Comments on: Fifth win in a row gets the Phils past .500 but not past their bullpen problems

By: egrissom

egrissom — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:05:43 +0000

Agreed. I’m assuming you mean the combination of bad hitting and bad pitching, which makes it tough to win.

Two extra-base hits in the Phils for the game, a double by Cliff Lee and a pinch-hit double for Orr. Again, that’s going to make it tough to win if your starter allows five runs in the first three innings.

On the plus side, the Phils got some much-needed good work from the bullpen in games two and three of the set.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Mon, 21 May 2012 01:34:41 +0000

Sunday. Not good for so very many reasons.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:31:08 +0000

ONE MORE TIME: FREDDIE

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:23:03 +0000

So, is it me or am I the only one who cannot remember the last time Qualls appeared without allowing at least one run?

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:08:29 +0000

So by my count, the bullpen’s allowed 55 runs, and Chooch has scored 21 and batted in 31 for a total of 52 (double-counting HR’s, I guess). So no, he’s not outscoring the bullpen. But it’s close.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:58:21 +0000

Freddie

Chooch :-O

By: egrissom

egrissom — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:12:12 +0000

Indeed. And the Phillies are going to need all of the late runs they can get, especially if they’re going to keep letting lefties pound the ball way out of the yard against Qualls.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Sat, 19 May 2012 01:40:59 +0000

FREDDIE

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:06:47 +0000

I think tonight oughtta be instructive. Pitching matchup has to be called in our favor. So let’s see what Charlie’s boys can do with that. (Will kind of be interesting also because the Sox are probably the main talk show destination for Hamels next year, at least that I have heard on Comcast.)

By: egrissom

egrissom — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:08:01 +0000

I think they need to keep Diekman, just cause they are running out of choices. He didn’t look real good last night.

The offense is getting better. Up to seventh in the NL overall in runs scored. That’s not good enough, but it’s a lot of improvement. Third in the NL in runs scored for May so far. They can’t sustain that over a lot of games without better hitters, but it’s nice to see them put up a bunch of runs over the past few games.

As you point out, though, a lot of the recent surge has come against some teams that are just terrible.