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Myers Comes Up Big as Phillies Shut Out Mets
September 6th, 2008
  Starter Brett Myers, who has won 5 of his last 6 outings, came up big in the clutch in a 1-0 game shutting out the Mets on 3 hits over 8 innings. 3rd baseman Greg Dobbs gave Myers and the Phillies 2 insurance runs with a seventh inning 2 run shot off of Mike Pelfrey as the Phils took game 1 of this important series by a 3-0 score.The Phillies picked up a game on the NL East division leading Mets and now trail by 2 games. The 3rd place Florida Marlins beat theSt. Louis Cardinals to stay 8 games behind. The 4th place Atlanta Braves got a 7 run fourth inning to pound Washington and remain 19 games behind.The Phils got on the board quickly off of Pelfrey in the first inning as centerfielder Shane Victorino singled to right, stole 2nd base and went to 3rd on catcher Brian Schneider’s throwing error. The Flyin’ Hawaiian scored on 2nd baseman Chase Utley’s ground out to 1st base.That was all the offense that Myers needed as he weathered a 1 out double and a walk in the first inning by getting Carlos Delgado on an inning ending doubleplay. After again weathering a double and walk in the second inning, Myers punched out the next 19 of 20 Mets; 11 in a row followed by a double, followed by 8 more Mets in a row.Pelfrey also had a fine outing giving up only 4 hits in his seven innings of work. He threw 113 pitches. But Myers was dominant in a money-game, allowing 3 hits (all doubles) while walking 2 and striking out 10 on 118 pitches, in what was easily his best performance of the season.AP Reporter Mike Fitzgerald describes the game and comments on Myers’ performance for Yahoo sports;“This is his best game this year. This is definitely the most impressive. Right on time, too,” Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel said.The right-hander allowed three hits and struck out 10 in another overwhelming performance.“He’s become the top-tier pitcher everybody knew he was,” Dobbs said.After struggling early this season, Myers (9-10) is 6-1 in nine outings since coming back from the minors July 20. He is 4-0 with a 0.58 ERA in his past four starts spanning 31 innings—holding the opponent scoreless three times.“I always knew I could do it. I had to go down there to get in shape to see if I could do it at this level,” Myers said. “I knew it was going to be a dogfight going in. Pelfrey has been pitching great and I had to try to match him or do even better.”With two outs in the seventh, Dobbs drove a 2-2 pitch to right and the ball skimmed off the top of [rightfielder] Church’s glove as he leaped at the fence.Brad Lidge got through a shaky ninth, retiring Carlos Beltran and Ryan Church with two on to end New York’s sixth loss in 23 games.Lidge remained perfect in 34 save chances this year. He completed Philadelphia’s NL-leading 11th shutout this season, while New York was blanked for the fifth time.[David] Wright doubled with one out in the ninth and went to third on Carlos Delgado’s single. But Beltran flied to shallow left on a 3-1 pitch and Victorino ran down Church’s long drive to center.Phillies Nation’s Tim Malcolm offers these additional comments on Myers’ performance; He struck out 10. He hit the strike zone early and often. His curve was devastating. Mets hitters had no answer. Frankly, Myers has become a dominant pitcher, and considering the only pitchers with a better (or equal) post-trade deadline resume are CC Sabathia and Rich Harden, Myers has become one of the majors’ best arms.this game was all about Myers, who has completely turned it around. He now has a 4.19 ERA… If Myers continues being sharp with his curveball — which Chris Coste compared to the changeup thrown by Cole Hamels and Johan Santana — it’s very possible he will be the ace we always predicted.For all of the scores, boxscores and recaps on Friday’s games, click here.Saturday’s game between the two clubs was postponed due to heavy rains, the remnants of Tropical Storm Hanna. This necessitates a day-night doubleheader on Sunday. In the day game, 45 year old lefthander Jamie Moyer is opposed by 37 year old Pedro Martinez who has had shoulder and arm problems. In his last start, “his velocity mostly resided in the low-80s mph.”Sunday’s nightcap is a battle of premier lefthanders as Cole Hamels opposes Johan Santana.For all of the scores, boxscores and recaps on Sunday’s games, click here.Add to:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.|  del.icio.us |  digg |  Furl |  Reddit |  YahooMyWeb |
