An immense orange moon rose late over the rim of the park.
The 9th inning looked good at the start.Vance Worley threw six innings in his Triple-A debut last night at Coca-Cola park, giving up just five hits, striking out seven and walking one. Much of the time he was throwing in the low 90's and working quickly and efficiently against the high-powered Durham Bulls. With last night's outing, Worley has now thrown 24 scoreless innings, including his last two games in Double-A and an inning in relief on Saturday in Philadelphia. It was sweet to see Michael Stutes coming in for the 7th in relief of his draft mate.
The Bulls scored the first run of the game in the 8th, but the 'Pigs answered immediately with three of their own. Looking good, right? But for the second night in a row the bullpen blew the game. Monday night against the Tides, it was Michael Schwimer giving up three in the 15th. Last night it was Scott Mathieson, who imploded for four in the 9th. The Bulls took the first game of the series 5-3. Otherwise, it was another mellow night at the ballpark, which was packed.
When I was walking out of the park, the Phillies were up 7-5. I caught the end of the game in the car going home, including Cody Ransom's two-run homer, which put the Phils up 9-5 over the D'backs. Ryan Howard earlier had a two-run homer to put the Phillies up 7-5. Jayson Werth also had one, his first home run since June.
On the down side, Shane Victorino left the game with an oblique injury. Bummer. Rollins, day-to-day, is out of the line-up because of a foot contusion. Now Victorino is likely out. But the speculation was immediate that Domonic Brown would be called up to take a spot on the short-handed bench. Brown last night went 2-4.
