The Phils welcomed the Atlanta Braves to the Bank tonight to begin a weekend series. Jamie Moyer got the start and cooked up one for the ages, in what may be arguably the greatest pitching performance by a 40+ year old in major league history, as he became the oldest man in major league history to toss a complete game shutout. He was just incredible tonight and Atlanta never quite figured him out. With impeccable control and location, he had Atlanta's hitters guessing all night long and way out ahead of pitches. In the end he needed just 105 pitches to go the distance, while allowing 0 runs on 2 hits and striking out 5 against 0 walks. It just doesn't get much better than that and no one deserves it more than Jamie.
It wasn't all Jamie though. The Phils also racked up 7 runs on 11 hits off Derek Lowe through the first 5 innings, to greatly help Moyer's cause. In the bottom of the 3rd Jayson Werth clobbered a 3 run homer for a quick 3-0 lead. Later in the bottom of the 5th Raul Ibanez and WilsonValdez collected back to back 2 out 2 runs singles to produce another 4 runs and 7-0 Phils lead. Thanks to Moyer that was pretty much all she wrote from there as the Phils racked up their 4th straight win and 19th overall to move to 18-11 overall and remain 1st in the NL East by 2 games over the Mets. It is doubtful Moyer will ever put together another gem quite as good as this one but for tonight anyway nobody could have done it better than he did and I don't think I'll ever forget it. You the man Jamie!
2 comments:
Jamie Moyer is the man!! That display of pitching was extremely impressive especially since he tops out around 80 MPH. That extra offense doesnt hurt the cause either and the Phils are looking pretty good now.
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yeah they're looking really good right now
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