The Phils traveled to L.A tonight to begin a series with the Dodgers. Hollywood himself, Cole Hamels got the start and was brilliant tossing a complete game shutout on just 5 hits. Incredibly and thanks in large part to the defense behind him, Hamels needed just 97 pitches to complete the game. Meanwhile, the Phils eked out a few runs for the win. In the top of the 4th Ryan Howard sac flyed in a run for a 1-0 lead. In the top of the 6th Raul Ibanez slapped an RBI double for a 2-0 lead. In the top of the 7th Jayson Werth slapped an RBI single for a 3-0 lead. From there Hamels closed out the 3-0 win. So once again the Phils did little wrong tonight, and there's not much to talk about. It was great to see Hamels go deep into a game again, as it was questionable he would still be able to do so after all the innings he threw last season. Clearly he is up for the task. Anyway so the Phils move to 32-20 overall and 4 games up in the NL East. In others not so good news, Shane Victorino strained his left hip in yesterday's game and could miss some time. He will be examined by a doctor, and hopefully they'll figure out it is not too serious. Until Jayson Werth will start in center and there will probably be rotating starters in right field. It would seem though after tonight that the Phils can win without him.
2 comments:
Woo take that Dodgers with the best record in the Majors...it wont be that way for long. Certainly I miss Shane Victorino, and want him to come back soon, however if the Phils keep winning without him I wouldnt mind.
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yeah same here
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