Ever since July 5th, Joe Blanton has pitched exceptionally well. In his last eight starts his ERA is 2.01. He has went deep into every game in those starts and most importantly, Blanton has kept the Phillies into every game that he has pitched. Tonight, Blanton pitched eight innings and gave up three earned runs. He had a bit of a weird inning, in the fourth the Diamondbacks scored two runs. The first run was because of a misjudged fly ball by Ben Francisco that ended up costing the Phillies a run. After the fourth inning, Blanton didn't give up any more runs for the rest of the game. He didn't have his best stuff tonight, but Blanton battled and did just a great job.
The Phillies jumped on Doug Davis early tonight by scoring three runs in the first inning. But the Phillies really opened the game up in the sixth inning when Ryan Howard hit a monster homerun that went into the Diamondbacks bullpen. That made the game 10-3 and they went on to win the game 12-3. The Phillies completed the three game sweep over the D-Backs.
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Phillies:Cole Hamels didn't have his best command against the Braves on Saturday, but he pitched well enough to outduel the Braves' Kenshin Kawakami. Hamels went six innings and allowed just three hits, but one of those hits was a two-run home run. Hamels also walked four and threw 111 pitches, leading to an early exit.
Mets:Mike Pelfrey bounced back from his two previous subpar starts to give the Mets a quality effort on the hill on Sunday afternoon. The big right-hander didn't allow the Giants a hit until Fred Lewis doubled with two outs in the fourth inning and economically and effectively discarded San Franciso's lineup using a heavy dose of his 93-mile-an-hour fastball. Pelfrey exited after allowing two runs on five hits over 7 1/3 innings in the 104-pitch effort.
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