Bastardo Pitches Well As Phils And Dodgers Split Series

Antonio Bastardo was making just his second Major League start of his career. He was starting against the Los Angeles Dodgers and it was on National TV. Now, after his second start the whole entire nation knows what Antonio Bastardo has to offer. Bastado went five innings, and gave up only two runs. He went out for the sixth inning but he ran into some trouble and Chan Ho Park came in and relieved him. Park has struggled amensly this year, but tonight he was terrific. In three innings out of relief, Park did not give up any runs, and helped Bastardo improve to 2-0. Ryan Madson pitched the ninth inning and the Phillies won 7-2.
Let's find out how the Phillies scored there seven runs. In the second inning, Pedro Feliz hit a sacrifice fly that scored Raul Ibanez and put the Phillies up 1-0. Then, in the fifth, RBI's by Carlos Ruiz and Shane Victorino gave the Phillies a 3-1 lead. The Phillies added some more runs in the seventh when Carlos Ruiz hit a two-run homerun, then, Shane Victorino hit a solo homerun. Ryan Howard hit his 17th homerun of the season in the eighth and the Phillies won the game 7-2.
Charlie Manuel decided to move Jimmy Rollins down in the order for today's game. He went from the lead off spot to number six in the order. J-Roll has consistently been popping balls up to the infield and shallow outfield. Tonight, I thought J-Roll made solid contact about three times out of his four at-bats. Let's just hope J-Roll can get on track.
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The Phillies will finally come back to the east coast. They will play the New York Mets at Citi Field. J.A. Happ will pitch for the Phillies in the first game of the series. Happ is coming off of his longest outing of his career. He last went seven innings and only allowed one run. The Mets' ace Johan Santana will pitch for the Mets and Johan gives every team trouble. It seems like everytime the Phillies play the Mets Johan pitches and always pitches great. Hopefully, the Phillies will gain some more ground on the Mets, in this series.