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Monday, May 16, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils looked to make it back to back road series wins this afternoon as Roy Halladay opposed Tim Hudson. Just as in his last start Halladay went the distance, allowing just 3 runs on 8 hits while striking out 7. Unfortunately he was once again saddled with the complete game loss. The Phils trailed most of the afternoon before a 2 run blast by John Mayberry Jr in the top of the 6th gave them a 2-1 lead. Atlanta tied things up in the bottom of the inning and then with a lucky swing to open the 8th, Dan Uggla homered for a 3-2 Brave's lead. Although Halladay avoided further after that, the damage was already done. The Phils could not answer in the 9th, as Ben Francisco was stranded on 1st. Still despite the loss the Phils remain atop the NL East by 2 games and still own baseball's best record.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
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.
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.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
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.
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.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
Roy Halladay allowed just 1 run on 7 hits while striking out 8 in a complete game victory Saturday afternoon. John Mayberry slammed a solo homer, his first of the regular season, and Placido Polanco slapped a sac fly in support of Halladay as the Phils defeated the Mets again 2-1. At 18-8 overall now they are tied with Cleveland for the best record in the majors by .5 games and lead the NL East by 1.5 games over the Marlins.
EAGLES NEWS
It was a busy day 3 of the 2011 NFL draft for the Eagles with 8 picks to go through. With the 116th pick they selected Oregon LB Casey Matthews, the brother of the Packer's Clay Matthews. With the 120th pick they selected Nebraska K Alex Henery, the most accurate kicker in NCAA history, likely spelling the end of David Aker's Eagles career. With the 153rd pick they selected Pitt RB Dion Lewis to pair up with Lesean McCoy. After trading down to pick 161, they got some more offensive line help in Iowa OG Julian Vanderwelde. They got still more help for the o-line at pick 191 with Cincinnati OG Jason Kelce. Just a few minutes after that they grabbed Ohio State LB Brian Rolle with 193rd pick. Later with the 237th pick they finally selected a DE, getting Uconn DE Greg Lloyd, the son of the all pro Steeler LB. Finally with the 240th pick they selected USC FB Stanley Havili, who could be a bruising 3rd down back and play maker for the Birds.
FLYERS NEWS
It was an ugly start to the conference semifinals for the Flyers. They just didn't have it this afternoon and revenge fueled Bruins didn't let them forget it. Brian Boucher failed get through the 2nd period allowing 5 goals on just 23 shots. A lot of them weren't really his fault as the Flyer's defense just played a horrid game. Boston had far too opportunities to fire point blank shots at Boucher and then later Sergei Bobrovsky. You simply can't win like that. The Orange and Black gamely tried to make up for the bad defense with scoring, as Danny Briere, James Van Reimsdyk, and Mike Richards all scored and Claude Giroux registered two assists. Unfortunately their scoring only served to make the final score a more respectable 7-3. They'll need to regroup big time for game 2.
Friday, April 29, 2011
EAGLES NEWS
On day 2 of the 2011 NFL draft the Eagles got some help for their secondary. With the 54th pick of the draft, they selected Temple S Jaiquawn Jarrett and with the 90th pick they Utah State CB Curtis Marsh. Jarrett is an intentse SS in the Brian Dawkins mold who is willing to rush QB, stuff the run and, drop back into coverage. He should fit into the Eagles secondary nicely and could very well start for the Birds at SS in the near future with Quintin Mikell's future in doubt. Marsh as Mel Kiper would say, can just flat out play and the Eagles believe he has the upside to be a start someday, maybe even next season. So all in all it was a solid first couple days of the draft for the Eagles.
PHILLIES NEWS
Joe Blanton went on the DL earlier this week so Vance Worley was forced to make the start tonight at Bank and boy did he deliver. He tossed 6 shutout innings, allowing just 2 hits and striking out 5. Meanwhile the Phil's bats stayed hot as they racked up another 10 runs on 10 hits. The leading man was undoubtedly Ryan Howard who slammed a 2 run homer and a grand slam for an incredible 6 RBI night. Thanks to Howard the Phils ran out to an 8-0 lead through 6th. In the 7th a 2 run single by Placido Polanco made it 10-0. Danys Baez followed with a scoreless 8th inning before the Mets finally scratched out a few runs in the 9th off David Herndon, but it was too little too late as the Phils won going away 10-3.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
EAGLES NEWS
With the 23rd pick in the 1st round of the 2011 NFL draft the Eagles selected Baylor guard Danny Watkins. Watkins was probably the best guard in the draft and he can step in immediately and start at right guard for the Birds, filling a huge need for them to protect Mike Vick's blind side. With highly touted prospects Gabe Carimi and Dequan Bowers still on the board when they selected, Watkins was not a sexy selection, but he was safe, he fills need and I can't find fault with that.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
SIXERS NEWS
A season in which the Sixers made some great forward strides came to an end tonight in Miami as the Sixers fell to the Heat in game 5. They did fight to the end though. Andre Iguodala and Elton Brand each had 22, Jodie Meeks had 12, Thad Young had 13, and Jrue Holiday had 10, 8 assists, and 5 rebounds. Unfortunately it wasn't quite enough to stave off elimination one more time. Mario Chalmers really killed them early on by drilling one three after another on his way to a 20 point night. Still the Sixers wouldn't go away and thanks to a hot streak by Iggy they found themselves down by just 1 with 37 seconds left. That was when Iggy ran out of steam though, missing a tough fade away. Miami made their free throws from there and hung on to win 97-91.
