The Phils continued their weekend set with the DiamondBacks this afternoon. Adam Eaton got the start and pitched well, until a funky 4th inning did him in, as he allowed 8 runs on 7 hits in just 3 and 2/3rd's innings of work, not exactly what the Phils wanted out of him today. Now onto the game. In the top of the 1st, Chad Tracy singled in one run and Conor Jackson scored a second run on a fielder's choice for a 2-0 DBack's lead. In the bottom of the 3rd, the Flying Hawaiian, Shane Victorino slugged a 2 run homer to knot it all up. In the top of the 4th, the bottom fell out from under Eaton, as after 2 quick outs, a 2 run double by the pitcher , the Unit Randy Johnson, an RBI double by Jackson, a 2 run single by Tracy and a 3 run homer by Mark Reynolds, combined to put the DBacks ahead 10-2. In the bottom of the 5th, the Phils attempted to begin clawing their way back as Eric Bruntlett doubled and scored on a fielder's choice, and Victorino slammed another solo homer to cut the lead to 10-4. Sadly from there the Phils would not score again as the DBacks won going away 10-4. So the Phils drop to 51-44 overall now just .5 games ahead of both the Mets and Marlins.
3 comments:
Well, I had a short stint outside of the country and I knew I could rely on you to provide me with the goods. The Phils dont seem to have changed much since I left but at least they're still in first. Hopefully they can keep that up until the playoffs
Also I think the pickup of Elton Brand certainly helps towards the argument that the Sixers can make it far into the playoffs
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okay, that's no problem I figured you were away again. We can only hope the Phils can somehow find away to stay in first the rest of the season, but they still are playing very well right now. Yes the Sixers can get farther in the playoffs now
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