HOW SWEE – - NEY IT IS! (PHILLIES POST 8/30/10)

August 30, 2010   ·   philliesmania   ·   Jump to comments

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HAMELS FINALLY GETS A LITTLE LOVE FROM HIS OFFENSE ….PHILLIES PREVAIL 5 to 0!

 

MIKE SWEENEY HELPS WITH A 2 RUN HR, HIS FIRST AS A PHILLIE ……..

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 What a difference traveling to California made! Or did it?

 

 

Ironically the Phillies sweep the Padres but nothing really changed from the last week. Starting pitching was very good to great and offense stunk! Even the 5 runs on Sunday were partially a gift with the Padres uncharacteristically committng 4 errors. 

 

 

On one hand it’s all about the wins and losses. Frankly it is true that whether you are hitting or not you need to find a way to win. Of course you always hope your pitching is keeping you in the game but it also helps when you get good to great defense. And the Phillies do often get that.  Polanco made some outstanding plays and Sweeney made a great catch on a long foul fly ball n Sunday.

 

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Hamels (W, 8-10)	8.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	115-79	3.31
R Madson	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	24-17	3.19

 

Hamels clearly wanted to finish but with 115 pitches and a 5 run lead it was clear he was coming out. Honeslty it was a miracle he made it through 8 when you saw how many pitches he threw in the first 2 innings. But Cole battled and buckled down and was an ace from the 3rd inning on! Actually he was great in the first 2 just not as sharp.

 

 

 

OFFENSE: OR THE NEXT BEST THING

 

• 5 Hits

• 1 Walk

• Rollins 1 hit but a huge RBI to give the Phillies their first run

• Werth had a huge walk in which he was driven home by Mike Sweeney’s HR. He also hit a solo HR!

• Sweeney had a the big 2 run HR

• Carlos Ruiz had a quiet big game with 2 hits and he scored 2 runs

• 3 2 out RBI’s

• 1 for 5 with men in scoring position continues to underscore the latest trend of lack of offense

 

 

Off to LA and Halladay faces Kuroda on Monday night  …………………….

 

 

Braves win and Giants win so nothing changes in standings ……………….