Last night's IronPigs' game had its share of rallying "oink, oink" calls but they didn't keep the team from going down 5-4 to the Buffalo Bisons. I got home from a long day and went to the game on the spur of the moment. All of the scoring came off the two starters. When the two bullpens took over, nothing much else happened. I left at the end of the 7th and listened on the way home to the Bisons' broadcast on radio.When I left the 'Pigs, the Phillies were leading 2-0 in the 6th down in Florida. By the time I got home, Jamie Moyer had just finished throwing eight innings of 2-hit ball (yeah, he's 45) against the high-octane Fish and the Phillies were up 3-0. Moyer is simply amazing. This year he may just be on a mission. I caught the 9th on TV. In the top, the Phillies loaded the bases in vain; in the bottom, Brad Lidge, looking tall and serious, notched his 18th. The Phillies scored two of their runs off one wild pitch by Marlins' starter Scott Olsen. Jimmy Rollins dashed in from 3rd when Olsen bounced one that careened away from the catcher. Shane Victorino, who was on 2nd, then scored on the catcher's errant throw to Olsen, covering home. The third run was a conventional RBI.
Everybody else in the division lost. Oh, happy day.
