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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.
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