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Sandberg Earns First Win After Walk Off Win
What a crazy weekend for the Phillies, it starts with Charlie Manual getting fired, Ryne Sandberg becoming the new manager, the Phillies lose two to the Dodgers and are on the verge of getting swept and to top it off, a walk-off win on two errors by Hanley Ramirez to avoid the sweep. The Phillies won yesterday’s game 3 to 2 behind two 9th inning errors by Ramirez and helping the Phillies avoid the sweep and helping Sandberg win his first game. The Phillies offense was lacking once again and were losing 2 to 1 in the 6th inning and were looking like the Phillies under Manual, no fire or no fight. The Phillies only run came on a Darin Ruf Homer to left field. Then in the bottom of the 6th, Cody Asche hits into a force-out but allows Chase Utley to score making the game tied at 2. Throughout the whole game Cole Hamels was pitching a great game and keeping the Phillies in the game. Hamels line for the game was: 7 IP, 2 ER, 8 K and 0 BB. Unfortunely like all other of Hamels starts he did not get the win. The ninth inning is where all the magic happened. Cody Asche strikes out, Casper Wells reaches on a throwing error on Ramirez, Carlos Ruiz, who was 4 for 4 with 4 singles hits one to center letting Wells get to third. Jimmy Rollins pinch hits for Papelbon, he is intentionally walked for Michael Young who reaches on a fielding error by Ramirez, which allows Wells to score helping the Phillies avoid the sweep and help Ryne Sandberg win his first game as Phillies manager. Ryne Sandberg after the game spoke about this wild game; “It’s about competing. It’s about improvement. It’s about good play,” Sandberg said. “And wins are certainly something we all shoot for. This is a game against a very good team — a hot team — that we’ll take for now and hopefully build from that” (1). The Phillies now welcome the Colorado Rockies to town, Ethan Martin will take t he mound and he will be opposed by Jeff Manship. The game is at 7:05pm at Citizens Bank Park, it will featured on Comcast SportsNet. It is Dollar Dog Night also!
Another Wasted Outing By Hamels
Another Wasted Outing By Hamels
Every time Cole Hamels takes the mound, the Phillies bats take the day off and last night was no expectation. The Phillies lost to the Colorado Rockies 5 to 2 behind another quality start by Hamels. The Phillies did not score until the 9th inning but it was already too late. The Phillies had only 6 hits and Rockies starter Jhoulys Chacin only needed 86 pitches to get the win, Hamels threw 108, with 73 being strikes. The Phillies once again looked lost against another young, inexperienced pitcher. The Phillies batting averages are becoming very weak, with only Brown and Young batting over .275 (out of the regular starters). Hamels voiced his frustration during the game, after getting into an agruement with the home plate umpire and after the game Hamels spoke about the game and hear the sarcasm about his 10th loss, “It was a pretty fun game to watch from a pitching standpoint, it was a pitchers’ battle. Ultimately he came out on top, and here I am again” (1). This is Hamels 10th loss (NL Leader) and his third game in a row that he pitched very good, good to win at the game (1-1 in those games). Hamels once this season has only given up more that 7 hits and has pitched at least 6 innings in 8 of his starts. The Phillies now come home to take on the NL East rival Washington Nationals, John Lannan who has missed the last two months due to a leg injury, gets the start against his former team, Lannan before the going on the DL, has been pitching very well, he is 0-1 with a 6.14 ERA, his last start on April 17th he gave up 6 ER in1.2 innings. The Nationals will counter with Dan Haren, the game is at 7:05 and its Dollar Hotdog night at Citizens Bank Park. The game will be on Comcast SportsNet.
(1)-http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_06_16_phimlb_colmlb_1&mode=recap_away&c_id=phi
Photo–http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2013/06/17/sports/doc51be8083912b5547152944.txt
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