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils again avoided a sweep as Cole Hamels allowed just 3 runs on 4 hits while striking out 8 in 7 strong innings. Meanwhile the Phils bats finally came back to life collecting 8 runs on 12 hits. Right off the bat in the 1st inning Jimmy Rollins and Ben Francisco each slapped an RBI double for a quick 3-0 lead. In the 2nd, Shane Victorino slammed a solo homer for a 4-0 lead. In the 5th, Jimmy Rollins crunched a 2 run homer for a 6-1 lead. Later Brian Schneider forced in a run with a bases loaded walk in the 7th and after Antonio Bastardo tossed a scoreless 8th inning, Ryan Howard crushed a solo homer in the 9th to all but finish off an 8-4 win.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
FLYERS NEWS
With their backs to the wall again in a decisive game 7 at the Wells Fargo center the Flyers saved their best for last. They just absolutely dominated the Sabres in this one from start to finish. Brian Boucher was solid stopping 26 of 28 shots and the defense was great holding Buffalo to just those 28 shots on goal and just 1 for 4 on the power play. Meanwhile, Danny Briere and Claude Giroux each had a goal and an assist in the early going as the Orange and Black raced out to a 3-0 lead in the early going. Later about 2 minutes into the 3rd period Ville Leino blasted a slap shot past Ryan Miller for a 4-0 lead. Miller was then taken out of the game by the desperate Sabres, in favor of Jhonas Enroth. He didn't do much better. After Buffalo finally scored to cut it to 4-1, Dan Carcillo deflected one past Enroth for a 5-1 lead and that was about all she wrote as the Flyers cruised from there for a 5-2 win. It remains to be seen who they will face in the conference semifinals.
PHILLIES NEWS
With tornadoes raging near his home in Mississippi, Roy Oswalt was just not himself tonight, and after allowing 5 runs on 6 hits in just 3 innings Oswalt was lifted and then left the team after game to tend to his family in Mississippi. No one knows at this point when he'll be back. The Phils can only hope at this point that he makes his next start. Meanwhile, the Phils bullpen was okay allowing just 2 runs on the rest of the way. However, despite 2 hits each from Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino, 3 from Ryan Howard, and a late 2 run homer by Ben Francisco, the Phils comeback bid came up short and the Phils fell to the Dbacks again 7-5.
Monday, April 25, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
Ian Kennedy out-dueled Cliff Lee, tossing a complete game 3 hit shutout as the Phils dropped their series opener to the DBacks. Jimmy Rollins and Placido Polanco combined for the Phils only 3 hits in a pathetic effort by the Phils lineup. The only bright spot for the Phils tonight? Micheal Stutes, who was called up from AAA Lehigh to replace the recently injured Jose Contreras was electric tonight in a 1-2-3 8th inning. He has a bright future in the Phils bullpen someday and hopefully he'll take advantage of his opportunity now.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
Roy Halladay was back on top of his game this afternoon, allowing just 1 run on 5 hits in 8 and 2/3rd's innings while striking out 14. Meanwhile, Ben Francisco slapped an RBI single and John Mayberry Jr. crunched an RBI double in the 6th inning, and Shane Victorino picked up his first career inside the park homer to give Halladay a 3-0 lead. After Halladay allowed his only run in the 9th, Antonio Bastardo came on to get his first save and complete the sweep of the Padres. With the win the Phils now have some breathing room in the NL East again with a 1.5 game cushion.
FLYERS NEWS
Facing elimination and well, the humiliation of getting knocked out of the playoffs early as the #2 seed, the Flyers rallied back twice before Villie Leino's put back about 5 minutes into OT sealed a 5-4 victory and a trip home for a decisive game 7. Before that the Flyers came out flat again in the first period and quickly found themselves behind 2-0. Finally with about 5 minutes left in the first period Danny Briere snuck one by Ryan Miller to cut it to 2-1. It was 3-1 by the end of the period thanks Thomas Vanek's second power play goal of the game. Just 49 seconds into the 2nd period Claude Giroux and James Van Reimsdyk hoaked up to cut it to 3-2. 8 Minutes later Briere scored again this time on the power play to knot it things up at 3, only to watch Nathan Gerbe beat Boucher on a breakaway as the defense collapsed around him. It took over 10 minutes in the 3rd period before Scott Hartnell finally jammed home the Flyers second equalizer of the night to eventually force overtime.
