PHILLIES NEWS

The good times kept right rolling for the Phils pitching staff but unfortunately their bats finally ran out of luck. Cole Hamels was brilliant as always, allowing just 1 run on 7 hits while striking out 11 in 7 innings. His only mistake was a leaving a changeup to Jeff Franceour up just enough for Franceour to hammer it into the seats for a 2 out run in the 7th. Unfortunately as it turned out that would be only run either team scored all night long. In fact, Johan Santana actually no hit the Phils into the 5th inning but after that they had opportunities to score and rally for another late win but they let get away.

First, with runners on 1st and 2nd and 2 out in the 6th, Mike Sweeney grounded out to end the threat. Then Jayson Werth led off the 7th with a double but caught trying to move to 3rd on a goundout. Then Ben Francisco reached 2nd on a bunt single by Wilson Valdez, but was stranded when John Mayberry Jr. flied out to end the inning. Finally Jimmy Rollins and Raul Ibanez started the 8th with back to back singles to put runners on 1st and 2nd for Placido Polanco. Somewhat oddly, Charlie decided to bunt Polanco and it backfired as he bunted to 3rd, causing JRoll to get thrown out there. That left runners on 1st and 2nd again for Sweeney, but this time he lined out. Then Werth worked a walk to load the bases for Ross Gload, but he grounded out to end the inning and the threat again. That was about all she wrote as the Phils went on to fall 1-0. It really was just one of those hard luck losses where there's nothing you can do except try to forget and move on. Better luck tomorrow I guess.