The Phils continued their series with the Cubs tonight as Pedro Martinez made his long awaited Phils debut. Ultimately for Pedro the night was only a partial success. He did get the win, but mostly because his teammates gave him a lot of run support. In fact his numbers on the night weren't all that great, but they were good enough, as he allowed 3 runs on 7 hits in just 5 innings. So in essence the jury is still out on whether or not he'll stay in the rotation, and we'll probably know more after his next start. As for the lineup it returned to its explosive form tonight in a big way. Right off the bat in the top of the 1st inning, "the Flyin Hawaiian" Shane Victorino slammed a 1 out triple, Chase Utley followed with an RBI double and then Ryan Howard surprisingly legged out an RBI triple for a quick 2-0 lead. In the top of the 3rd Victorino crushed a 2 run homer for a 4-1 lead. In the top of the 4th Jayson Werth, Pedro Feliz, and Carlos Ruiz collected 3 straight singles to start the inning and push the lead to 5-1. Jimmy Rollins followed a couple batters with a 3 run jack to up the lead to 8-1. Utley followed with a single, Howard worked a walk, and Raul Ibanez stepped up and golfed out his 1st homer of August for an 11-1 lead. Werth followed with a double and Pedro Feliz slapped a single back up the middle for yet another run and a 12-1 lead. Finally Martinez struck out to end the inning and the massacre. From there the Phils pretty much cruised and eventually put away an easy 12-5 win. I am impressed with how quickly the Phils lineup was able to turn things around. I guess sometimes all it takes is an extra inning win that never should have been, to get a team going again. Only time will tell whether or not the Phils are really totally out of their slump now, but there were just so many positives tonight, that it is hard to not believe that at least some of tonight's positives will carry over into tomorrow and the next few games. Sure part of it was getting a chance to face Jeff Samardzija in his first major league start on a night when he couldn't get anything across the plate except a fastball, but the Phils racked up 14 hits on the night, 11 more than last night, so some of it had to be their own doing. Anyway so the Phils are 63-48 overall now and back to 4.5 games up in the NL East.
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Now thats the offense we've all come to associate with the Phillies and I'm glad to see its back, even if its only one game. As for Pedro Martinez's performance I think its a little to soon to tell.
-ph1llysports
yeah same here
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