The Phils completed their stay in Cincinnati this afternoon as they looked to steal another win and the series win. They almost did. Dane Sardinha clubbed a 3 run homer to give the Phils their only runs in the 4th inning. Thanks to 7 great innings from Roy Halladay the Phils were able to ride those 3 runs all the way to the 8th inning. There with the score 3-2, Halladay, forced to try to go the distance to save the Phils bullpen, finally seemed to run out gas. Jhonny Gomes led off the inning with a single and Jay Bruce followed with a 2 run homer on a cut fastball that got just enough of the plate for Bruce to handle.
So the Phils went into the 9th behind 4-3 and hoping to force extra innings at least. They came close to doing so. Ross Gload slapped a 1 out single and stole second to get himself in scoring position with 2 out for Shane Victorino. Unfortunately Victorino was not able to come through on this night as he grounded out to end it and the Phils fell 4-3. Thus, once again Halladay was hit with the complete game loss which just unfathomable. Yes, the Phils are missing Placido Polanco, Chase Utley, and Carlos Ruiz, but Roy still deserves better than this. Better luck next time I guess.
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Poor Roy. It always seems like he never gets any run support but every other pitcher does. Those injuries are really starting to show and it cant be soon enough that we see everyone back and healthy.
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yes they really need to get healthy but it will be a while before they are healthy again
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