SIXERS NEWS
Facing elimination and a humiliating sweep by the Heat the Sixers respounded with a resounding come from behind win in game 4. Down 6 late they went 10-0 run to close the game, capped off by treys by Jrue Holiday and Lou Williams and clutch free throws by Evan Turner for an exhilarating 86-82 victory. In the win Thad Young and Lou were the leading scorers with 17 apiece, Andre Iguodala had 16, Elton Brand had 15, and Holiday had 10 and 5 assists.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
Joe Blanton continued his good form allowing just 2 runs on 8 hits while striking out 3 in 7 innings. Meanwhile, Ben Francisco tripled in a run in the 4th for a 1-0 lead and Jimmy Rollins slapped an RBI single in the 6th to even the score at 2. After Blanton got through the 7th, Danys Baez and Antonio Bastardo combined for scoreless frames in the 8th and 9th to force extra innings. Kyle Kendrick then tossed another scoreless inning in the 10th. Finally with 2 out in the top of the 11th Ryan Howard belted a 2 run double for a 4-2 lead and that was more than enough for Ryan Madson to come on for his 2nd save of the season. With the win the Phils now have 10 wins in a row at Petco Park, the first time they've done that to a team since 1955. Now that's what I call dominance.
Friday, April 22, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
Cole Hamels was close to untouchable tonight in San Diego tossing 8 scoreless innings, while allowing just 4 hits and striking out 8. Meanwhile, Ryan Howard slammed a 2 run triple in the 3rd inning to give the Phils their only runs of the night. They would be all the Phils would need. After retiring the Padres in the 8th, Hamels gave way to Ryan Madson who came on to get his first save of the season in the 9th and close out the 2-0 win.
FLYERS NEWS
It was another virtual must win tonight for the Flyers in game 5 of their opening series with the Sabres, but this time they did not deliver. Brian Boucher allowed 3 goals on just 11 shots before being benched in favor of Micheal Leighton, as the Flyers quickly fell behind 3-0 in the first period. They would rally behind Leighton though. About halfway through the 2nd period, James Van Reimsdyk slapped home a rebound to cut the deficit to 3-1. About a minute later Andrej Meszaros followed with a blast from the point that found it ways in to cut it to 3-2. Just under 4 minutes into the 3rd period Kris Versteeg, from the seat of his pants, slid a beautiful pass in front of the net to Danny Briere who poked it in to tie things at 3. After that the Flyers had chances to get the winning goal, including a 2 minute power play in the final 2:22 of regulation, but could not cash in to cap off another 0 for 5 night on the power play. Unfortunately, the lack of success on the power play came back to haunt them in this one as game went into overtime. Just about 5 and a half minutes into OT Leighton letup a big rebound which Tyler Ennis deposited for his 2nd goal of the night and the 4-3 Sabres win.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
PHILLIES NEWS
Roy Oswalt tossed 6 scoreless innings while allowing just 1 hit and striking out 7 and Brian Schneider and Ben Francisco each homered as the Phils opened their west coast trip with a 3-0 win over the Padres. Francisco and Schneider both homered in the 2nd inning and later Francisco added a sac fly, okay technically it was an error by Chris Denorfia who dropped Ben's routine fly to right, for a 3-0 lead. Oswalt mowed them down from there, losing a no hitter with 2 out in the 5th. After he left following the 6th, David Herndon, Antonio Bastardo, and Jose Contreras, who racked up his 5th save, combined for 3 scoreless innings to finish off San Diego.
SIXERS NEWS
Elton Brand had 21 and 11 rebounds, Jrue Holiday had 20 and 8 assists, Lou Williams had 15, Spencer Hawes had 12 and 6 rebounds and Andre Iguodala had 10 and 10 assists, as the Sixers found their scoring touch again but still dropped a heartbreaking game 3 to the Heat 100-94. They Simply didn't do a good enough job cleaning up on the glass defensively as Miami wound up with 20 offensive rebounds, as the old saying goes, 10 more then most coaches would tolerate. I think a big part of that is the Sixers seeming insistence on double teaming the big three every time one of them gets the ball. It's just near impossible to double team 3 different guys and get back and block out if they miss. They've got trust Iggy to guard Lebron, Jrue to guard Wade, and Elton or Thad guard to Bosh and allow everyone else to get in position to rebound. They did that at the end of game 1 and that was really when they were at their best in this series. If they go back to it in game 4 and keep up the same scoring they had today and in game 1 they might just avoid a sweep.
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