Flags were flying at Thursday afternoon's game vs the Marlins but the balls were not.The scoreless drought finally ended in the first inning of last night's game with the Pirates. Rollins led off with a triple, always exciting, and Victorino doubled him in. Hallelujah! Chase Utley, still slumping, then made out, but Ryan Howard singled Victorino home. Oh, the little things! I had tix for the game but couldn't make it. Brett Myers was in command throughout, then got more than a bit testy when Charlie came out to get him in the 8th. He got even more 'animated' in the dugout, but that is a story for Brett and Charlie. (I'm picking Charlie here.) Chad Durbin got the save. Rollins went 4 for 4 in the 4-2 victory. Players of the game: Rollins and Myers, with a nod to CD.
During the 23-inning stretch, Phillies pitchers posted a collective 1.50 ERA with opponents hitting .198 against them. But Phillies batters hit just .145. Nonetheless, lots of men were left on base during the lamentable outage by what is supposed to be a top offensive team. This is getting harder and harder to take.
