Cliff Lee Does It Again

Cliff Lee is a hero. Well, so far he has been. In his first three starts Lee has went a combine of 24 innings and has only allowed a total of three earned runs. Are chills running down your spine?
Today, Lee went eight innings and gave up just one run. Considering the wind was blowing out of Wrigley, Cliff did a great job. He also had a career high in pitches, 122. Ryan Madson pitched the ninth inning and hammered it down.
Ryan Howard had the big hit in today's game by hitting a three-run homerun to left field. The wind was blowing out to left so it just kept on going. Ryan has been scuffling lately so it was good to see him go opposite field.
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Phillies:Joe Blanton has pitched well recently. He allowed three runs in 6 2/3 innings Friday against the Marlins at Citizens Bank Park, which actually was the most runs he had allowed since June 30 against the Braves in Atlanta. Blanton has a 1.87 ERA (nine earned runs in 43 1/3 innings) in his last six starts. He has a 2.46 ERA (24 earned runs in 87 2/3 innings) in 13 starts since May 21. Joe has had some bad luck in his last two starts because he has pitched well in both of them, but the Phillies offense was stagnant in both of his starts, which he was charged with loses in both outings.
Braves:Jair Jurrjens has struggled while making his past two starts against the Dodgers and allowing eight earned runs in 9 1/3 innings. Seven of those runs have been scored during the fifth inning. The 23-year-old right-hander had surrendered just five earned runs in the four starts that he'd made before these two outings. Jurrjens is 3-2 with a 2.27 ERA in six career starts against the Phillies. In his two starts against them this year, he has worked 12 2/3 scoreless innings and surrendered just five hits. When Jurrjens has faced the Phillies this year they were not playing good (especially their offense).

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