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Nationals Overtake Phillies on Late Rally, Manuel’s Miscues
September 4th, 2008
With the Phillies leading 5-4 with 2 out bases empty in the seventh inning and lefthanded reliever Scott Eyre on the mound, Charlie Manuel went to Chad Durbin to pitch to righthanded hitting 3rd baseman Ryan Zimmerman. The result; Durbin’s 3rd pitch nailed to center for the game tying homer plus 3 more runs in a 4 run eighth as the Nationals won by 9-7, taking 2 of 3 from the Phils.With the loss, the Phillies dropped further behind the NL East division leading Mets and now trail by 3 games. The Mets pounded the Milwaukee Brewers to sweep their 3 game series setting up the climactic 3 game weekend series between the 2 teams. The 3rd place Marlins beat the 4th place Atlanta Braves to take 2 of 3 games. The Marlins stayed 8 games back while the Braves dropped out of sight 19 games behind. This is a game which Charlie Manuel personally blew by putting the wrong reliever in the wrong situation, a 2 out, none on situation better left alone to play out. The result is that the Phillies wasted a 2 homer, 4 RBI game by 1st baseman Ryan Howard and have dug themselves a hole, losing 2 of 3 to Nationals. This is not the type of momentum the Phils need going into Shea. The ultimate result could be disastrous. But putting Durbin in to replace Eyre and to face Zimmerman was not the only Manuel screw-up in this game. Where was centerfielder Shane Victorino? Benched to put Eric Bruntlett (0-2, .218) in rightfield moving Jayson Werth to center? Why? I find no explanation for this move in any of the post-game recaps. The only hint that something is wrong is Phillies Nation’s little caption;Shame On Shane: Shane Victorino is on the bench tonight. Eric Bruntlett is in right field, and Jayson Werth is in center field.Unlike the media explosion earlier in the season surrounding the benching of Jimmy Rollins because he arrived late at Shea, there seems to be, what we call in Israel, “a gag order” in place. “Shame On Shane” — Why?The Phillies opened the scoring in the first inning as Ryan Howard solved lefthander Odalis Perez for a 2 out 2 run homer scoring 2nd baseman Chase Utley who had reached as a hit batsman as the Phils took a 2-0 lead. But the Nationals tied the score against Joe Blanton in their first inning on an RBI double by 3rd baseman Ryan Zimmerman and 2 out RBI single by 1st baseman .203 hitting Kory Casto.The Phils went up by 3-2 in the third inning on Utley’s 1 out RBI triple to centerfield which followed Rollins’ single. But the Nationals regained the lead at 4-3 in the fifth after Blanton walked 2 and 2 runs scored on fielder’s choice grounders with reliever Ryan Madson on the mound. Blanton was charged with both runs while throwing 84 pitches in 4 innings and giving up a total of 4 runs on 6 hits while walking 3 and striking out 2.But the Phils came back in the sixth inning as Werth, hitting in the 3rd spot in the lineup, singled through the middle and scored on Howard’s 2nd homer. 5-4 Phillies.AP sports writer Joseph White describes the disgusting turn of events late in the game for Yahoo sports;The Phillies led 5-4 when Durbin entered the game with two outs and nobody on in the seventh. Manuel wanted a righty-righty matchup against Zimmerman, but the move backfired when Zimmerman deposited Durbin’s third pitch to straightaway center field for his 11th homer.“We’ve been asking a lot out of him,” Manuel said. “But at the same time he’s been so good, he’s the guy we kind of have to go to and ride him. And why shouldn’t we? He’s been so good this year.”Durbin allowed three hits in four batters in the eighth, capped by pinch-hitter Ronnie Belliard’s RBI single that gave the Nationals a 6-5 lead. J.C. Romero entered and walked Emilio Bonifacio, loading the bases for [Cristian] Guzman’s three-run double that hit the base of the wall in left and made it 9-5.