The Phils continued their series with the Braves this afternoon. Joe Blanton got the start and was solid, going 8 innings while allowing 6 runs on 8 hits. Unfortunately, a pair of homers ruined his outing and the Phillies' day. In the top of the 2nd Jeff Francoeur singled in a run for a 1-0 Atlanta lead. In the bottom of the 4th Chase Utley crushed a solo homer to knot it up at 1. In the top of the 5th JKelly ohnson doubled in one run, and Yunel Escobar lined a 2 run homer into the seats, for a 4-1 lead. It was still 4-1 in the top of the 8th, when Joe Blanton served up homer #2, to Brian Mcann with one on and 2 out, for a 6-1 lead. In the bottom of the 8th Raul Ibanez slugged a solo homer to cut it to 6-2. Finally in the bottom of the 9th, after Utley ripped a double, Ryan Howard grounded out to close out the 6-2 Braves win. So the Phils drop to 15-13 overall and now .5 games out of 1st in the NL East.
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Friday, May 08, 2009
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils returned to the bank tonight for a weekend series with the Atlanta Braves. Cole Hamels once again returned to the rotation after missing a start due to injury, and this time he finally managed to get through a game unscathed. After two tough losses to the Mets, "Hollywood" was just what the doctor ordered, holding the Braves to just 2 runs on 3 hits while striking out 7 in 6 strong innings. Meanwhile the Phils touched up Braves' starter Jo-Jo Reyes for 8 runs on 5 hits. So it was a good night all round for the Phils, and exactly what they needed. The Phils jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in bottom of the 2nd, on 2 errors and a 2 run double by Jimmy Rollins. In the bottom of the 3rd Jayson Werth slugged a 2 run homer for a 6-0 lead. In the top of the 4th, Brian Mcann put Atlanta on the board with a 2 run single, cutting the lead to 6-2. In the bottom of the 4th Christ Coste lined a solo homer for a 7-2 lead. In the bottom of the 5th Chase Utley crushed a solo homer for an 8-2 lead. In the top of the 8th Omar Infante slapped a solo homer to cut it to 8-3. In the bottom of the 8th Pedro Feliz doubled in one run and Greg Dobbs singled in another run for a 10-3 lead. Finally in the top of the 9th, after allowing Casey Kotchman to hit a 3 run homer, Brad Lidge retired the side to close out the 10-6 win. So the Phils improve to 15-12 overall and remain 1st in the NL East by a half a game over the Mets and the Marlins.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils finished their series with the Mets tonight. The veteran Jamie Moyer got the start, once again going for his 250th career win. Unfortunately, No. 250 would have to wait as New York touched up Moyer for 7 runs on 7 hits in just 2 and 1/3rd innings of work. So the Phils were in a hole right away, from which they would not quite be able to dig out of, despite 5 and 2/3rd's scoreless innings from the bullpen. In the top of the 1st Ryan Howard doubled in a run for an early 1-0 lesd, but it would be the only lead of the night for the Phils. In the bottom of the 1st, Carlos Beltran slugged a 2 run homer and David Wright followed a couple batters later with a solo shot, for a 4-1 Met's lead. In the bottom of the 2nd Jose Reyes lined a solo shot for a 5-1 lead. In the bottom of the 3rd, Castro doubled in a couple runs for a 7-1 lead. In the top of the 4th Raul Ibanez singled in a run to cut it to 7-2. In the top of the 6th Howard slugged a solo homer to cut it to 7-3. In the top of the 8th Jayson Werth crushed a 2 run homer to cut it to 7-5. Finally in the top of the 9th the Phils had an opportunity to tie it up against K-Rod, with a one on, 2 out, and Jimmy Rollins at bat, but JRoll simply popped up to end the 7-5 Mets win. So the Phils drop to 14-12 overall, but remain 1st in the NL East by a half a game, as Florida lost again tonight as well.
