Saturday, August 11, 2007
PHILLIES NEWS
Adam Eaton reverted to his old inconsistent self on this Saturday night. On the night he lasted just 3 innings, allowing 6 runs on 8 hits, including homers by Jeff Francoeur and Kelly Johnson, for an early 6-1 Atlanta lead. The Phils mounted a comeback with 3 runs in the 5th inning, on a bases loaded double by Tad Iguchi and a single by Pat Burrell. The Phils then could have had more, since Burrell's single put runners on 1st and 3rd with nobody out, but Aaron Rowand and Ryan Howard struck out, and Greg Dobbs grounded out weakly to end the inning. Rowand redeemed himself with a solo homer in the 8th inning, but unfortunately the Braves had already pushed across another run as well in the top of the inning to up the lead to 7-4. Chris Coste doubled to leadoff the 9th, but Wes Helms, Jimmy Rollins, and Tad Iguchi all went down in order to end the game in a 7-5 Braves victory. So the Phils drop to 61-55, 3 games behind the Mets who also lost today, and 1 game behind San Diego ,which lost today as well, for the wildcard. Still, life sucks again.
Friday, August 10, 2007
PHILLIES NEWS
Today the Phils began an important 3 game weekend series with the Atlanta Braves. Cole Hamels took the mound for the Phils and disaster nearly struck in the 1st inning. Matt Diaz cranked a one out solo homer, and doubles by Chipper Jones, and Brian Mcann to 3 more runs for an early 4-0 Braves lead. Fortunately, Hamels got the pitcher, Chuck James, to fly out to end the inning. The Phils then came right back to score 4 of their own in the bottom of the inning on a double by Pat Burrell, sac fly by Ryan Howard, and a 2 run homer by Wes Helms. Granted a reprieve, Hamels responded by blanking the Braves for the next 6 innings. Just long enough for the Phils to punch across the go ahead run in the bottom of the 7th, as Jayson Werth singled and scored to put the Phils up 5-4. Thanks to the flawless performance of Eduardo Romero, Antonio Alfonseca, and Tom "Flash" Gordon that lead stood up the rest of the way for a key Phils victory. With the Mets having lost today, the Phils move to within 3 games of first in the NL East. Thus, life is beautiful once again.
Thursday, August 09, 2007
PHILLIES NEWS
Another start, another stellar performance by rookie sensation Kyle Kendrick. As usual, Kendrick went 7 innings, allowing just 2 runs on 6 hits. Unfortunately, this time it didn't translate into a win for the Phils. While Kendrick allowed just 2 runs, the Phils could only muster 2 of their own on a double by Greg Dobbs in the 6th inning. It stayed that way until the 9th inning, as Brett Myers came in to make a rare appearance in a tie game. This apparently, threw off Myers ,as he allowed 2 runs to score on consecutive force outs, to put Florida ahead 4-2. Jayson Werth led off the bottom of the 9th with walk, but perhaps attempting to tie the game with one swing, Carlos Ruiz, Chris Coste, and Jimmy Rollins all lined out weakly to end the game. So the Phils failed to finish the sweep of the Marlins, but the Mets and Padres both lost today, and the Phils thus, remain 4 games back in the NL East, and 1 game out of the wildcard. Still, life sucks again because the Phils could be 3 games back in the NL East and leading the wildcard.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
PHILLIES NEWS
After lasting just 2 innings before being hit in the arm with a line drive, in his first start for the Phils, Kyle Lohse fared much better this time around in his first home start. Lohse went 6 and 1/3rd innings, allowing 4 runs on 6 hits, and even driving in a run himself with an RBI single in the 3rd inning. The Phils meanwhile, spread 6 runs throughout the 1st 6 innings, with the big blow being a 2 run homer by Aaron Rowand in the 6th. At the time of Rowand's blast the Phils lead only by a score of 4-3. afterwards they went up for good 6-4. Antonio Alfonseca bailed Lohse out in the 7th, Tom Gordon tossed a scoreless 8th, and Brett Myers struck out the side in the 9th for a solid 6-4 Phils win. So the Phils have now improved to 60-53 and moved to within 1 game of the wildcard, but remain 4 games behind the Mets for first in the NL East. Thus, life remains beautiful.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
PHILLIES NEWS
As previously noted the Phils began a 3 game series with the Marlins today. Hanley Ramirez lead off the game with a solo homer to put Florida ahead 1-0. It would be their only lead of the game as Jamie Moyer went 6 strong innings, allowing just 1 run on 5 hits, while striking out 5. J.D Durbin then tossed the final 3 innings in shutout fashion, allowing just 3 hits and striking out 2. The Phils offense meanwhile, went on a rampage with 11 runs on 9 hits. Florida starter, Rick Vandenhurk got the worst of it, allowing 5 runs on 6 hits, mostly in the 3rd inning where he issued a walk, 2 balks and hit a batter with a pitched ball. The Marlins pitching didn't get much better after Vandenkurk left the game, as Ryan Howard and Aaron Rowand hit back to back homers in the 4th inning, and Howard hit another solo homer in the 6th inning. By the time the onslaught was over the Phils had won easily 11-1 to improve to 59-53. The Met lost today, so the Phils move within 4 games of them, but remain in 3rd place, .5 games behind the Braves for second. Still, life remains beautiful.
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