The Phils continued their series with the Braves tonight. Pedro Martinez got the start but he was clearly tired from his 130 pitch effort last weekend,and he tweaked something in his kneck during an at bat and had to leave after the 3rd inning. Before he left Pedro allowed 3 runs on 7 hits, putting the Phils in an early hole from which they could not escape, especially not after Chad Durbin allowed another 3 runs on 2 hits through the next few innings. It was still 6-0 Atlanta as the Phils came to the plate in the top of the 9th. There they finally mounted a rally but it came up just short. First Ryan Howard crushed a 2 run homer. Then with 2 out, Jimmy Rollins and Greg Dobbs collected back to back RBI singles to cut the lead to 6-4 and allow the go ahead run to come to the plate in the person of Ben Francisco. Unfortunately, Francisco popped up to end it and the Phils 6 game winning streak. After watching Pedro tonight, it seems the Phils will have to be a little more judicial when using him from now on. He obviously can't handle the workload he used to anymore. Hopefully his injury is not serious. Speaking of injuries Dobbs had been out for a while with an injury before tonight, so it was great to see him back out there again collecting a pinch hit. The Phils were scoreless until the 9th thanks largely to Braves starter Javier Vazquez who is having a heck of a season with now 14 wins. If not for the Cardinals Chris Carpenter, Vazquez might be on his way to a cy young. Anyway so the Phils drop to 86-61 overall, and now lead the NL East by just 7 games.
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Well I guess when your 36 or 37 you will get tired from 130 pitch outing so its not like this could have been unforseen. Its sad to see the win streak go but it was nice while it lasted.
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yeah but its okay we'll start a new one tomorrow
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