PHILLIES NEWS

Once again the Phils had a chance to get above the .500 mark tonight and once again they failed to do so. One would think with ubertalent Cole Hamels on the mound tonight they would have been able to do so easily but that was not the case. Early on things looked pretty good for the Phils. In a rare start in place of Pat Burrell , who was greeted with a rare day off, Jayson Werth Homered twice, driving in all 3 of the Phils runs on the night, and Hamels looked lights out as the Phils led 3-1 through 5 and 1/2 innings. Then Hamels stepped in to pitch the bottom of the 6th and the wheels fell off. Before the 6th Hamels had only given up 1 run on 2 hits for the night after the 6th those totals had risen to 5 runs and 6 hits and Hamels was on the bench. All 4 Marlins hits in the inning went for extra bases including a misplayed fly ball by Aaron Rowand which wound up as a Miguel Cabrera triple and then saw Cabrera score after Chase Utley threw away his relay to 3rd which probably wouldn't have caught Cabrera anyway even if it had been on line. A Josh Willingham double followed and suddenly the Phils were behind 5-3. They would not recover. In the final 3 innings they mustered only 1 hit and failed to score. So the Phils lost 5-3 and now stand at 22-23 once again one game under .500. Life sucks once again.