As we all know last time Blanton pitched against the Rays he pitched well. Tonight, Blanton again pitched very well against the Rays. He pitched seven innings and only gave up two runs. The only runs he gave up was a two-run homerun to former Phillie Pat Burrell. Blanton went out to pitch the eighth inning but BJ Upton hit a leadoff double, and Charlie brought in J.C. Romero. With runners on first and third with no outs, Willy Aybar hit a fly ball to left field and after Matt Stairs caught it BJ Upton tagged up but Stairs threw him out at the plate. Then, everything was downhill from there. After Romero walked the bases loaded. Chan Ho Park came in and five runs scored by the Rays on all different kind of occassions.
The only kind of offense that the Phillies got was whne Jayson Werth hit a solo homerun in the seventh inning. Matt Garza had the Phillies number all night long. Through eight innings Garza only gave up three hits an he also had seven strikeouts.
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Phillies:In the rubber game of this series the Phillies will send out Antonio Bastardo. Bastardo pitched a career-best seven innings and tied his career-high with five strikeouts in last Friday's 7-2 loss to the Orioles. The rookie left-hander was effective at times and allowed five hits and four earned runs. He struck out five and walked none, which has to be a good sign. Bastardo threw 108 pitches, 73 for strikes, and really settled down after giving up three runs in the second.
Rays:Andy Sonnanstine has pitched better as of late. He has pitched at least six innings in each of his at last four starts. His ERA before then was 7.66 but now it's 6.60 after those starts. Sonnanstine face the Phillies in Game 4 of the World Series last year. In only four innings he gave up five runs but only three of them were earned runs.
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