“I was just trying to put the ball in play,” Guzman said. “I saw the ball go into the gap, so ‘Thank you.”’The Phillies rallied for two runs in the ninth off reliever Joel Hanrahan, but it wasn’t enough as they lost their first series in Washington since 2006.Saul Rivera (5-5), one of seven Nationals pitchers, threw a scoreless eighth to get the victory to finish an 8-1 homestand.Durbin was charged with the loss, his 4th of the season. He has 5 wins.In blogging throughout this season, there have been seeming watershed games where it looked as if the season turned down and then up again for the Phillies. I hope that this one was not the season-breaker. But we’ll see what guts, persistence and fortitude these guys have over this coming weekend series with the Mets. It’s a good move to push Cole Hamels into Sunday’s start against the Mets. It’s time that he stepped up in the tradition of “Lefty” Steve Carlton and, ore recently, Curt Schilling.For all of the scores, boxscores and recaps on Wednesday’s games, click here.The Phils have Thursday off before travelling to Shea stadium on Friday for the Big Series, their final 3 regular season games against the Mets. Brett Myers, perhaps the hotest pitcher the Phils have and maybe one of the hotest in baseball, is opposed by Mike Pelfrey.For all of the scores, boxscores and recaps on Thursday’s games, click here. Add to:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.| del.icio.us | digg | Furl | Reddit | YahooMyWeb |
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Hamels, Bullpen Shutout Nationals
September 3rd, 2008
  Phillies ace lefthander Cole Hamels outpitched his lefty opponent John Lannan going 7 1/3 shutout innings with the bullpen finishing the job. Shortstop Jimmy Rollins drove in 2 runs as the Phillies ended the Nationals’ 7 game winning streak on Tuesday with a 4-0 shutout win.With the win, the Phillies remained 2 games behind the NL East division leading Mets who edged the Milwaukee Brewers in 10 innings. The 4th place Atlanta Braves rallied against the 3rd place Marlins in a slugfest. The Marlins dropped to 8 games back while the Braves remained 18 games behind. Lannan set down the first 6 Phillies hitters in order before 3rd baseman Pedro Feliz opened the third inning with a single to centerfield. After catcher Carlos Ruiz grounded into a fielder’s choice with Feliz out at 2nd base, Hamels sacrificed to 3rd moving Ruiz to 2nd from where he scored on Jimmy Rollins’ single to leftfield. Rollins advanced to 2nd on the throw home. 2nd baseman Chase Utley followed with a single to center scoring Rollins as the Phils took a 2-0 lead. Utley took 3rd base on rightfielder Jayson Werth’s single to center but was later caught trying to steal home as the side was retired. Washington’s catcher Jesus Flores was carried from the field after the play as a result of being barreled into by Utley on the play.The AP recap of the game describes the collision at the plate for Yahoo sports;“When I saw him in the type of pain that he was, I was very worried,” Washington manager Manny Acta said. “I felt really bad for the kid, but X-rays were negative and it just looks like an ankle sprain right now. We’ll have an MRI tomorrow and we’ll find out more about it, but the good news is that the X-rays didn’t show anything.”The collision came as Utley was attempting to steal home with two outs. With runners on first and third, Lannan made a pickoff throw to first and Utley broke for home.Utley arrived at the plate just after the throw from first baseman Ronnie Belliard and crashed hard into Flores. After he tagged out Utley, Flores stayed on the ground near home plate for several minutes as his left leg was attended to by trainers and medical personnel.Meanwhile Hamels survived doubles in the first and second innings as Washington had a hitter reach either by hit or by walk in four of the first six innings.The Phils scored 2 more runs in the seventh off of reliever Levale Speigner as Feliz and Ruiz both singled and Hamels grounded out to 3rd base advancing both runners. Rollins singled to right scoring Feliz with Ruiz taking 3rd base. The AP recap notes that;Ruiz then scored as Rollins was caught in a rundown between first and second during an inning-ending double play.But the big story in the game was Hamels who has made 29 starts this season and has pitched at least seven innings 23 times—the most in the majors. He sports a 3.01 ERA for the season in 203 innings.The AP recap recorded comments about Hamels from shortstop Jimmy Rollins;“He gets a quality start pretty much every time out,” Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins said. “He gives you a chance to win. His record doesn’t necessarily indicate that, but his ERA does. Sometimes good pitchers run into bad luck. There have been games we have blown, games that we just haven’t scored, and then there are games like tonight, where all it takes is one or two runs and he can work with it.”Hamels won his 12th game of the season against 8 losses, tying him with Jamie Moyer for the staff lead in wins. He threw 104 pitches in 7 1/3 innings giving up 5 hits, walking 3 and striking out 6.J.C. Romero, Chad Durbin and closer Brad Lidge put the lights out on the Nationals through the final 1 2/3 innings.Losing pitcher John Lannan went six innings giving up 2 runs on 5 hits while walking 2 and striking out 4. For all of the scores, boxscores and recaps on Tuesday’s games, click here. In Wednesday’s final, Joe Blanton is opposed by lefthander Odalis Perez.The Phils have Thursday off before, the travelling to Shea stadium on Friday for their final 3 regular season games against the Mets. In the opener, Brett Myers is opposed by Mike Pelfrey.For all of the scores, boxscores and recaps on Wednesday’s games, click here.Add to:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.