Thursday was get-away day, with a game scheduled for 1:05. So less than 12 hours after the epic end of game 3, the Reds and Phillies were back at it again. This time it was Cliff Lee vs. Homer Bailey. The Phillies scored first, but wouldn't you know that the Reds came back to tie it 4-4 on some more hitting by Jay Bruce. Homer Bailey left after the fourth with shoulder spasms. Lee hung in. In the bottom of the sixth, he smacked a ground-rule double to deep center that scored two. In the seventh, he tacked on another RBI with a single.
Raul Ibanez hit a three-run homer. Chase Utley had a solo home run, his first of the year. Michael Martinez, at shortstop, hit, too. So did Domonic Brown, John Mayberry, Jr., Dane Sardinha and 'pitching sensation' Wilson Valdez. Jose Contreras, just back from the DL, threw the ninth and the Phillies won 10-4.
But for the dramatic Phillie come-backs, it could have been the Jay Bruce series. The rest of the Reds, though, were pretty much held to nothing. Dusty Baker and his boys were no doubt happy to get out of town. Next up for them is to get their pitching in order.
