The Phillies are red hot despite having their 10-game winning streak busted today by Chicago. They seemed a bit fatigued after playing a three hour and forty minute game last night that went 13 innings. The Phillies have still won 14 of their last 16 and are running away in the NL East.
Monday - Phillies won 10-1: I went to this game but didn't write a recap. Pictures are posted on my Face Book page. It was a total slug fest as Raul Ibanez, Carlos Ruiz, and Ryan Howard all hit bombs and Shane Victorino added two hits. Rodrigo Lopez went six strong innings, giving up five hits, three walks, and a run while striking out five. Chad Durbin earned a three-inning save, allowing only one hit and sitting down two.
Tuesday - Phillies won 4-1: This game was a lot closer as Joe Blanton looked sharp, allowing a run in seven innings of work. The bull pen was even better, throwing six clean innings with Chan Ho Park going three innings. In the bottom of the 13th, Jayson Werth hit a three-run walk off homer to send the Phillies to their tenth straight win.
Wednesday - Cubs won 10-5: It was just a bad game today as Jamie Moyer got wacked around pretty hard, allowing five runs on eight hits in only five innings. Charlie Manuel got run after a pretty crappy call where Paul Bako fouled off a pitch that hit the ground before being caught by Cubs' catcher Koyie Hill. Not like it would have helped much anyway.
Overall, the Phillies offense still looked good despite leaving runners stranded on base again. They didn't have that problem in Monday night's game but Tuesday and Wednesday were frustrating to watch as they left on nine and 11 respectively.
The pitching was boat loads better the first two games. Moyer has not been pitching well at all this year. His win totals are skewed as he has gotten lucky in getting help from the offense to earn him a victory. Unfortunately for him, the Phillies offense couldn't keep up with Chicago's as he lost. If his poor play continues as Pedro Martinez gets ready, Rodrigo Lopez may be the guy to stay.
Series MVP's:
Joe Blanton: 7 IP, 5 H, R, 5 K
Jayson Werth: 4-10, HR, 3 RBI
Chan Ho Park: 3 IP, 0 R, 5 K
Next Game: San Diego Padres (37-57) @ Philadelphia Philles (53-39)
Pitchers: SD: Correia (6-7, 4.34), PHI: Hamels (5-5, 4.72)
This is a make up game from April 20. The Phillies are leading the series 4-2 and have won 4 straight versus the Padres. The Padres are playing pretty crappy, losers of three straight and well out of the division and wild card race.
The only thing San Diego really has is Adrian Gonzalez who is a lefty and will not match up with Cole Hamels too well as he hits .196 versus lefties. The entire offense, as a matter of fact, can't hit their way out of a wet paper bag as they are last in the league in average and runs scored. I obviously expect a win and nothing more.
I will do a full game story tomorrow after the game and then set up the Cardinals series. I will be in Hershey all day Friday for a Dave Matthews Band cocnert and coming back Saturday to go straight to work.
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