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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!
Frandsen and Kendrick Deliver In Series Victory!
Frandsen and Kendrick Deliver In Series Victory!
The Phillies last night were going for their 3rd straight series victory against teams that are ahead of the Phillies either in the wild card or the NL East. The Phillies backed by Kyle Kendrick came out on top against the Nationals with a 3 to 1 win and sealed up another series victory for the Phillies. The Phillies did just enough to win the game and against an All Star pitcher in Jordan Zimmermann who was 12 and 3 going into last night’s game. The Phillies still won despite 4 errors (3 by Chase Utley and 1 by Michael Young). The Phillies struck first in the 5th inning when Ben Revere singled to left field, scoring Carlos Ruiz from second, who singled to start the inning. The next inning the Nationals came right back with a Ryan Zimmermann sac fly scoring Bryce Harper, who tripled previously. The game was tied, and it looked like we were going to go to extra innings, but pinch hitter Kevin Frandsen came to bat in the bottom of the 7th and doubled to right field, scoring John McDonald who pinch ran for Darin Ruf who started the inning with a double. The Phillies have now taken the lead, then in the 8th Michael Young hit a fielder’s choice to score Utley making it 3 to 1 Phillies. In the ninth, Papelbon came in and sat the Nationals in order 1-2-3. It was Papelbon’s 20th save of the year and it got the Phillies one game closer to .500 and also second place. After the game Frandsen spoke about the Phillies trying to get this season on track, “I just think we’re starting to click, we’re starting to get some breaks to go our way,” Frandsen said. “First couple of months of the year, it was tough — I think everybody saw that. It wasn’t like we were playing bad baseball, but we were getting bad breaks. I think we’re getting fortunate breaks right now, and hey, we’ll take them whenever we can” (1). The Phillies now start a new series against the AL Central Chicago White Sox’s. Jonathan Pettibone will take the mound and he will face John Danks. The game will feature the famous Xfinity Fireworks after the game. The game starts at 7:05pm and will be featured on Comcast SportsNet.
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Old Cole Hamels Shows Up And Beats Washington!
Old Cole Hamels Shows Up And Beats Washington!
The Phillies are starting to come together, and maybe the ace that we always wanted is finally starting to comeback. I am talking about Cole Hamels, who has a very rough season, but has pitched his two best games in his last two starts and they are against very good teams: The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Nationals. Hamels held the Nationals at bay and helped the Phillies win 4 to 2 and earn his 4th win of the year. The Nationals did score first, after Hamels left an 84 mph changeup in the zone and old our pal Jayson Werth hit it over the centerfield wall, making it 1-0 Nationals. It would be the last lead the Nationals would have the whole game. The Phillies tied the game in the bottom of the 4th after Utley doubled and Domonic Brown singled to right field and allowing Utley to score from second. The Phillies busted the game wide open in the bottom of the 6th when Revere and Rollins both single and Utley reaches base on a throwing error by Adam LaRoche giving the Phillies a 2 to 1 lead. Michael Young, who has been in the middle of a million trade rumors, doubled to center, helping Rollins and Utley score giving the Phillies a 4 to 1 lead. Hamels was cruising the entire game until the bottom of the 8th when he loaded the bases with only one out, but managed to get out of the jam with no runs. The bottom of the ninth was tricky, Jonathan Papelbon was unavailable to pitch, so Charlie Manuel put in Antonio Bastardo to close the game. He got into a little trouble and allowed the Nationals to score a run making it 4 to 2 Phillies, and John Mayberry, who was put into the game as a defensive sub for Delmon Young, made two awful plays in left allowing the Nationals to keep the game alive. But Bastardo got Scott Hairston to pop out, giving the Phillies the win. After the game, Cole Hamels spoke about his performance, “I think that was something we haven’t seen all year,” Hamels said of the energetic crowd of 33,502. “That was the most exciting eighth inning I’ve had in a long time, especially with it not being a sellout. It felt like there were 60,000 fans, so that was awesome to see that from the fans on every pitch. Definitely brought the energy level back” (1). The Phillies look for their 4th win in a row, when Cliff Lee will look for his 11th win of the year, which would make him tied for 2nd in the NL with St. Louis Lance Lynn. The Nationals will counter with Gio Gonzalez, he game will be at 7:05pm at Citizens Bank Park, the game will be featured on Comcast SportsNet.
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