Joe Blanton could not make it two in a row in Atlanta tonight as he lasted just 5 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits and striking out 5. Meanwhile, Jair Jurrjens limited the Phils to just 3 hits, their only 3 of the night, over 7 and 1/3rd innings. Two of those three hits were RBI doubles, by Jimmy Rollins and Wilson Valdez, and later Valdez scored on a fielder's choice. This time however, the Phils bullpen did not hold up as Kyle Kendrick and J.C Romero combined to allow 3 runs in the 6th inning, which proved to be the difference in a 5-3 Braves win.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils continued their road trip tonight in Atlanta as Cole Hamels went to work against the Braves. He was solid, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits, while striking out 7 in 6 innings. However, it was the bullpen and the bat of Ryan Howard that really carried the Phils tonight. Howard belted a 3 run homer in the 1st inning for a quick 3-0 lead. Later he doubled and scored the eventual winning run on a clutch 1 out single by Raul Ibanez in the 8th. Shane Victorino also added an RBI single in 7th as the Phils racked up a solid 5 runs on 10 hits. As for the bullpen, 3 scoreless innings in relief of Hamels only tell half the story. First J.C Romero came in and loaded the bases with 1 out in the 7th. Then young studs Micheal Stutes and Antonio Bastardo combined to strike out Dan Uggla and Freddie Freeman to get out of the jam. Next another young stud, Vance Worley, came in for the 8th inning and allowed a runner on second with just 1 out, before retiring Eric Hinske and Martin Prado to preserve the 5-4 lead. Finally Ryan Madson came on for the save and a confrontation with the heart of Atlanta's order. Despite, issuing a walk to Chipper Jones, Madson ultimately prevailed retiring Nate Mclouth, Brian Mcann, and Dan Uggla to cap off an important 5-4 win.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils have placed Brian Schneider on the DL due to the hamstring strain he suffered last night. Fortunately, Carlos Ruiz is slated to come off the DL tomorrow so everything will even out.
FLYERS NEWS
The Flyers will host the Rangers at the Bank in the 2012 winter classic on Jan 2. Should be interesting.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
Cliff Lee was solid but unspectacular tonight allowing 3 runs on 7 hits while striking out 4 in 6 innings. That's pretty much been his norm so far this season, but you when play for a team that's tied for the most wins in baseball, that kind of performance should be enough to get win most nights. Unfortunately Lee it went down as a no decision as he exited the game with the Phils down 3-0, only to watch them rally for 5 runs in the final 3 innings and steal another big win in Miami. Raul Ibanez got it all started with an leadoff double in the 7th inning. A few batters late Pete Orr ripped a double down the line in right to score Ibanez and cut the lead to 3-1. Then 1 out Ross Gload ground out was enough to plate another run to cut it to 3-2. Finally in the 8th inning, Shane Victorino smacked a line drive homer to tie things up at 3. From there with J.C Romero and Kyle Kendrick combining for scoreless frames in the 7th and 8th, the Phils came into the 9th inning still tied at 3 and with an opportunity to win. They took full advantage of the opportunity with Jimmy Rollins slapping a 2 out 2 run single to plate the eventual winning runs. Ryan Madson was then lights out in the bottom of the 9th, retiring the side in order to cap the 5-3 win. With the win the Phils move back to 3 games up in the NL East and at 24-12 overall are all alone with the best record in baseball. On an otherwise great day for the Phils, there was some bad news as Brian Schnieder strained his hamstring while attempting to score from the 2nd in the 5th inning. All I can say is Dane Sardinha better not pull a hammy too.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
Roy Halladay was stellar allowing 2 runs, only one them earned, on 5 hits, while striking out 9 in 8 innings. Unfortunately, his teammates let him down at the plate and in the field and he wound up with the rare complete game loss. The Phils actually led early 1-0 on a solo shot by Ryan Howard in the 2nd inning. After that they twice loaded the bases on Josh Johnson and twice they came up empty. Still, thanks to Halladay they managed to get into the bottom of the 8th inning with the scored tied at 1. Then Jimmy Rollins committed his first error in over 80 games which later led to an unearned run in that inning and proved to be the difference in a 2-1 loss.
Monday, May 09, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
Joe Blanton's return from the DL was a little shaky in Miami tonight, but thanks to 4 double plays he was able to tough out 5 innings, allowing 3 runs on 8 hits while striking out 2. Meanwhile, with the help of 2 Marlin's errors, the Phils managed to scratch out 6 runs on 12 hits to make Blanton's effort just enough for the win. Jimmy Rollins led off the game with a solo shot for a quick 1-0 lead. In the 3rd inning Blanton himself singled, then moved to second on a single by Rollins and 3rd on a single by Placido Polanco. Finally Ryan Howard followed with the 4th single of inning to score Blanton. Later with 2 out Ross Gload rolled another single to left, scoring Rollins, and Polanco after Emile Bonifacio airmailed the throw home and Javier Vazquez failed to back up the play, and then dropped the ball while trying to tag him. With that the Phils went up 4-3 and would never trail again. In the 5th, Shane Victorino tripled, as Mike Stanton bobbled a line drive just inside the foul line, and scored on a sac fly by Polanco. Then a couple batters later Gload ripped another RBI single and Phils lead 6-3. From there Vance Worley backed up Blanton, allowing just 1 run in 3 solid innings in relief. Finally with the Phils up 6-4 in the 9th, Ryan Madson came in and picked up his 4th save. The win is Blanton's first of the season and moves the Phils to 3 games up in the NL East.
SIXERS NEWS
Andre Iguodala was named to the All NBA defensive 2nd team today. He had an outstanding year defensively and probably should have been named to the first team but would have required dropping either Lebron James or Kobe Bryant to the 2nd team and obviously that wasn't going to happen.
Sunday, May 08, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
Cole Hamels looked to seal another series win for the Phils tonight, but as happened so many times last season, he failed to get the necessary run support. He allowed just 3 runs on 5 hits while striking out 9 in 7 strong innings. Unfortunately despite collecting 8 hits, the Phils managed just 1 run off Jair Jurrjens on Placido Polanco's 2 out RBI single in the 3rd inning. Down 3-1 through 7, the Phils hoped the bullpen would be able to keep it that way, but Micheal Stutes ran into the first troube of his major league career, allowing a 2 run homer, and then the recently called up, Scott Mathieson pitched his way into a bases loaded jam. Somehow Danys Baez got out of that jam without further damage. Then Shane Victorino tripled and scored on another RBI single by Placido Polanco to cut it to 5-2. From there the Phils twice brought the tying run to plate. First John Mayberry Jr. came up with 2 on and 2 out in the 8th but he flied out. Then in the 9th the Phils put 2 on with 1 out for Shane Victorino who struck out looking on ball out of the strike zone. That left it up to, yes, Polanco to come through again. This time he ran out of magic popping out to end the game.
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