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Rock Bottom Phillies
Rock Bottom Phillies
Right when you think things could not get worse this season, the Phillies laid an egg against a Cincinnati Reds team who coming into the series against the Phillies had lost 5 straight games. While the word around the league: if you stink play the Phillies and get your confidence back! The Phillies played a game and an inning yesterday. The first game started at 5:30pm and was a continuation of the Tuesday night’s game that was suspended in the 9th due to heavy rain. Phillippe Aumont, who is actually pretty decent, was thrown into the bottom of the ninth of a tied ball game and forgot how to record an out. He gives up a single, walk and Ben Revere records an error in centerfield, loading the bases up for Jay Bruce who singles to right field and the game is over. The Phillies lose 1 to 0. That was just the beginning of the nightmare!
The Phillies played the third and final game against the Reds and I think the Phillies took a mental vacation in this game. The Reds jumped to a 11 -0 lead in the fifth inning, John Lannan who has been very good his last start just looked awful. The Reds lite Lannan up for 6 ER in 1.2 innings nad bumped his ERA to 6.14. Raul Valdes came in next and wanted to be just like John Lannan, by giving up 5 ER in 3.1 innings. Here is a shocker, Jeremy Horst came in and did not give up a hit or a run in 1 inning of work! The Phillies did get on the board in the 8th when Freddy Galvis hit a 2 run HR off Justin Freeman. Charlie Manual after the game said, “We got guys in our lineup that have been good hitters,” manager Charlie Manuel said. “We’ve got [Chase] Utley, we’ve got [Michael] Young, we’ve got Howard, we’ve got [Jimmy] Rollins. Really. Those guys have been good hitters. They still are. We’ve just got to do better. We’ve got to get better consistently, play the game better. That’s pitching, offense and defense. That’s the three phases of the game we have to do better at.” (1).The Phillies in the WHOLE series did not record a walk and scored a total of 4 runs. Something needs to give and the Phillies will not have time to ponder about this awful series, they come home tonight and start a 8 game homestand starting with the St. Louis Cardinals tonight at 7:05pm. Cole Hamels will take the mound against Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright. Hamels is coming off his best start of the season when he allowed 1 run over 6 innings against the Miami Marlins. Adam Wainwright is 2 and 1 this season with a 2.05 ERA. The game will be featured on The Comcast Network.
Game Suspended Until 5:30pm Today
Game Suspended Until 5:30pm Today
Even Mother Nature was tired of the Phillies poor offensive performance; due to her wrath, the Phillies and Reds game was suspended in the ninth inning due to heavy rain. The game at that moment was in its second rain delay, the game was delayed almost an hour and half in the beginning due to heavy rain. The game was a great one if you like pitcher’s duels. Kyle Kendrick and Homer Bailey did their best Tom Seaver and Steve Carlton impressions. The Phillies only managed two hits off Bailey, who is coming off a 7 run performance at the hands of the St. Louis Cardinals. The opposite has happened now, the first few games: bad pitching=good offense, now great pitching=poor offense. Kendrick numbers from last night: 2 H, 2 BB, and 4 K’s. Bailey was even more dominant he struck out 10 Phillies and only giving up two hits as well. The game will resume at 5:30pm, Phillippe Aumont is the pitcher and Zack Cozart is at the plate. The last time a Phillies game was suspended due to weather was Game 5 in the 2008 World Series. The second game will be shown after the first game completes, the start time is supposed to be at 7:10pm, John Lannan takes the mound, Mike Leake will oppose him. Both games will be on The Comcast Network, game 2 will be also seen on ESPN 2.
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