No Roy Oswalt no problem. With Oswalt on the DL until next friday at least and Joe Blanton's return not scheduled until Monday, Kyle Kendrick stepped in for the spot start tonight against the Braves and delivered 5 shutout innings, allowing just 2 hits and striking out 3. Meanwhile, Ryan Howard launched his 260th career home run into orbit to give himself solo possession of 2nd all the Phils alltime list and put the Phils up 2-0. Later in the 5th inning Jimmy Rollins walked, stole second, and scored on a triple by Shane Victorino for a 3-0 lead. That would be all the Phils would need. J.C Romero, Micheal Stutes, Antonio Bastardo, and Ryan Madson combined for 4 shutout innings the rest of the way for the 3-0 win and the Phils 6th shutout of the season, tying them with Atlanta for the national league lead.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
Friday, May 06, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
Cliff Lee struck out 16 Braves tonight, tying Steve Carlton's club record for strikeouts by a lefthander in one game. Normally when something like that happens it's cause for celebration and well, you win the game. Don't tell that to the Phillies who found a way to lose this one. They were actually no hit by Derek Lowe through 6, before Shane Victorino and Placido Polanco put together back to back hits to leadoff the 7th inning, putting runners on and 2nd and 3rd with nobody out. Unfortunately, it was for naught, as flamethrower Eric O'Flaherty came in out the Braves bullpen to strike out the side. The Phils would not get another hit as they fell to Atlanta 5-0.
FLYERS NEWS
Down 3-0 the Bruins again, the Flyers looked to produce a little deja vu tonight in game 4 but it wasn't to be. They fell behind early again, this time 1-0 through 1 period, but Sergei Bobrovsky stood tall otherwise, and kept them in it until Kris Versteeg could tie things up at about the 13 minute mark of the 2nd period. It stayed 1-1 into the 3rd period where a little under 3 minutes in the Flyers actually won a faceoff, but failed to get before it rolled out to Johnny Boychuck for a blast from the point that beat Bob top shelf. Really the shot was so fast there was nothing Bobrovsky could do about it. Later at about the 15 minute mark of the 3rd period Matt Carle turned the puck over at his own blue line and watched as Milan Lujic streaked in alone and beat Bobrovsky for a 3-1 lead. The desperate Flyers pulled Bob after that, but even with an extra attacker out there they didn't have the energy to fight back. 2 empty net goals later and the Flyers exited the playoffs with a whimper, falling 5-1 in game 4.
Thursday, May 05, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
Roy Halladay was his usual near untouchable self, allowing just 2 runs on 6 hits while striking out 10 in 7 innings. Meanwhile, Raul Ibanez remained red hot, going 3 for 4 again with a homer and 3 RBI. It was a quiet night until the 3rd inning, where Shane Victorino launched a solo homer, John Mayberry and Raul Ibanez both tagged RBI doubles, and Wilson Valdez slapped an RBI single, to plate 6 runs, all before Washington recorded an out. Later in the 5th inning, Ibanez crushed a solo homer to put the Phils on top 7-2. That would be all they would need to complete a sweep, as Antonio Bastardo and Ryan Madson combined to allow 1 run in the final 2 innings to finish off another 7-3 win.
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
FLYERS NEWS
After an agonizing game 2 loss the Flyers had to recuperate quickly as they traveled to Boston for a game 3 they absolutely had to win. Unfortunately like game 1 they hit the snooze button and watched as Boston jumped out to a 2-0 lead just over a minute into the contest. Frankly they never really recovered after that. By the about the 15 minute mark of the second period it was 4-0 Bruins and Brian Boucher's night was over. Sergei Bobrovsky replaced him and looked pretty good stopping 7 of 8 shots. Meanwhile Bobrovsky's entry into the game finally seemed to spur the Orange and Black on a bit as Andrej Meszaros finally put them on board and cut the lead to 4-1 heading into 3rd period. Unfortunately, The Boston defense tightened up from there and the Flyers never threatened or scored again. Instead they watched as Boston finally scored their first power play goal of the post season to cap off a 5-1 win. Of course now that we're down 3-0 again we've got Boston right where we want them so no worries.
