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Phillies Oust Lilly and Cubs Early: Win 10-1

July 20th, 2009 BroadStreetHero

The Phillies began their 3 game home series with the Chicago Cubs in style tonight on national television. Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino got things rolling with back to back hits, then after two outs, Raul Ibanez hit a shot to dead center field to give the Phillies a 3-0 lead. The Phillies never looked back. Rodrigo Lopez pitched a very solid game, going 6 strong innings while allowing 1 run and striking out 5 batters. Chad Durbin got the save by pitching three scoreless innings in relief. I learned something new tonight, if a reliever pitches three innings of relief to end a game he will earn a save no matter how big the lead is, which is why Durbin got the save in a 10-1 game.

Ryan Howard was the only Phillie who had a poor game, with three strikeouts in his first three at bats, but he hit a towering opposite field home run in the 8th inning to make up for his previous at bats. Jayson Werth just missed hitting a ball out and ended up going 0-3 in the game. Otherwise, the lineup was very impressive. Carlos Ruiz had a two run homer along with a RBI double.

The Phillies have gone 10-1 in their last 11 home games, and are 13-3 in July. This surge has given the Phillies a 52-38 record on the season, good enough for a 7 game lead in the NL East.

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Phillies Win By 3 Touchdowns! Final Score: 22-1

July 6th, 2009 BroadStreetHero

The Phillies must not have thought that the 4th of July fireworks were enough because they had some fireworks of their own tonight.  The festivities started off early with a 10 run first inning for the Phillies that was capped off by a three run homer by Chase Utley.  Eight of those runs were with 2 outs.  They went on to hit four home runs in the game, including a Grand Slam by Jayson Werth to end the game.  The Phillies margin of victory was their largest since 1894.  The box score for this game is mind boggling:  http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=290706122.  The 1-2 combo of Rollins and Victorino went 7-9 with 3 walks, 5 RBIs, and 9 runs scored.  All of this was done against starter Johnny Cueto, who came into the game with the NL’s 4th best ERA.  He left the game after giving up 9 runs in 0.2 innings of work, a 121.5 ERA for the game.  Cole Hamels was almost an afterthought in this game, but he pitched beautifully.  Cole went 7 strong innings, letting up only 1 run on a solo home run.  If you want to watch the 1st inning again, it will be on Comcast from 10:44-11:15 tonight.

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Phillies Pour it on in 1st, Score 10 Runs

July 6th, 2009 BroadStreetHero

In case you missed the 1st inning of tonight’s Phillies vs. Reds game, here are some stats from the inning:

  • The Phillies scored 10 runs in the inning.  This is the 4th time they have done this in their history.
  • The Phillies sent 13 batters to the plate, and Ryan Howard was the only one to not reach base at least once.
  • Shane Victorino, Greg Dobbs, and Chase Utley each hit a home run.
  • Cole Hamels had his 3rd hit of the season, a 2 run double.
  • Reds starter Johnny Cueto’s line for the game: 0.2 innings, 9 ER, 5 H, 1 K, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 121.5 ERA.
  • Cueto’s ERA for the season was raised from 2.69 (4th in the league) to 3.45 (17th).

As for the rest of the game, Cole Hamels has pitched excellent through 7 innings besides giving up a solo home run.  The Phillies tacked on eight more runs to bring the score to 18-1.  Jimmy Rollins is batting .526 (10-19) in his last 5 games with 5 walks and only one strikeout, hopefully a sign that he is out of his season long slump.  Shane Victorino is making his statement for that 33rd roster spot on the All Star team with a 4-5 night and 4 RBIs.

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