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils traveled to New York and brand new citi field, to begin yet another series with the hated Mets. Chan Ho Park got the start and was close to brilliant allowing just one hit in 6 shutout innings. Unfortunately Johan Santana was slightly better for the Mets allowing just 2 hits in 7 shutout innings. In the end though it was not pitching that decided the game tonight, but rather fielding, as in Pedro Feliz in the bottom of the 7th inning. With 2 out, the score tied at 0, and only a runner on first, Fernando Tatis slapped slow roller towards third base, which Feliz should have just grabbed and held onto, since there was no play on Tatis at first or on Carlos Delgado at 2nd. Instead he threw wildly to first in an attempt to make a spectacular play, and the ball got by Ryan Howard and into right field. At that point Delgado stupidly rounded third and tried to score, but for some reason Jayson Werth, backing up the play, didn't see him right away, and by the time he did, despite a strong throw, it was too late as Delgado managed to sneak in under the tag of Carlos Ruiz. Ultimately it was the only run of the night as the Mets went on to win 1-0. You never know what would have happened had Feliz not made the error and the game had stayed tied at 0 probably into extra innings, but the Phils would have at least had a chance to win. So you can bet if the difference between winning and losing the division or the wild card, comes down to 1 game at the end of this season, this is one they'll look back on. Anyway, despite the loss the Phils remain 1st in the NL East, as the Marlins lost tonight as well.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils finished their series with the Cardinals tonight and continued to knock the ball around racking up 10 runs on 15 hits. Meanwhile, Brett Myers put forth a decent outing, allowing 5 runs on 9 hits in just 5 and 1/3rd innings of work, just enough for a win. The Phils simply had too much firepower for the Cardinals to handle. In the top of the 1st, the "Flyin Hawaiian", Shane Victorino slapped a solo homer for a 1-0 lead. In the top of the 3rd Victorino doubled in a couple of runs and scored on a sac fly by Jayson Werth for a 4-0 lead. In the bottom of the 3rd Tyler Greene doubled and scored on fielder's choice to cut it to 4-1. In the bottom of the 4th Ryan Ludwick and Yadier Molina each slugged solo homers to cut it to 4-3. In the top of the 5th Werth crushed a 3 run homer for a 7-3 lead. In the bottom of the 5th Ludwick singled in a run to cut it to 7-4. In the bottom of the 6th Greene sac flyed in a run to cut it to 7-5. In the top of the 7th Victorino singled and scored on a single by Ryan Howard, and Pedro Feliz beat out an infield single to allow another run to score for a 9-5 lead. In the bottom of the 7th Colby Rasmus doubled in a run to cut it to 9-6. In the top of the 9th Feliz doubled in a run for a 10-6 lead. Finally in the bottom of the 9th Albert Pujols crushed a solo homer leading off, before Brad Lidge retired the side for the 10-7 win. So the Phils move to 14-10 overall and into 1st in the NL East by a half a game over the Marlins. That's right the magic number is only 138 for the Phils to clinch the division.
Monday, May 04, 2009
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils traveled to St.Louis tonight to begin a series with the Cardinals. Joe Blanton who had been struggling on the season thus far,got the start and finally put together a decent outing allowing just 1 run on 4 hits in 6 solid innings of work. Meanwhile, the Phils tagged ex-teammate Kyle Lohse for 6 runs on 7 hits in just 4 and 1/3rd innings of work. So it was fun night all around, although it took a little while for both teams to get it going. In the bottom of the 3rd, Joe Thurston finally knocked in the first run of the game on an RBI double for a 1-0 Card's lead. In the top of the 4th Jayson Werth finally got the Phils on the board lining a 2 run homer into the seats for a 2-1 lead. In the top of the 5th, Ryan Howard, always a safe bet in his hometown, crushed a grand slam for a 6-1 lead. Thanks to a great escape by Blanton from a one out bases loaded jam in the bottom of the inning, and three subsequent innings of 1 hit ball from the Phils bullpen, it stayed 6-1 the rest of the night as the Phils took their 2nd win in a row. So the Phils move to 13-10 overall and remain a half a game behind the Marlins for first in the NL East.
Sunday, May 03, 2009
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils and Mets weekend finale/rubber match was rained out today, the 3rd rainout of the season for the Phils. So they have got a lot of making up to do and so far no one knows when any of their makeup games will be. Anyway if nothing else the extra day off gave Cole Hamels some extra time to recover from his ankle injury so perhaps he may be able to make his next start after all or at least not miss any more than one more start.
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