Back on the road, for real this time, the Phils ran into a buzzsaw in the form of the NL Central leading Cincinnati Reds. Johnny Cueto turns the lights out on the Phils lineup with 8 brilliant innings. All told the Phils managed just 1 run on 6 hits in that span despite not registering a single strikeout. Meanwhile the Reds tagged Kyle Kendrick for 6 runs on 8 hits in 6 and a 1/3rd innings. Scott Rolen alone beat up on his former team for 3 RBIs and a run scored as he smacked his 300th career homerun. Kendrick actually hung in there for 6 innings while holding Cincinnati to just 4 runs. Then Charlie tried to get him through the 7th but he it didn't work out and the Cincinnati had 2 more runs before the inning was finally over and that just after Ryan Howard tripled and scored on an infield single by Raul Ibanez to cut the lead to 4-1.
Thanks to the 2 run 7th the Phils suddenly trailed 6-1 heading into the 8th. Thanks to a sac fly it was 7-1 by the 9th. There the Phils finally mounted a rally with Ibanez crushing a 2 out 2 run homer to cut the lead to 7-3. That left it up to Dane Sardinha to keep the game live but he struck out to end it. So the Phils drop to 40-33 overall and back to 3.5 games out in the NL East. Far worrisome than that is the injury Chase Utley suffered to his thumb during the game while trying to stretch a single and double with a head first slide into 2nd. Hopefully it's nothing serious and he won't miss any time. If it is serious though, it will be a huge blow to the Phils who had finally been moving forward again with JRoll back in the lineup. Here's hoping Chase is okay.
2 comments:
i really hope Chase is OK because the Phils have been marred by injuries all season and I have a feeling that they can really do some good stuff when they're all healthy.
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yeah if only they were healthy they would be doing pretty well right now
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