| del.icio.us | digg | Furl | Reddit | YahooMyWeb |
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Redding, Nationals’ Offense Streak Past the Phillies
September 2nd, 2008
Starter Tim Redding held the Phillies hitless and scoreless through five innings, despite 2 walks and 2 hit batsmen, while the cellar-dwelling Nationals pounded Kyle Kendrick for 6 runs on 8 hits in four innings, including 3rd baseman Ryan Zimmerman’s 2 out 2 run homer, as the Nationals upended the Phillies by a 7-4 score on Monday increasing their winning streak to 7 games.With the loss, the Phillies dropped to 2 games behind the NL East division leading Mets who rallied from a 2-0 deficit for 4 late inning runs to beat the Milwaukee Brewers. The Marlins remained 7 games back while beating 4th place Atlanta who dropped to 18 games behind. The Nationals offense jumped on Kyle Kendrick quickly loading the bases in the first inning before centerfielder Lastings Milledge drove in 2 runs with a 1 out single to center. After Kendrick appeared to settle down in the second and third innings, the Nationals pounded him for 4 runs on 5 hits in the fourth as Redding helped his own cause with a base hit. Leftfielder Willie Harris drove in a run with a triple to rightfield, shortstop Cristian Guzman doubled in a run and Zimmerman’s 2 run homer capped the onslaught.The AP report for Yahoo sports describes the game;“We’re going through one of those good times now,” Zimmerman said. “We’ve got to keep doing that for the rest of the month and it’ll be a fun last three or four weeks.”As the Nationals’ offense was clicking, Redding was struggling to control his fastball, although it was hard to tell from the scoreboard—Redding (10-8) did not allow a hit in the first five innings.The only two hits given up by Redding came in the sixth, before he was lifted for a reliever. Redding allowed three runs in 5 2-3 innings, walking three and hitting two batters.There were certainly some flaws in those no-hit frames. In the first inning, Redding put runners on with a walk and a hit batter, then threw the ball into center field on a pick-off attempt before striking out Ryan Howard and getting Jayson Werth to pop up and end the inning.By the time Shane Victorino beat out the throw on a grounder deep in the hole for the Phillies’ first hit, Redding was already wearing down.“I was beat after about the fourth inning,” Redding said.Victorino’s single started a mini-meltdown for the Nationals.With two out, Victorino stole second and advanced on an error by catcher Jesus Flores. Ryan Howard then doubled, sending Victorino home. Redding walked Jayson Werth and was relieved by Charlie Manning, after throwing 106 pitches.He lacked command of his fastball early in the game, that’s why he ran his pitch count,” Acta said. “But still, he made pitches when he had to.”Philadelphia didn’t need any more hits—Manning walked two to load the bases, and reliever Marco Estrada came on. Estrada didn’t do much better. He walked pinch-hitter Pat Burrell to drive in one run, then hit Chris Coste to send home another. Estrada finally got out of the inning, striking out pinch-hitter Carlos Ruiz.The Nationals’ bullpen shut down Philadelphia the rest of the way, allowing just two more hits. One of those was a solo home run by Jimmy Rollins in the ninth inning, his 10th of the year.Rightfielder Matt Stairs, newly acquired from Cleveland, got his first start as Charlie Manuel replaced Werth in leftfield for Burrell. Stairs got his 1st two NL at bats in five seasons greounding out shortstop and to the pitcher. Redding, who gave up 3 runs on 2 hits while walking 3 and striking out 2 in 5 2/3 innings, recorded his 10th win, tying his career high.Newly called-up lefthander J.A. Happ came on for losing pitcher Kendrick in the fifth giving up a single and hitting the next hitter before recording 2 strikeouts and a groundout to escape