Fresh off their unexpected day off the Phils welcomed the Milwaukee Brewers to the Bank tonight to begin a 3 game set. Thus far this season the Brewers, the reigning NL wild card champs, have struggled mightily. Their struggle only continued tonight. Jamie Moyer got the start and produced his best outing of the season thus far, allowing just 4 runs on 7 hits in 6 solid innings of work. Meanwhile the Phils victimized Brewer pitching on the night for 11 runs on 13 hits. In fact every member of the Phils starting lineup, even Moyer, managed to reach base safely at least once. The Brewers simply can't get outs right now and from the very beginning the Phils took advantage of them. In the top of the 1st Ryan Braun slammed a solo homer for a 1-0 Brewer lead. They would never lead again. In the bottom of the 1st, 3 straight hits, a double by Jayson Werth and singles by Raul Ibanez and Pedro Feliz, produced 4 runs and a quick 4-1 lead. In the bottom of the 3rd Feliz lined a solo homer for a 5-1 lead. In the top of the 5th Braun launched a 2 run shot into orbit to cut the lead to 5-3. In the bottom of the 5th the Phils came right back to just about put the game out of reach, as Ibanez walked, stole second and scored on a fielder's choice, "the Flyin Hawaiian", Shane Victorino singled in a 2nd run, Chase Utley worked a bases loaded walk for a 3rd run, and finally Victorino and Jimmy Rollins each scored on a wild pitch and a subsequent error by catcher Jason Kendall, for a 10-3 lead. In the bottom of the 6th Werth doubled and scored on an infield single by Feliz for an 11-3 lead. In the top of the 7th Braun struck again with an RBI infield single to cut it to 11-4, but Braun's heroics proved meaningless as the Phils bullpen eventually closed out the 11-4 win. So the Phils move back to .500 overall at 6-6 and jump to 2nd in the NL East. Not bad for a day's work.
2 comments:
Who would of thunk it...the Phillies in 2nd place with a .500 record and the Marlins are in first.
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yeah interesting
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