The Phils traveled down to Tampa tonight to begin a series with the Rays. After 6 straight losses the Phils were just hoping for something, anything, positive and boy did they get it. What a difference the road makes. Jamie Moyer got the start and rolled through 6 innings, allowing just 1 run on 5 hits. Meanwhile the Phils just destroyed David Price, for 10 runs on 7 hits. Honestly the outcome of this one was only in doubt for about 3 innings. Price just kept throwing fastball after fastball and payed dearly for it. In the 1st inning alone the Phils scored 6 runs, on back to back doubles by Chase Utley and Ryan Howard(DHing for tonight, and probably back at first tomorrow) and a 3 run homer by John Mayberry Jr. In the 4th the Phils put up 4 more runs, on a fielder's choice, an RBI single by "the Flyin Hawaiian" , Shane Victorino and a 2 run homer by Utley for a 10-0 lead. It was pretty much over from there, although Tampa did finally score a run in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by Jason Bartlett, to cut the final score to 10-1. So the Phils improve 24-9 on the road now. Apparently all they needed to get back on track was to get the heck away from the Bank. Seriously, the Phils couldn't have played any better in this game and the Rays couldn't have played any worse. It was the complete opposite of all those games the Phils played at home and it simply defies all the logic I can think of. So anyway, after this impressive night, to say the least, the Phils move to 37-31 overall and now back to 2.5 games up in the NL East. In others news on the injury front, Brad Lidge apparently close to the returning to the Phils bullpen after a rehab stint tonight in clearwater. Raul Ibanez also appears to be on the mend after participating batting practice today. On other hand reliever Clay Condrey went on the DL today, joining already injured relievers Lidge and Scott Eyre. So Lidge either has to come back perfect very soon or the Phils need to go get someone in a trade, because Ryan Madson, J.C Romero, Jack Taschner, Chan Ho Park, and a couple of rookies just won't do as the Phils bullpen for long.
2 comments:
Finally they arent home and with that comes a win, and as you said, that bullpen wont be able to last as the way it is if they all dont start brining their A-Game or if they add someone
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yeah its good to be on the road. apparently lidge will be back tomorrow and I doubt Eyre will be out too much longer. So basically if lidge is back on his game they should be fine actually.
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