Jayson Werth was named NL Player of the Week for hitting four home runs and four doubles, while knocking in nine, with a total of 25 bases. During the period, he had a 1.000 slugging percentage and .407 on base percentage. Dallas Braden won the honors for the AL.
Werth has also made it clear that while he loves his current mates and loves playing in Philadelphia, free agency is his goal. Larry Andersen on the radio broadcast of last night's game with the Rockies wondered why winning the World Series again was not Werth's goal. Interesting point. Meanwhile, I dozed off in the top of the 9th in last night's game, with two strikes on Ryan Howard and the game tied 5-5. When I woke, the inning had just ended and I heard Scott Franzke give the score: Phillies 9 and Rockies 5. Wow! Jose Contreras came on to finish the game. Victorino had two triples and Ruiz four hits. What I really missed, though, was the three-run pinch-hit homer by Ross Gload in the ninth.
Brad Lidge, it turned out, had stiffness in his surgically-repaired right elbow and was unavailable. Brian Schneider, meanwhile, has been put on the 15-day DL with an Achilles tendon injury. And Wilson Valdez is playing the way he did last year with the Mets. Would he please practice bunting if not hitting?
