Archive for July, 2008
« Previous EntriesShane’s reign as the Phils’ best hitter may be short, but it’s sweet
Thursday, July 31st, 2008The Phillies’ offense is suddenly looking good again, led at the top of the order by the hot bat of Shane Victorino.
Victorino drove in three runs last night, including one that came on his seventh home run of the month. He is hitting 327/370/624 in July and has hit six home runs in his […]
Brett all that against the Nats
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Before this season is over the Phillies are going to need Brett Myers to pitch great against great offensive teams. Last night he didn’t get a chance as he faced the Washington Nationals, the worst offensive team in either league.
Meek offense or not, though, Myers gave the Phils his best start in […]
Call it a comeback
Monday, July 28th, 2008The Phils put 22 runs on the board in the final two games of their series with the Braves, leaving many fans believing their bats may have finally awoken. Given the way they’ve been pitching, let’s hope so.
Atlanta scored 27 runs in the three-game set and the Phils got more miserable work from the […]
Big bats, big pen help rally Phils past their ace
Sunday, July 27th, 2008If the Phillies needed some life from their bats and some help from their bullpen, they got both yesterday. Cole Hamels gave up nine runs in the fourth inning, but the Phils roared back with seven in the fifth. Greg Dobbs capped the rally with a three-run homer that put the Phils up […]
Lidge spares the Phils the misery of another close loss
Saturday, July 26th, 2008The list of tasks on the Phils to-do list is short but daunting: get the hitters hitting and the bullpen getting some people out. Right now they’re not real close on either front.
The Phils scored three runs of fewer for the third straight game last night and the fourth time in five games. […]