PHILLIES NEWS

A loss is not the way, you want to start your first playoff series in 14 years, but that's exactly what happened to the Phils. Cole Hamels got the start this afternoon and pitched well, except for a fateful 2nd inning in which he allowed 3 runs on 3 hits. However, after that he did not allow another hit and wound up striking out 7 in 7 strong innings of work. Meanwhile, Pat Burrell and Aaron Rowand(the Phils only position player with playoff experience) proved themselves october-worthy, with back to back solo homers in the 5th inning to cut the lead t0 3-2. However, Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley and Ryan Howard didn't look so worthy, going 0 for 3, and 0 for 4 respectively. Then Tom Gordon allowed a solo homer off the bat of Matt Holiday in the 8th inning and that was about all she wrote. Although Brett Myers and J.C Romero shutdown Colorado in the 8th and 9th innings, the Phils weren't able to score in either inning as well and fell 4-2 in game 1 of the NLDS. Tomorrow, rookie sensation Kyle Kendrick gets the start and the chance to help the phils even the series at a game apiece before it shifts to Colorado for game 3.