The Phils continued their weekend set with the Marlins this afternoon. Kyle Kendrick got the start and was roughed up a bit, allowing 7 runs on 10 hits in just 4 and 1/3rd innings of work. Meanwhile, Pat "the bat" Burrell led the way for the Phils with a double and 2 homers, but would his efforts be enough? Now onto the game. In the top of the 2nd Burrell doubled and scored on an error by Jorge Cantu for a 1-0 Phil's lead. In the bottom of the 2nd, John Baker slammed a 3 run homer for a 3-1 Marlin's lead. In the top of the 4th, Pedro Feliz, tripled and scored on a double by Chris Coste, who later scored on a single by Jimmy Rollins to knot it up at 3. In the bottom of the 4th, Baker singled in another run for a 4-3 Marlin's lead. In the top of the 5th, Burrell slugged a solo homer to knot it up again at 4. In the bottom of the 5th, Jeremy Hermida socked a solo homer and Dan Uggla slammed a 2 run homer for a 7-4 Marlin's lead. In the bottom of the 7th, Jorge Cantu slapped a 2 run single for a 9-4 lead. In the top of the 8th, Burrell slammed another solo homer to cut the lead to 9-5, but alas it would not be enough, as in the top of the 9th, with each representing the tying run, Ryan Howard struck out and Burrell finally ran out of magic grounding into a fielder's choice to finish off the 9-5 Marlin's win. So the Phils drop to 53-45 overall, but remain 1 game up in the NL East.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
FLYERS NEWS
The Flyers continued their busy offseason today signing Joffrey Lupul to a 4 year extension. With 20 goals and 26 assists last season, despite spending ample time on the disabled list, Lupul should be a pleasure to have in Orange and Black for those 4 years and perhaps beyond.
Friday, July 18, 2008
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils returned from all-star break as they traveled to Florida to begin a key 3 game weekend set with the Marlins. The veteran Jamie Moyer got the start and pitched well, allowing just 2 runs on 4 hits in 6 innings of work. Meanwhile, the Phils' bats seemed to discover their lost mojo early on, but they ran out of steam just 4 innings in and as always it came down to the bullpen to bail them out. Now onto the game. In the top of the 2nd, Ryan Howard slugged a solo homer, and Geoff Jenkins, yes Jenkins he of the sub .200 batting average, actually singled in a run for a 2-0 Phils' lead. In the top of the 3rd, Chase Utley singled in a run for a 3-0 lead. In the top of the 4th, Jenkins struck again with a solo homer for a 4-0 lead. In the bottom of the 4th, the Marlins finally got on the board on an RBI single by Jorge Cantu, and a fielder's choice, that allowed Jeremy Hermida to score to cut the lead to 4-2. Finally, in the bottom of the 9th, Brad Lidge, showing no ill effects of his All-Star experience, came in and put the Marlins down in order to close out the 4-2 Phils win. So the Phils improve to 53-44 overall, now 1 game ahead of the hated Mets in the NL East.
SIXERS NEWS
The Sixer's signed first round pick Maurice Speights to a 2 year 2.6 Million deal with an option for 2 additional years today, which is nice since it is always a good idea to lock up your first round pick as early on as possible.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
PHILLIES NEWS
Well it happened, the Phils finally made a move for some pitching, sending prospects, Josh Outman, a left-handed pitcher, Adrian Cardenas, a 2nd baseman, and Matt Spencer an outfielder, to the Oakland A's for pitcher Joe Blanton. Blanton was the A's opening day starter but like Brett Myers he has been less than ace material this season with a 5-12 record and 4.96 ERA in 20 starts. Most of that can be contributed to a total lack of run support from his A's teammates, and 3 very bad starts earlier this season. Throw out those starts and his ERA is only 3.87 and he is innings eater, just kind of the guy the Phils like to have in their rotation. So Blanton likely won't be an ace for the Phils, but he could easily replace Adam Eaton in the rotation. At any rate the Phils rotation is better off now with Blanton than they were without him.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
PHILLIES NEWS
The MLB All Star game took place tonight in Yankee Stadium and a couple Phils were involved. First Chase Utley got the start at 2nd for the 3rd year in a row and went 1 for 3 with a key single in the 6th inning that eventually led to a run. The other Phil's all star was closer Brad Lidge. Lidge was all set to come in and close it in the 9th, but leave it to Billy Wagner to blow a 3-2 lead in the 8th inning. So instead in arguably one of the greatest All-Star games ever played, he was forced to ride the pine for a while, until the bottom of the 15th, with the score still tied at 3, and like closers in a tie game he didn't handle it well. With two on and one out Micheal Young slapped a sac fly to right field and although Corey Hart made the catch, and his throw home beat Justin Morneau to the plate, it was a little off line and Brian Mcann could not get the tag down in time, so the AL wins again 4-3. Thanks a bunch Billy.
Monday, July 14, 2008
PHILLIES NEWS
The annual All Star Game Home Run Derby took place tonight and while most of his teammates sat at home relaxing on the couch, Chase Utley had some work to do as the Phil's lone representative in the derby. Utley lined 5 homers during his 1st round, which would normally be enough to move on to the next round, but not this year, so the Home Run Derby title will not return to Philly for third time in 4 years. Instead the Twins Justin Morneau outlasted inspirational Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton 5-3 in the final round to claim the title. Still it was Hamilton who largely stole the show, blasting 28 homeruns in the first round, including 3 over 500 feet, which sadly breaks Bobby Abreu's old one round mark of 24 as a Phillie a few years back, sorry Bobby. Anyhow, if you like homers this was your night. Hopefully the all-star game tomorrow night will be just as exciting.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils finished their weekend set with the Diamondbacks this afternoon as they got ready to head into the much needed all-star break. In a battle of staff aces Cole Hamels took the mound against Brandon Webb, and equaled him, allowing just 2 runs on 11 hits in 7 innings of work, while Webb spotted the Phils just 2 runs on 7 hits in 7 innings of work. So as usual it would come down to the final 2 innings to decide a victor. Now onto the game. In the top of the 2nd, Chad Tracy slammed a solo homer for a 1-0 DBack's lead. In the top of the 4th, Chris Young bunted for a hit and later scored for a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the 5th, Hamels himself doubled in a run to cut the lead to 2-1. In the bottom of the 7th, Jimmy Rollins slapped a 2 out double to knot it up at 2. In the bottom of the 8th, "the Bat" Pat Burrell slugged a 3 run homer and Pedro Feliz followed a couple batters later with a solo shot for a 6-2 Phil's lead. Finally in the top of the 9th, although not a save situation Brad Lidge came in and closed out the DBacks after allowing a run for a 6-3 Phils win. So the Phils improve to 52-44 overall remain 1st in the NL East by .5 games over the Hated Mets and 1.5 games over the Marlins.
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