The Phils traveled to Houston tonight to begin a series with the Astros. J.A Happ made of his start was solid tossing 5 scoreless innings. He would have gone deeper into the game but his control wasn't quite there and he ended having throw 103 pitches in those innings. So the Phils were forced to take him out after the first batters reached safely in the 6th. It didn't matter though as the Phils racked up 8 runs and 16 hits, their 4th straight games with 10 hits or more. It's hard to lose when you have that kind of firepower night in and night out, and seemingly a different hero at the plate every day. Tonight Raul Ibanez, who went 3 for 4 and drove in 3 of the 8 runs. Jimmy Rollins, Placido Polanco, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, and Jayson Werth all had 2 hits today as well. In fact as of now all 5 are hitting over .300, and Rollins, Polanco, Utley, and Howard are all hitting over .400. Obviously they aren't going to stay that all here, it's about 50 years now since anyone did, but I am going to enjoy it while they are.
Anyway back to the game now. The Phils got going right away with 3 in the 1st inning as Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez both smashed RBI doubles. After leaving runners on for a couple innings, Chase Utley slammed a solo homer and Ibanez crunched another RBI double in the 4th to make it 5-0. 3 straight hits with 2 outs in the 5th, from Rollins, Polanco, and Utley netted 2 more runs and 7-0 lead. Finally in the top of the 7th, Polanco ripped a one out single to make it 8-0. The Phils bullpen took it from there. After getting out of Happ's jam in the 6th, David Herndon tossed a scoreless 7th. Danys Baez followed with a scoreless 8th, and finally Jose Contreras completed the shutout with a perfect 9th. So the Phils move 3-1 overall and I can't wait to see what they do next.
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Its pretty hard to lose a game if you keep hitting like the Phillies and I am loving it. They're looking great and I hope it continues.
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