unscathed. Kendrick threw 84 pitches through four innings in losing his 8th game, he has 11 wins. Reliever Clay Condrey gave up the final Nationals’ run in the seventh while giving up 2 hits and striking out 2 in two innings. Rudy Seanez pitched the ninth inning giving up 1 hit.Other September call-ups for the Phillies include veteran Adam Eaton, lefthanded reliever Les Walrond, catcher Lou Marson, infielders Mike Cervenak and Andy Tracy as well as centerfielder Greg Golson.For all of the scores, boxscores and recaps on Monday’s games, click here. On Tuesday, it’s a battle of lefties as Cole Hamels faces John Lannan. In Wednesday’s final, Joe Blanton is opposed by lefthander Odalis Perez.The Phils have Thursday off before, the travelling to Shea stadium on Friday for their final 3 regular season games against the Mets. For all of the scores, boxscores and recaps on Tuesday’s games, click here.Add to:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.| del.icio.us | digg | Furl | Reddit | YahooMyWeb |
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Werth Leads Phillies to Split With Cubs
September 1st, 2008
  Phillies rightfielder Jayson Werth had another big game in Sunday’s final with a 2 run double in the first inning and a fifth inning solo homer. 45 year old lefthander Jamie Moyer clung to a 3-2 lead for 5 1/3 innings and the bullpen held the Cubs at bay through the rest of the game for a series-splitting 5-3 win. The Phillies kept pace with the Mets who again beat the Marlins. The Mets’ NL East division lead remains at 1 game. The Marlins dropped to 7 games back. The 4th place Atlanta Braves lost again to the cellar-dwelling Washington Nationals and dropped to 17 games behind.Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano, Moyer’s scheduled opponent, was a late scratch due to what was described as a dead arm. Lefthander Sean Marshall replaced him in the rotation and the Phillies pounded Marshall, right at the start, for 3 runs in the first inning.With 1 out, 2nd baseman Chase Utley walked and stole 2nd base. After leftfielder Pat Burrell struck out, 1st baseman Ryan Howard drove in Utley with a single to right centerfield. Howard also had a big game going 3 for 5. Centerfielder Shane Victorino, who had 2 hits in the game, singled to rightfield putting runners at 1st and 2nd base. Victorino and Howard both scored on Werth’s double to left. 3rd baseman Pedro Feliz ended the inning by fouling out to 1st base.The Cubs came back in the 2nd inning on 4 hits with shortstop Ronny Cendeno and pitcher Marshall notching RBI singles to close the gap to 3-2.Moyer tenaciously held the lead despite a 2 out, 1st and 3rd situation. Rightfielder Kasuke Fukudome struck out swinging to end the threat. Then Moyer cruised through the fourth and fifth innings retiring 6 of the next 7 hitters he faced. In the fifth, Werth belted his 3rd homer in 2 games, a 2 out solo shot to leftfield for his 21st homer of the season. In the sixth, the Phils added another insurance run as catcher Carlos Ruiz led off with a double, went to 3rd on Moyer’s sacrifice grounder and scored on shortstop Jimmy Rollins’ sacrifice fly to left centerfield.With 1 out in the sixth inning; Fukudome singled, Cedeno walked and that was it for Moyer after 97 pitches and 2 runs on 8 hits, 2 walks and four strikeouts. Moyer was credited with his staff-leading 12th win vs 7 losses.Reliever Chad Durbin finished out the sixth inning and went clean on the Cubs in the seventh striking out 3 in 1 2/3 innings before leaving in the eighth with 1 out and a runner on 1st base. J.C. Romero replaced Durbin. After a wild pitch and a ground out, pinch hitter Henry Blanco drove in the Cubs’ 3rd run with a single to left driving Romero from the game, replaced by Ryan Madson who finished the inning.Meanwhile, Marshall, charged with all 5 runs on 9 hits on 90 pitches, was charged with the loss and left after Ruiz’s double in the sixth. The Cubs bullpen allowed only 3 Phils to reach, all on singles, through the rest of the game. Closer Brad Lidge took care of the Cubs in the ninth inning on 8 pitches to notch his 33rd save of the season.AP sportswriter Rick Gano added these observations for Yahoo sports;“It speaks volumes for this club,” Werth said after Philadelphia’s second straight win against the team with the best record in the NL. “We’ve been playing good all year. … I think especially to split the series here in Chicago, against the Cubs, at home, I think it says a lot.”The oldest player in the majors, Moyer has given up three runs or less in 