Moyer Pitches Masterpiece, But Phils Can't Hang On

Tonight, the old vintage Jamie Moyer pitched for the Phillies. He pitched seven innings and only allowed two runs. He was the Jamie Moyer that everyone excepted to see in the beginning of the season and hopefully it is just a sign to come.
In the third inning Rauuuuuuuuuuuul Ibanez got an rbi on a forceout. Then, in the fourth inning Chase Utley hit a two-run double that scored Eric Brunetlett and Chris Coste. Jamie exited after seven innings and the Phillies were up 3-2. The Phillies had some execution problems offensively tonight. They could never give insurance runs to the pitching. The Phillies left 26 men on base throughout the game.
J.C. Romero pitched the eighth inning and got his first hold of the season. Brad Lidge came in to give the Phillies there eighth consecutive win. Lidge got an easy first two outs, but when the Dodgers were down to there final strike, Casey Blake hit a single off the end of the bat that flared into left field and put the tying run on first base. Then, in a very professional at-bat by James Loney, he drew the two out walk. Russell Martin hit a routine ground ball to Pedro Feliz, but Pedro could not handle it. It took a hop on him, and then there were bases loaded with two outs for Andre Eithier. On the first pitch, Either hit a fly ball to right field that sliced away from Eric Bruntlett and the Dodgers went on to win 4-3. It is not very often that the Phillies give away a game like this. It is very frustrating because I know that they should of won and to see them blow it, it just kills me. I expect this from the Nationals (no disrespect) but not from the 2009 Philadelphia Phillies.
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Joe Blanton will go for this fourth strong performance. The Phillies are 16-7 in Blanton's 23 starts in Philadelphia. I think that means that the players enjoy playing behind Blanton. He's a fast worker that thorws strikes and keeps everybody invloved. Hiroki Kuroda will be pitching for the Dodgers. In his first start in nearly two months, Kuroda pitched five innings and and gave up two runs. The Phillies struggled against Kuroda last year in there only NLCS loss. I have faith that the Phillies will bounce back againsyt Kuroda and win the game.