J.A. Happ was making his first start since September 2 against the Giants. In the third inning Happ was having some problems with his strained oblique. After the inning, Charlie elected to take him out for precautionary reasons and they brought Kyle Kendrick in. Kendrick did a really good job tonight. He pitched four innings and did not give up any runs.
The offense was facing a tough pitcher tonight in Tim Husdon. They only got three runs off of him in seven innings, including two Ryan Howard home runs. But in the eighth and ninth innings they scored six more runs and ended up winning the game 9-4. And as I mentioned in the title there magic number is down to eight.
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Phillies:Pedro Martinez has been terrific since signing with the Phillies, especially his last outing on Sunday night. In that game, the right-hander threw 130 pitches, 80 for strikes and exited to a standing ovation at Citizens Bank Park during a 1-0 win over the Mets. Martinez seems to have recaptured the magic he lost with the Mets last season. He had command of all of his pitches and kept the Mets hitters off balance all night.
Braves:Javier Vazquez dominated the Cardinals during his second complete-game effort of the season on Sunday. His line -- two earned runs and seven hits -- didn't provide indication of how impressive he was. Before surrendering four straight singles in a two-run ninth, he had allowed just two hits and thrown 79 pitches. The 33-year-old right-hander has won three straight decisions and allowed a total of two runs in those three victories. Each of the four runs he surrendered against the Phillies on Aug. 16 came via the two homers he surrendered to Ryan Howard.
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