2 In A Row For Sandberg And The Phillies.

Whoa! The Phillies have won two games in a row, the first time since July 13th and 14th when they took two out of three against the Chicago White Sox. The Phillies won behind a good game by Ethan Martin. Martin helped the Phillies win 5 to 4 against the Colorado Rockies . The Phillies had a 5-0 lead in the game. The Phillies offense got on the board early with a 3 run homerun by John Mayberry, an RBI single by Cody Asche and a solo shot by Carlos Ruiz which proved to be the game winner. Ethan Martin pitched good enough to help the Phillies get the win. Martin’s line for the game: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB and 6 K’s. The bullpen, which has been atrocious all season, almost blew it yet again last night. The barber Luis Garcia, he was a barber last year in case you were wondering, gave up 2 runs in 0.1 inning. The game looked all but lost especially after Jake Diekman balked to allow the runners to advance to second and third. Diekman did manage to get out of that jam and did not allow any runs. Jonathan Papelbon came in and saved the game, it was his first save since July 11th against the Washington Nationals. The Phillies were 1 for 5 with RISP but like the Phillies of old, they won with the long ball. Ryne Sandberg spoke after the game about how the Phillies played as a team; “Put them in opportunities like tonight, and let them learn from that,” Phillies interim manager Ryne Sandberg said. “Hopefully, do well and be ready for it. Put them in those situations, and when they go in there and pitch like they did tonight, it’s a huge confidence boost for them” (1). The Phillies look to win 3 games in a row for the first time since July 7th,8th and 9th. Tyler Cloyd who was just recalled from Lehigh Valley will get the start tonight. Cloyd’s last start was against the Minnesota Twins on June12th where he gave up 1 ER in 5 IP. The Rockies will counter with Jorge De La Rosa. The game is at 7:05pm at Citizens Bank Park. The game will be featured on Comcast SportsNet.

(1)-http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_08_19_colmlb_phimlb_1&mode=recap_home&c_id=phi#gid=2013_08_19_colmlb_phimlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=phi

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