The Phils finished their series with the Dodgers this afternoon. Cole Hamels got the start and pitched well as usual, allowing just 2 runs on 7 hits while striking out 9 in 7 strong innings. However, Chad Billingsley actually outdid Hamels, allowing just 1 run on 3 hits while striking out 9 in 7 strong innings. Thus, the Phils would need some more late game heroics to pull this one out. In the bottom of the 1st, Jimmy Rollins doubled and scored on a sac fly by Ryan Howard for a 1-0 lead. In the top of the 3rd Casey Blake doubled and scored on an error by JRoll to knot it up at1. In the top of the 7th James Loney slugged a solo homer for a 2-1 lead. In the top of the 9th Matt Kemp tripled and scored on a sac fly by Blake for a 3-1 lead. In the bottom of the 9th, Carlos Ruiz slapped a 2 out 2 run double to tie it up at 3. In the top of the 10th after retiring the first 2 batters easily, Chad Durbin issued walk, a Russell Martin double, a walk, and a Kemp double, for 2 more 2 out runs and a 5-3 Dodger lead. Finally in the bottom of the 10th, with two out and Chase Utley on 2nd Howard had a chance to tie it up again with one swing, but he struck out chasing a breaking ball down and inside. So the Phils drop 2 of 3 to the Dodgers and fall back to .500 at 16-16 overall, now 2 games behind the 1st place Mets.
2 comments:
Certainly not what I was hoping for, especially when the ace delivers a pretty solid game.
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yeah normally the Phils win when pitches like that, but the Dodgers are just playing really well right now
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