Joe Blanton was a late scratch tonight with elbow, leaving Kyle Kendrick to make the emergency start. Kendrick did an admirable job given the circumstances, but two mistakes to Jason Giambi which wound up in the seats proved to be his and the Phils' undoing. Colorado took an early 3-0 lead on a 3 run Giambi blast in the 1st, and then a 5-0 lead on a 2 run Giambi bomb in the 3rd. Later in the 5th, after the Phils finally got on the board with a 2 out RBI double by Ibanez in the 4th, Giambi blasted a 3rd homer, this time off Danys Baez, for a 7-1 Rockies' lead. Those happened to be the only runs the Phils bullpen allowed, as Scott Matheison, Micheal Stutes, and J.C Romero combined for 4 scoreless frames the rest of the way. Unfortunately the Phils couldn't muster anything in those 4 innings and either and eventually fell to Colorado 7-1 for their 5th loss in their last 6.
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