The Phils continued their series with the Brewers this afternoon. Joe Blanton got the start and put forth another above average effort allowing just 2 runs on 4 hits through the 1st 6 innings. Once again he seemed to run out of gas in the 7th, allowing a 3 run homer by Corey Hart, before finishing the inning and his day having allowed 5 runs on 6 hits. Hart's blast not withstanding, it was still a solid day for Blanton. That's mostly because the Phils racked up 10 runs on 17 hits so all they needed out of Joe was 6 or 7 innings while allowing 4 or 5 runss. A single by Shane Victorino and a double by Chase Utley produced 2 runs in the 2nd. Victorino bashed a 2 run homer in the 6th. Finally in the 7th Victorino and Paul each slapped RBI doubles, Placido Polanco blooped an RBI single and Utley hit a deep sac fly for another 5 runs and at the time a 9-2 lead
Then Hart's homer cut it to 9-5, making things interesting, that is until a fielder's choice in the in 8th pushed the lead back up to 10-5. Unfortunately, after Chad Durbin tossed a scoreless 8th inning David Hernon was unable to close it out in 9th, forcing Jose Contreras into the game to earn his 1st career save. It wasn't easy though. Herndon left him with 2 runners in scoring position and only 1 out. From there Contreras walked the bases loaded before striking out the side to preserve the 10-6 win. So the Phils take the series over the Brewers and move to 22-13 overall, now 3 games up in the NL East.
2 comments:
17 hits in one game is something else and that 10 runs doesnt hurt either. I good win for the Phils and I hope to see them continue their domination of the Brewers.
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they could have closed it out a little better but it was a good win
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