The Phils continued their series with the Angels tonight. Brett Myers got the and start and sadly continued his up and down season, allowing 4 run on 6 hits in 7 and 2/3rd's innings of work. Meanwhile, the Phils bat's got off to another slow start until a late rally brought them back, but would it be enough. Now onto the game. In the top of the 4th, Vlad Guerrero slugged a solo homer for a 1-0 Angel's lead. In the top of the 7th, Vlad did it again for a 2-0 Angel's lead. In the bottom of the 7th, Jayson Werth slammed a solo homer and Pedro Feliz doubled in a second run to tie it at 2. In the bottom of the inning, Eric Aybar crushed a 2 run homer for a 4-2 Angel's lead. In the top of the 9th, the Angel's put it away for good as Gary Matthews Jr, was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on a fielder's choice and Chone Figgins singled in another run, for a 6-2 lead. From there the Phils had no recourse and dropped their 4th in a row to fall to 43-34 overall, now just 1.5 games up in the NL East.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
PHILLIES NEWS
After a tough series with the Red Sox the Phils welcomed old nemesis Vladimir Guerrero and the Angels to the Bank for a 3 game weekend set. Adam Eaton got the start and was roughed up badly allowing 6 runs on 12 hits in just 5 innings of work. Meanwhile Ervin Santana dazzled the Phils bats allowing just 1 run on 2 hits in 7 innings of work while striking out 9. Now onto the game. In the top of the 1st Vlad slammed a 2 run homer for a 2-0 Angel's lead. In the top of the 2nd, Garret Anderson slapped an RBI single for a 3-0 lead. In the top of the 6th, Vlad singled, Casey Kotchman singled and Howie Kendrick doubled to knock in 3 runs for a 6-0 Angel's lead. In the bottom of the 6th, Jimmy Rollins reached base on a fielding error, stole second, moved to third on another error and scored on a sac fly by Chase Utley to cut the lead to 6-1. In the top of the 8th, Jeff Mathis doubled in a run for a 7-1 Angel's lead, providing the final margin of victory in an Angels' romp. So the Phils drop to 42-33 overall but remain 2.5 games up in the NL East.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils finished off their 3 game set with the Red Sox this afternoon with a business person special. Kyle Kendrick got the start and got roughed up, allowing 6 runs on 6 hits in just 3 innings of work, Never the way to help your team get a win. Now onto the game. In the top of the first, J.D Drew slammed a 3 run homer and Mike Lowell slugged a solo homer for a 4-0 Red Sox lead. In the bottom of the first, Ryan Howard slapped an RBI single to cut the lead to 4-1. In the top of the 3rd, Brian Moss slapped a bases loaded single, knocking in two runs for a 6-1 Red Sox lead. In the top of the 4th, Dustin Pedroia doubled and scored on a single by Drew for a 7-1 Red Sox lead. In the bottom of the 5th, Greg Dobbs singled and scored on a fielder's choice to cut the lead to 7-2. In the bottom of the 7th, Pedro Feliz singled in a couple runs to cut the lead to 7-4. However, from there the Red Sox bullpen blanked the Phils again as Jonathan Papelbon set them down in order in the 9th, to close out a 7-4 Red Sox win. So the Phils drop to 42-32 overall and but remain 2.5 games up in the NL East.
FLYERS NEWS
The Flyers excecuted a funky little trade today, sending Vinny Prospal back to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 7th round pick in this year's draft and a conditional pick in next year's draft. Apparently prospal did not want to return to the Orange and Black next season. His heart was simply elsewhere says GM Paul Holmgren. Go figure. Who wouldn't want to be in Philly.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils continued their interleague series with the Red Sox tonight. The veteran Jamie Moyer got the start, and pitched well, allowing just 2 runs on 4 hits in 5 innings of work. However, the Red Sox, Jon Lester bested him blanking the Phils on 6 hits in 7 brilliant innings of work. Now onto the game. In the top of the 2nd, Coco Crisp slammed a 2 run homer for a 2-0 Red Sox lead. In the top of the 6th, Crisp singled, stole second, stole third, and scored on a double by Julio Lugo for a 3-0 Red Sox lead. From there the shutout continued until Jonathan Papelbon struck out the side in the bottom of 9th inning to close out the 3-0 Red Sox win. So the Phils drop to 42-31 overall and now lead the NL East by just 2.5 games.
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