I hate to say it, but our best chance this year is going to be the wild card. The Mets are just too stacked and over the long haul of a 162 game season, they’re going to come out more times then not. Anything can happen in the playoffs though, so getting that wild card spot is just as big as winning the division.
This series had it all, in a bad way. Thursday was somewhat of a pitchers dual. Eude Brito took his second loss in a row and the Phillies could only manage two runs on five hits. Friday was a close but high scoring extra inning game. The Phillies came back with five runs in the seventh to take a one run lead, then gave that right back in the bottom half of the inning. Neither team scored from there until Robert Fick drove in the winning run with a single.
Saturday was the win, although we needed a big five run eighth to put the game away. Geoff Geary improved to a perfect 4-0 and Cory Lidle had the best start of the series. Pat Burrell hit a two run shot that put the Phillies ahead and Aaron Rowand had three hits.
Yesterday was a beat down. Cole Hamels was knocked around and the Phillies were shutout at the plate. Ryan Howard had two of the Phillies three hits and Hamels gave up four runs on six hits with eight strikeouts in five innings.
We get a day off today, and then we host the first place Mets. If we’re going to have any chance in the NL East, two of three is paramount. We’re 6 1/2 back as it is and we can’t slip any further.
