Seven runs, 14 hits, and 16 LOB. Ryan Madson's laughing response to that in the postgame interview: "We're gonna get swinging, baby." Madson was in for the ninth to get some needed work in what was a much-needed 7-3 Phillie win. And with that the four-game losing streak is over.
Today's game went much too long but a win is a win, especially for Roy Halladay, who goes to 8-3. He also walked, singled, and scored a run. Raul Ibanez hit the 1,000th RBI of his career. Both Valdez, in for Rollins, and Utley made spectacular defensive plays. Ryan Howard had three RBI and Domonic Brown just missed getting several. The weirdest Brown miss was a surefire hit up the middle with the bases loaded. However, the ball clipped the 2nd-base umpire, positioned in the infield, and was ruled dead. If the ball had hit the umpire in the outfield, it would have been a fair ball. Who knew? Who knew, too, that 2nd-base NL umpires traditionally have positioned themselves in the infield and Al umps in the outfield.
The attendance for the three-game set was the fourth-largest in PNC Park history. The other three came in the first year's of the park's history.
