I started having flasbbacks yesterday afternoon. As Roy Oswalt was working his way out of trouble again and again with the pesky Nats, who just love to get on base against the Phillies, I kept thinking of games where I had watched Oswalt do exactly the same against the Phillies. Somebody would get on base, move on over, and just when you thought Oswalt was going to crack, nada. Pretty soon it would be seven or eight innings of the same and that's when you knew that once again Roy Oswalt had beat you.
Yesterday Oswalt went a strong seven, then, with the Phillies ahead 4-0, the rain came down. After a delay of an hour and 44 minutes, play resumed. Raul Ibanez hit a two-run homer and Madson and Romero combined for two scoreless innings. The Phillies won 6-0. They are now 15-10 in shutouts this year. And Roy Oswalt is a bulldog.
