The Phils continued their series with Giants tonight and got another brilliant pitching performance from Joe Blanton who went 7 innings allowing just 2 runs(both on sac flys) on 7 hits. Unfortunately, the Phils lineup looked tired and sluggish again and never got anything going against Tim Lincecum, producing 0 runs on 7 hits. Admittedly though, I don't know if the Phils would have fared well against Lincecum even if they had been fresh. He was just too tough, exactly what you would expect from the reigning NL CY Young award winner. The Phils best opportunity to score came in the 5th inning when Blanton himself led off with a single, and the Phils loaded the bases with 2 out for Raul Ibanez. Unfortunately, Ibanez could only ground out to end the inning. Things won't get any easier for the Phils tomorrow either as the Giants other ace Matt Cain, is scheduled to pitch and he could easily give the Phils another 2-0 loss. Cole Hamels who get's the start for the Phils, is going to have to be lights out if the Phils still hope to get a split out of this series. Anyway so the Phils drop to 59-43 overall and still 6 games up in the NL East.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Well at least the Phils pitching is still looking good.
-to ph1llysports
yeah that's something, it's just too bad they were too tired in all these games to take advantage of it
Post a Comment