SHUT OUT AGAIN; FALL TO 3 BEHIND BRAVES(PHILLIES POST 8/31/10)

August 31, 2010   ·   philliesmania   ·   Jump to comments

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The Dodgers shut out Phillies behind Kuroda’s 1 hitter!

 

THIS IS NOT GOOD …………..

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SOLID PITCHING ?    CHECK

DEFENSE?                      SHAKY

HITTING?                      NON EXISTENT

 

ANOTHER HALLADAY START laid to rest without support. He did not pitch outstanding but clearly good enough to win. This was one of the games that Halladay spread out 10 hits but did not give up a ton of runs. He did surrender 3 however which is like 30 when it is against the present Phillies offensive efforts.

 

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Halladay (L, 16-10)	7.0	10	3	3	1	4	1	103-74	2.27
D Herndon	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-3	4.43
J Romero	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	3.94

 

I would give a lot of credence to the fact that the Padres have great pitching and that Hiroki Kuroda pitched an outstanding game. But the fact is the Phillies offense have had their heads buried in the sand for almost 2 weeks now and have had these anemic stretches all season long!

 

 

OFFENSE?:

 

• 1 hit by Victorino

• 0 for 2 with men in scoring position is as lame as it gets

• Ironically Howard did not strike out

 

 

With the Braves win the Phillies fall back to 3 behind again! It may not seem like it but time is running out.

 

 

UPDATE:

1. Starting on August 17, 2010 the Phillies had to go the rest of the year going 30 and 15 or at least 29 and 16

2. Since then they are 7 and 7 !

3. The Braves were on a pace to finish 25 and 19 which would have them 1 behind the Phillies if the Phillies won 29 of the final 45

4. The Braves have gone 7 and 6 since the 17th. They had one game in hand and the Phillies blew that one with a loss on Thursday to the Astros

5. So to finish with the 20 and 16 record from August 17th, the Phillies need to go 22 and 9 over the last 31 games starting Tuesday August 31, 2010! Not likely but not impossible.

 

 

BIGGEST OBSTACLE? – THE COMOTISE OFFENSE !

 

This is the offense that has the talent and ability to lead the entire MLB in offense. Even with injuries a plenty they are still loaded for bear! But the fact is as a unit they have underachieved.

 

They have been shut out 11 times so far this season. They have had numerous games with 5 hits or less. They have been disappointing overall.

 

The only good news is they are a resilient bunch that ignore stats and have pulled out wins. Of course this is more do to quality pitching and good defense overall.

 

So like it or not the boys need to wake up out of this stupor at the plate or dreams of defending their NL EAST crown or their NL PENNANT will never happen! Oh and they need to continue to get this kind of starting pitching and relief!