The Phils welcomed the Baltimore Orioles to the Bank tonight to begin a weekend series. Antonio Bastardo got the start and was fairly decent allowing 4 runs on 5 hits in 7 solid innings. Unfortunately the Phils couldn't give him much support with just 2 runs on 5 hits. In the end the Phils were never able to add to those 2 runs and they and Bastardo went on to take the loss again. The Phils actually had the early 2-0 lead after Jayson Werth slapped a 2 run double in the bottom of the 1st. In the top of the 2nd the Orioles took the lead on a 2 run double by Matt Wieters and an RBI single by the pitcher Rich Hill. In the top of the 6th Aubrey Huff doubled in a run for a 4-2 lead. Finally in the top of 9th Nolan Reimold slammed a solo homer and Nick Markakis slapped a 2 run double to push the lead to 7-2 and avert any hopes of a Phils comeback. So the Phils drop to 13-20 now at home and they have now lost 4 in a row. That's just awful and I just don't know what they can do now to turn that around. John Mayberry Jr looked pretty good again today as he went 2 for 4, but he struck out the one chance he had to knock in some runs. Still, I think he might be alright after all, but the Phils aren't right now. The only hope for the Phils now is to somehow take the last 2 games of this series and then they go back on the road and can start another winning streak. Anyway so the Phils drop to 36-29 overall and are now just 2 games up in the NL East.
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It really hurts to see the Phils drop another one at home especially because people are spending hard earned money on tickets to see a win. I guess the Phils should petition to play the rest of their games away
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