Well last night was fun. The game got a little boring after the 4th inning with only one run being scored. The Phillies did all their damage in the 2nd and 4th innings scoring 7 and 4 runs in those respective innings. Not only was the game good because of the outcome, but it was nice to have a running conversation going with ASponge over at thesouthfloridafan. You can check out the whole post here. It was really nice to get an insight on the Marlins seeing as I don’t hardly ever see them play. He was very nice in defeat. Hopefully we can get something close to the same going tonight (although being an avid Red Wings fan, I will be watching them take on the Penguins in game 4 tonight).
Two different Brett Myers’ came to pitch last night. There was the Myers of the first inning who gave up a single, a walk, an RBI 2B, another walk, and a 2 run single. Granted Burrell should have caught the ball on the last single, but the wind fooled him. Then there was the Myers of the rest of the game who only allowed 3 more hits and struck out 11 Marlins over the next 7 innings! I, like most Philly fans, figured that he was going to explode after that first inning, but he actually slowed and calmed down and got into a great groove out there.
The first place Philadelphia Phillies go for their 6th straight win with ace Cole Hamels taking the mound. Hamels hasn’t pitched since last Sunday’s 15-6 win over the Astros. If you’ll remember, he didn’t get the win in that game. In fact, he only pitched 4 innings and gave up all 6 of the Astros runs. I look for him to get back to where he was the game before that. I’m predicting that he’ll break his season high of 11 strikeouts tonight with a Marlins team that is very young and does not have good plate discipline at all. Hopefully the bats will keep talking throughout the series. I love crooked numbers.
