Bullpen quandary continues some more as most of the guys whose names don't rhyme with quandary get pounded too
March 16 2007
The Phillies fell to the
Tigers this afternoon, losing 12-9 to drop to 6-9 in spring training.
Shane Victorino hit a three-run home run in the third, his first of spring.
He was 3-for-4 on the day. The Phillies scored three more times in the
sixth on a sac fly by Burrell and RBI-singles from Utley and Barajas.
Dobbs was 1-for-2 with an RBI-single. Coste was 1-for-1 and has his average
up to .278. Garcia was 0-for-2 with a strikeout. Bourn was 2-for-4 with an
RBI-triple and a stolen base.
Freddy Garcia got the start for the Phils and cruised through three innings
before Carlos Guillen led off the fourth with a solo home run. Guillen's
shot was the only run Garcia would allow through four. Garcia returned to
start the fifth and gave up two singles and two walks before Brian Sanches
replaced him with two outs and the bases loaded. Sanches gave up a
three-run double to the first man he faced, Brandon Inge, before striking
out the next batter to end the inning. Garcia wound up charged with five
runs over 4 2/3 innings on five hits and three walks.
Sanches returned to pitch the bottom of the sixth and gave up a two-run
homer to Curtis Granderson. Alfonseca followed Sanches and the first three
hitters of the inning greeted him with a single, a double and a triple
before he retired the next three. Kane Davis pitched the bottom of the
eighth -- single, walk, home run, single to start the inning before he got
the next three.
The Phillies play the Yankees tomorrow and the Twins and the Devil Rays in
split-squad action on Sunday.