PHILLIES NEWS
Vance Worley was stellar again allowing just 1 run on 4 hits while striking out 7 in 6 innings. Meanwhile, Raul Ibanez continued his resurgence going 3 for 4 with an RBI to lead a Phils assault that racked up 7 runs on 11 hits. Ibanez himself got things started in the 5th with a solo shot. Later in the inning Worley himself, singled and Jimmy Rollins walked to load the bases. Shane Victorino followed with a single and Placido Polanco added a sac fly for a 3-0 lead. In the 6th, they loaded the bases again as Ben Francisco walked, and Ibanez and Brian Schneider both singled. Wilson Valdez and Jimmy Rollins both collected RBI singles from there and Shane Victorino grounded into a fielder's choice that resulted in 2 more runs thanks to an error by Ian Desmond. So just like that it was 7-0 Phils and that would be more than enough for a win. J.C Romero, who just returned from the DL, and Micheal Stutes combined for scoreless efforts in the 7th and 8th innings, and Danys Baez found his way through a 3 run 9th inning as the Phils won 7-3.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
On the night Jayson Werth finally made his return to Philadelphia, Cole Hamels stole the show. He allowed just 1 run on 5 hits while striking out 6 in a complete game win. He also went 2 for 4 from the plate with a single and a triple that setup the Phils first run of the game. It was Jimmy Rollins who knocked that run in with an RBI single in the 3rd inning. Later in the 5th, JRoll collected his own triple and scored on a sac fly by Placido Polanco. In the 7th, after Washington had cut the lead to 1, Ryan Howard ripped an RBI single the other way for a 3-1 lead, and Raul Ibanez, who came in to today 0 for his last 35, collected his 2nd double of the game and 1st RBI for a 4-1 lead. That was more than enough for Hamels it took from there, retiring the side in the 8th and 9th innings for the 4-1 win.
Monday, May 02, 2011
FLYERS NEWS
After a 7-3 drubbing in game 1 the Flyers desperately needed to rebound quickly and pickup the win in game 2. Fueled by an extra patriotic rendition of God Bless America to start the night, the Orange and Black came out firing and certainly looked like they would even the series at a game a piece. Just 29 seconds into the contest James Van Reimsdyk slapped in a pretty pass from Claude Giroux for a 1-0 lead. Later about halfway through the 1st period JVR scored again, this time knocking in a rebound on the power play for a 2-0 lead. Unfortunately the Flyers lost the lead as quick they built it. Just 2 minutes later Boston cut it to 2-1 and then a couple minutes after that they tied it at 2. goaltending and defense kept it that way for the remainder of regulation. For his part JVR truly dominant the rest of the way with 8 more shots on goal and numerous solo breakaways, but he couldn't get a 3rd goal past Tim Thomas. In no one in Orange and Black could get anything past Thomas after JVR's 2nd goal. Not even in overtime. The Flyers pelted Thomas with another 52 shots following JVR's 2nd goal and Thomas stopped them all. Finally with 6 minutes left in the first overtime David Krejci beat Brian Boucher high with blistering shot from point. And the Flyers were left with a heartbreaking game 2 loss, 3-2.
Sunday, May 01, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils went for another sweep of the Mets tonight at Bank with Cliff Lee on the mound. Lee delivered, allowing just 1 run on 8 hits while striking out 5 in 7 strong innings. Unfortunately, the Phils could only muster one of their own, on Ryan Howard's RBI single, and the game ended going into extra innings. In the 14th inning Ronnie Paulino's 2 out double gave the Mets a 2-1 and they hung on to win by that score. It's probably fitting that the night Osama Bin Laden finally came to justice coincided with a stirring Met's victory. Despite the loss the Phils remain atop the NL East by .5 games.
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