The Phils traveled to Houston tonight to begin a weekend series. Cliff Lee got the start and was roughed up again allowing 6 runs on 9 hits in just 3 innings of work. Meanwhile, for the 2nd time in 3 games the Phils were shutout. This time it was Houston's Wandy Rodriguez who shut down the Phils allowing just 7 hits while striking out 7 in 7 scoreless innings. Still, as he tough as he was, the Phils had their chances against Rodriguez tonight, with runners on 2nd and 3rd and 2 out in the 3rd, and the bases loaded with only 1 out in the 7th inning. They simply didn't take advantage of them. Oh yeah and once again the bullpen performed pretty well, as Jamie Moyer, Tyler Walker, and Jack Taschner combined to allow just 1 run on 3 hits in the final 5 innings. As for Lee I don't know what to say. He did get a bit unlucky early on with some weak hits dribbling through the holes in the infield or flying just over the infield, but he just really didn't pitch well again. He just didn't hit his spots. Perhaps most embarrassingly for Lee was that in the 2nd inning, it was Rodriguez himself who provided the big blow for Houston with a bases loaded double. Going back to the lineup the Phils actually didn't hit that poorly on the night with 8 hits alltogether and with everyone in lineup except Ryan Howard and Pedro Feliz, accumulating at least 1 hit. They just couldn't get the hits when they needed them. Anyway so the Phils drop to 77-55 overall and now back down to 7.5 games up in the NL East.
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