The Phils finished their series with the Braves tonight. The ageless one, Jamie Moyer got the start and was great, finally avoiding that one bad inning that had killed him in his first 2 starts. He went 6 innings as usual, allowing just 2 runs on 4 hits, while striking out 4. It was just kind of performance the Phils needed out of their veteran to finish off this key early season series with a win. While Moyer got it done for the Phils, Derek Lowe got roughed up for Atlanta allowing 5 runs on 6 hits in just 5 innings, as Greg Dobbs, playing in place of Placido Polanco who sat out with elbow soreness, racked up 2 hits and 2 runs scored, and Edgar Prado committed a key Atlanta error in the 3rd inning, messing up a sure double play. The Phils then beat up on Atlanta's bullpen for another 3 runs and 6 hits. Shane Victorino sac flyed in a run in the 6th inning. Then he Ross Gload combined for back to back 2 out singles for 2 more runs in 7th inning.
So amazingly the Phils scored their 8 runs on the night without hitting a single homerun. They also did so with Jroll and Placido missing from the lineup which just proves how deep they are this year. It really was a big statement to up and coming Atlanta that the Phils still mean business in the NL East. Although they didn't need to be thanks to Jamie and the lineup, the Phils bullpen looked pretty good tonight as well. Chad Durbin finally allowed his 1st run of the season in the 7th, but it was too little too late for Atlanta. From there Danys Baez tossed an encouraging scoreless 8th, and David Herndon recovered from his bad luck 9th inning against Florida to toss a scoreless 9th. Oh and J.C Romero, the Phils top lefy relieve, finally came off the DL and rejoined his teammates tonight, but the Phils decided not to take any chances by using him right away. With J.A Happ going on the DL today, for at least one start, the Phils didn't move anyone to make room for J.C. Anyway with the win the Phils move to 10-5 overall and back firmly into 1st in the NL East by themselves.
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Moyer impresses me more and more considering his age and how he's still pulling off wins and it definately doesnt hurt when your offense gets you 8 runs.
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