Friday, May 9, 2008

desert split

Most fans at Coca-Cola Park were bundled up on a recent night, but this guy with the kid stayed with his t-shirt for the whole game.

Thursday's match-up in AZ between Brandon Webb and Brett Myers was pretty one-sided and the Phillies settled for a 2-2 split of the series with the D'backs, who definitely look good. Webb, who went to 8-0, is looking untouchable. If Myers battled in his last outing, he fizzled in this, though catcher Chris Coste said afterwards that he had good stuff. Well, walking two guys to lead off an inning is an invitation to disaster no matter who the team, and the D'backs are a very good team. Shane Victorino and Eric Bruntlett (who had a fabulous series) were responsible for almost all of the Phillies' offense. But Webb went the distance and looked as if he could have kept going. Now on to San Francisco, where Rollins should be waiting and may be ready to go. Maybe he'll be able to pick up buddy RyHo.