL, they just didn't gain any either. Life sucks again.