No more baseball. Thank goodness for football, because I think I’d go out the window if I had only hockey and basketball for sustenance once the world series is over. Defenestration. I think that’s what it’s called. I must not be alone in thinking that either. Going out the window, that is. Imagine it happened [...]
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The Houston Astros continued to have the Phillies number last night in Philly, beating Hamels and the Phils 8-2. Miguel Tejada went 4-5 with three runs and an RBI, CarlosLee added tow hits, two runs and an RBI and even former Met Jeff Keppinger got into things going 3-5 with two RBI on the day. [...]
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The Philadelphia Phillies took the final game of the three game set, 4-2 yesterday in Atlanta even during a rain delay. Ben Francisco started the scoring with an RBI double and Raul Ibanez, Pedro Feliz and Chase Utley added solo RBI’s for them. Cliff Lee had started the game but onlt went four because of [...]
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Cliff Lee rebounded from a few bad outtings with a stellar game on Tuesday night. Cliff Lee(7-2) pitched a complete game shutout giving up only six hits and walking three while striking out nine batters on 124 pitches. He was given all five runs of offense in the first and second on a Chase Utley [...]
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Game 1
In the first game of a double dip yesterday, Kyle Kendrick made a spot start for the Phillies and looked great. Kendrick(1-1) went 7.1 innings and only allowed seven hits and two earned runs, both on an Anderson Hernandez two run shot in the eighth. He was supported by a Ben Francisco homer and [...]
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Phillies ace Cole Hamels seemed to have found his stuff last night as he led the Phillies to a 4-2 victory in a rainy night. Hamels(9-9) pitched 6.2 innings while allowing seven hits and one run including six strikeouts for him to get a rare win versus the Mets. Rollins, Utley, Feliz and Ruiz added [...]
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The Philadelphia Phillies got back on the winning track last night, even though their closer gave them a scare, yet again. Five solo home runs produced the runs, and they included two Ibanez shots, and one each by Jayson Werth, Carlos Ruiz and Chase Utley. Pedro Martinez(4-0) stayed perfect in a Phillies uniform going 6.2 [...]
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Pedro Martinez at his age, did something that most probably did not expect, outduel last year’s Cy Young award winner. Pedro Martinez(3-0) worked seven innings while allowing only five hits and one run but struck out nine batters. To be fair, it was against the futile San Francisco lineup, but none the less, Brad Lidge [...]
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Last night in Pittsburgh, the Philadelphia bullpen tried to give up another game to the Pirates late in the game. Ryan Madson(5-4) was charged with his fifth blown save as he tried to save Cole Hamels eight inning no run gem, but allowed a pinch hit game tying home run. Ryan Howard got him off [...]
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Yesterday, fresh off a stunning triple play ender to a ball game, Cliff Lee looked to make it three of four against the deteriorated Mets. Lee(5-0) went seven innings allowing six hits and two runs, while striking out five and both runs allowed were in the first inning. He got plenty of support from big [...]
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