I hope nobody was jumping off of the Phillies bandwagon just because they lost yesterday. Because the Phillies had the San Diego Padres coming into town for only one game. Yesterday, the Padres had to fly from San Diego to Washington. Then, when they reached Washington who they are going to play this weekend, they drove up to Philadelphia. So you know they had to been really tied today and they are a struggling team.
Cole Hamels had a solid outing tonight. In seven innings Cole gave up three runs, two of the runs came off of a homerun from Kevin Blanks. Other than that, Cole was in control the whole night. Then in the eighth recent call-up Andrew Carpenter came in, but he was only able to get one out. He surrendered one run and Chan Ho Park came in and shut the door. And the Phils won 9-4.
The Phillies bats really were working tonight. In the second inning they scored three runs orcastrated by a Jayson Werth double. Then in the fourth inning they added on four more runs. Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez both had key RBI's that put the game out of hand.
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Phillies:J.A. Happ was outstanding for the Phillies his last time out, holding the Marlins to five hits over seven shutout innings. The 26-year-old cruised through most of the start, though he had to pitch out of a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the sixth, getting Ronny Paulino to pop out to short and then striking out Brett Carroll and pinch hitter Wes Helms to get out of the inning. The left-hander will try to continue his unbeaten streak on July 25 against the Cardinals.
Cardinals:Joel Pineiro continues to be one of the most fascinating pitchers in the game this year, having undergone a drastic makeover. He's throwing tons of strikes and keeping the ball in the park, so he's been very successful despite a low strikeout rate. It's gone on for long enough that it's starting to look very real, and his success has significantly deepened the Cardinals' rotation.
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