Posts Tagged ‘Ryan Madson’

Lucky Number 13: Jayson Werth Walkoff HR Wins It

July 21st, 2009 BroadStreetHero
Jayson Werth picked a good time for his first walk off HR.

Jayson Werth picked a good time for his first walk off HR.

What a time to hit your first walk off home run! After walks to Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez, Jayson Werth stepped up to the plate against hard throwing former Notre Dame tight end Jeff Samardzija, and he responded by crushing a fastball into the seats in left field. The Phillies win 4-1, their 10th straight win, and stay 6.5 games in front of the Braves in the NL East.

Hitting was not the story tonight. The Phillies pitching staff was brilliant tonight. Joe Blanton pitched 7 excellent innings. The bullpen pitched a 6 inning no hitter, highlighted by Chan Ho Park who pitched a perfect 3 innings of relief with 5 strikeouts, showing how dominant he has become.  I think his spectacular beard is intimidating hitters. Clay Condrey pitched for the first time since I don’t remember when and got his career high 6th win of the season. Madson and Lidge also pitched perfect innings in the game.

The Phillies have their longest winning streak (10 games) since 1991, and are now 53-38 on the season. This team is red hot and so much fun to watch right now. With the way we are playing the Blue Jays will be begging us to trade them something for Halladay.

Share your thoughts on tonight’s great pitcher’s duel, capped off by a 3 run shot by Jayson Werth!

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Vote For Shane!

July 8th, 2009 BroadStreetHero

With a walk off single in the bottom of the 9th Shane Victorino further added to his All Star candidate resume.  The bloop single that he hit ended a very good ball game in favor of the Phillies, who won in walk off fashion by a score of 3-2.  Ryan Madson pitched better than I’ve seen him pitch in a month, which is such a relief.  This is what happens when the top of the order gets on base.  The Phillies are back to their winning ways, 5-1 and in their last 6!

In other news, apparently the Los Angeles Dodgers are prepared to offer young phenom Clayton Kershaw in a deal to land Roy Halladay.  This seems to be the most substantial offer for Halladay besides anything that the Phillies may be planning to offer.  What do you think of Halladay, should the Phillies overspend to get him, and what would the ramifications be if he was dealt to the Dodgers?

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