The Phils finished their series with the Braves this afternoon. Brett Myers got the start and provided his best effort of the season thus far, allowing just 1 run on 5 hits in 6 strong innings. Unfortunately, the Phils did not provide Myers with much run support, managing just 2 runs on 6 hits. Still through 6 innings it looked like that might be enough as the Phils led 2-1, on the strength of a single by Pedro Feliz and a double by Matt Stairs. Unfortunately, there was no J.C Romero to hold the lead in the 7th, as he continues to serve a 50 game suspension. Instead it was up to Jack Taschner to hold the lead and he could not, surrendering a 2 out single to Casey Kotchman to put Atlanta ahead 3-2. Kotchman struck again in the top of the 9th with a double. Off a relay from the the Flyin Hawaiian, Shane Victorino, Jimmy Rollins then had Greg Norton gunned down at the plate, but Carlos Ruiz couldn't hold onto the ball and the Braves went ahead 4-2. Finally in the bottom of the 9th, after Miguel Cairo blooped a leadoff single to put the tying run at the plate, the Phils went down in order to closeout the 4-2 loss. So the Phils drop to 15-14 overall back to 3rd in the NL East, 1.5 games out of 1st.
2 comments:
That wasnt the way I was looking for this series to end and I dont think any other Phillies fan was hoping for it, but to make it better everytime they did a face-shot of a left handed batter you could see some of my family.
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really, that's pretty cool, I have seen some of my family on camera at a phillies game too, but only for about a second
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