Just when it looked like the Phillies were getting back on track, they drop two of three to one of the bottom feeders of the National League. Man, is our pitching failing us. In the two losses, the Nats scored 10 runs and even in the win we needed everyone of the seven runs that we scored.
Cory Lidle got the start on Tuesday, and while it wasn’t anything stellar, the Phillies were at least in the game when he left. Then Arthur Rhodes and Geoff Geary were both hit hard and the Nationals finished with a blow out. Pat Burrell hit his sixth homerun of the season and he drove in two in the 10-3 loss.
Ryan Howard was the man in the only win of the series for the Phillies. He had a two run homerun in the second inning, then he had a walk off RBI single in the tenth to put the game away. David Bell and Bobby Abreau both homered and the Phillies came back from three down to tie the game in the eighth. This time, the pen did them good. Gavin Floyd was hit hard (six runs, nine hits in six innings) but the bullpen held the Nationals scoreless through the final four innings in the 7-6 win.
Last night’s game was ugly. Ryan Madson was pulled in the second inning, but not before he had given up nine runs. Pat Burrell and Chase Utley both drove in two runs in the 10-4 loss. Bobby Abreau scored twice despite not getting a hit.
The Marlins come to town this weekend and hopefully we can use them to get back on track. This is a pretty bad team, so while I’m hoping for a sweep, anything less then two wins this weekend would be pretty bad.