15 straight starts. He is now 3-0 in his career against the Cubs, who drafted him in the sixth round in 1984. He was 28-34 pitching for the Cubs from 1986-88.The Phillies finished with a 16-13 record for the month of August after being 5 up, 8 down at mid-month after being swept in 4 games by the Dodgers. They came back 8 days later to return the favor, sweeping the Dodgers in 4 games at home.For all of the scores, boxscores and recaps on Sunday’s games, click here.The Phils next head to the Washington Nationals for 3 games followed by 3 at Shea stadium, their final 3 regular season games against the Mets.In Monday’s opener, Kyle Kendrick opposes Tim Redding. On Tuesday, it’s a battle of yiung lefties as Cole Hamels faces John Lannan.For all of the scores, boxscores and recaps on Monday’s games, click here.Add to:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.| del.icio.us | digg | Furl | Reddit | YahooMyWeb |
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Phillies Win on Myers’ Gem, Homers by Werth, Howard
August 31st, 2008
   Brett Myers, unscored upon in 17 innings, gave up single runs in the second and eighth innings before being bailed out by J.C. Romero. But rightfielder Jayson Werth clubbed 2 homers and 4 RBIs and 1st baseman Ryan Howard also homered as the Phillies knocked out lefthander Ted Lilly and battered the Cubs lefthanded reliever Neal Cotts enroute to a 5-2 win in Saturday’s 3rd game.The win, coupled with the Marlins comeback win over the Mets loss enabled the Phils to reduce the Mets’ NL East division lead to 1 game. The 4th place Atlanta Braves lost again to the cellar-dwelling Washington Nationals, this time in 10 innings but remain 16 games behind. Rightfielder Jayson Werth broke a 1-1 deadlock in the sixth inning with a 2 out, 2 run single to give the Phils a 3-1 lead. He had led off the fifth inning againt Lilly with a game-tying solo homer and followed 1st baseman Ryan Howard’s 37th homer in the eighth against reliever Neal Cotts with another solo homer of his own, number 20. Werth was the offfensive hero in a game the Phils really needed going 3 for 4 with 4 of the Phillies’ 5 RBIs.Brett Myers pitched another gem to notch his 8th win vs 10 losses although he gave up 11 hits and broke down in the eighth inning as 3 straight Cub hits plated the 2nd run. But J.C. Romero came on with runners at 1st and 2nd base with none out and mowed down the Cubs striking out the side. Myers has won 4 of his last 6 starts and has only allowed 2 runs in 23 innings over 3 games.After the Phils threatened in the ninth with 2 on and one out against Cub reliever Bob Howry, closer Brad Lidge came on in the Cubs’ ninth to retire the side in order to register his 32nd save.The Cubs took an early 1-0 lead in the 2nd inning as catcher Geovany Soto followed 2 one out singles with an RBI single to centerfield.Lilly made the lead stand up through four innings only allowing the first 2 Phillies to reach in the first inning before retiring the next 12 Phils in a row before Werth led off the fifth with his game-tying homer.Phillies nation’s Tim Malcolm summed up the game;It came down to the eighth inning yet again, but JC Romero was fearless, backing Jayson Werth’s big game and Brett Myers’ stellar performance.Myers was stellar in limiting the Cubs from scoring. He gave up 11 hits — a common thread for his starts — but didn’t let the Cubs get one extra-base hit, the key to his victory. He got his outs when he needed them, eight for strikeouts. It mirrored his last start against the Dodgers.Jayson Werth fueled the offense with two home runs and an RBI single (4 RBI). His presence in the lineup against a left-handed pitcher (especially with a struggling Pat Burrell) is of huge importance.Arguably the clutch performance in the game was JC Romero’s.For all of the scores, boxscores and recaps on Saturday’s games, click here. The Phillies must win in Sunday’s game against the Central division leading Cubs to finish off August for a split of the series and to either keep pace with, or catch the Mets. On Monday, the Phils head to the Washington Nationals for 3 games followed by 3 at Shea stadium, their final 3 regular season games against the Mets. In Sunday’s final, 45 year old lefthander Jamie Moyer faces Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano.For all of the scores, boxscores and recaps on Sunday’s games, click here.Add to:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.| del.icio.us | digg | Furl | Reddit | YahooMyWeb |
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