The Phils continued their series with the Rockies tonight and the results were much better. J.A Happ got the start and tossed a gem, allowing just 4 hits while striking out 10 in a complete game win. Meanwhile, Jimmy Rollins hit a 2 run homer, Pedro Feliz hit a solo shot, Ryan Howard slapped an RBI single, and Jayson Werth slammed a 3 run homer to power the Phils to a 7-0 win. All 7 runs came off Rockie's starter Jorge De La Rosa on 10 hits, as the Phils clobbered Colorado with a true team effort. In fact each member of the starting lineup had at least one hit on the night, including Happ himself who doubled in the top of the 9th, to the delight of the crowd. Considering the entire team struggled last night and all last weekend, although it was likely just fatigue then, it was good to see everyone get a hit tonight. It is always a good indicator when a team can break right out of slump like this. The Phils literally went from laughingstocks to Titans all in the space of one night, proof that no matter how grim things get, the belief they have in themselves always remains. The truth is that in baseball the greatness of a team cannot truly be measured by what it does during a winning streak, but rather must be measured by what it does when times are most grim. For the Phillies it seems for every lull they fall into and ever loss they suffer, there is always greatness waiting just around corner. With the win the Phils move to 60-45 overall and are now back to 6 games up in the NL East.
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Now thats a great presentation for why J Happ should stay in the rotation and its great to see the Phillies produce some offense.
-ph1llysports
yeah well apparently according to Ruben Amaro he is staying in the rotation. Which means either Jamie Moyer or Pedro Martinez will be the odd man out of the Phils rotation. Personally I say put the Pedro in the bullpen because he hasn't shown anything yet in his rehab starts, and we don't know what he'll be like. At least with Jamie Moyer we know what we're getting, with his rotation leading 10 wins and ERA under 4 in his last 8 starts or so.
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