Man did the Phillies need this. I thought we’d be LUCKY to split the series with the Mets, but the bats really got us going in the first couple of games. If you would have asked me going in if I’d take three of four, I’d have taken it in a heart beat.
What a game on Monday. Pedro Martinez was gone by the second inning and the Phillies had thirteen runs by the fifth. Jimmy Rollins hit another homerun and he now has eighteen. David Dellucci and Scott Victorino also went yard. Rollins drove in three and scored three. Lost in all this was eight shutout innings by Cole Hamels. He struck out nine and gave up only four hits. It’s the best outing of his young career.
The runs kept coming on Tuesday. By the end of the fourth, the Phillies led 11-2. Victorino and Dellucci hit homeruns again and they both drove in three runs. Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Dellucci all scored twice and Randy Wolf picked up his first win since coming off of the disabled list.
On Wednesday, we didn’t get the runs but Jon Lieber picked up the Phillies. He threw an awesome five hit shutout in his best start of the season. Chris Coste went three for three with a homerun, two RBIs and a run in the 3-0 win.
You can’t win them all, and the Mets finally got the job done yesterday. Scott Mathieson gave up six runs on eight hits and the Phillies scored only two runs on Ryan Howard’s 42nd homerun of the season.
So at the end of all this, the Phillies are 2 1/2 games back of the Reds for the Wild Card. Next up is three against the Nationals. Now is not the time to let up.
