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Whoa A Win!
Whoa A Win!
The Phillies finally broke their 8 game losing streak by beating the San Francisco Giants 7 to 3 behind a great game by John Lannan and the offense. The long ball after all these months finally helped the Phillies. Michael Young and Carlos Ruiz went long giving the Phillies a comfortable lead and every Phillie starter except Kevin Frandsen got a hit. John Lannan pitched another great game, pitching 7 innings, 2 BB, 3 ER, and 3 K’s. Carlos Ruiz finally hit his first home run of the season and it was a long one. After the game Young talked about finally breaking the streak, “Nice to get back and play in front of a home crowd — I don’t think they held that road trip against us,” said Michael Young, who hit a two-run homer in the victory. “They came out with some good energy; we fed off of that. There’s no way around the fact that we needed a win, so it was nice to get” (1). The Phillies look to continue their winning streak tonight when Kyle Kendrick takes the mound against Chris Gaudin. The game may look different depending on the outcome of the trading deadline that is at 4pm today. The game regardless will start at 7:05pm on Comcast SportsNet.
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Papelbon Blew It Again
Jonathan Papelbon has been so good this season, the other night against the Nationals he had a hiccup, but the Phillies were able to win the game anyway, but last night not so much. The Phillies had a 2 to 1 lead going into the 9th and were looking to sweep the Washington Nationals to gain sole possession of second place in the NL East. It didn’t help that the Phillies did not get another hit after Michael Young’s 2 run home run in the first until the 10th inning. Papelbon had two outs in the ninth but our old pal Jayson Werth who has been a killer in this series drove in the tying run on a base hit to left. I believe Papelbon, who was pitching his 3rd game in 3 nights had some fatigue but we will never know. The Phillies looked terrible at the plate all night, managing only 4 hits, 2 in the first inning. The extra innings were terrible also, Michael Stutes came into the game in the 11th, after Mike Adams pitched a good 10th inning, proceeds to give up a grand slam to Ian Desmond, before Desmond pitching coach Rich Dubee, who has known Desmond since he was little kid, told Stutes probably something stupid and then bam a grand slam. That put the Phillies down 6 to 2, and that was the final. After the game Papelbon called out his teammates, “Fundamentals, fundamentals, this is a game of fundamentals, and we’ve got to do the fundamentals right, and keep grinding. It’s a game of who grinds the most and who plays the best fundamental baseball. That’s pretty much it. “I’m talking about everything. Everything from the pitchers making the correct pitches, pitchers backing up the correct bases, outfield is moving on counts, infield is moving on counts, every little thing that goes into every pre-pitch. We’ve got to do better. It’s not pointing one finger at anybody. It’s a team. It’s a team effort here. It’s 162 games of grinding baseball” (1). The Phillies are off tonight and start a three game series against the New York Mets tomorrow at 7:05pm at Citizens Bank Park. Cole Hamels will take the mound, the Mets will counter with Jeremy Hefner.
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