Monday, May 11, 2009

what about them phillies

Broadshouldered guys, too, look good in pink. This was a mound meeting in the 8th after Vance Worley made his only mistake of the day, a ball left high that was hit just over the wall. But VW came back to strike out the next batter and end the inning.

So what about the Phillies? Last we visited them, they were sweeping St. Louis in a two-game set. Since then it's been all about pitching. Wednesday night Chan Ho Park stunned everyone with a masterful outing against St. Santana but the Mets won with an unearned run caused by a rare error by Pedro Feliz. Thursday night Jamie Moyer turned in a clunker, the likes of which he hasn't done for years.

Home again on Friday, Cole Hamels pitched like himself and was not injured or spirited off the mound. On Saturday Joe Blanton pitched the way I always thought he did when with the A's. Ugh. Yesterday Brett Myers was solid for six but the bullpen blew it.

And that was that.