This could be a tough game. They just played 4 games in very short time frame and had a long trip out to Seattle.
Seattle's got a very good pitching staff including the rookie going tonight.
He's pitching a no hitter after four.
No hits after five.
This ump has a goofy strike zone. He is calling them a foot off the plate and just now the Mariner's catcher caught one that was very close the outside corner and him and the pitcher jumped up to run off the field but he called that one a ball.
After five Seattle leads 3-0 and the way this guy is pitching it doesn't look like Phils have another comeback in them.
Oswalt as he has lately looks indifferent to be being on the mound.
Dom Brown doesn't have an error but he had a bad jump on a ball in the gap that Victorino had to play and it ended up as an RBI triple, and another play that was a high pop down the rout field line that Utley had to play that Brown should have called him off. Brown would have had a chance to throw the runner out at the plate, Utley had his back to the plate and couldn't make a good throw.
The Phils aren't even getting good swings at this guy and haven't come close to a hit.
Rolling walked with two outs. So two walks and a hit batter is all so far.
Victorino got to 3-0 and this crazy ump gives the old automatic on the fourth pitch, it was clearly inside.
Now on 3-2 Shane gets a hit to break up the no-no and Chase gets a hit to knock in Rollins. A nice little 2 out rally gets it to at least 3-1.
Howard walked but Polanco just took a ball up around his shoulder the ump called a strike, so now he's swinging at anything close and he fouls one back that again was off th plate then he tries to check on another high pitch but can't hold up, and since these imps don't ask for help on check swings anymore he called Polanco out. Polanco hardly Evers coma ins but he did after that and had an animated discussion with the home plate ump. Eddings the home plate didn't throw him out though.
Olivo just almost had his second homer of the game but Victorino ran it down at the 388' marker in left center, he actually over ran the ball and jumped and he almost dropped the ball from jumping. Is was a ball long gone in most parks but not in this giant park. I thought it was out and that Oswalt just gave back the run the Phils just worked pretty hard to get.
Oh boy, jimmy Rollins just hit into a DP from behind the bag at third base, around the horn. It was a close play but he shouldn't be out on that. Chone Figgens even took an extra beat on that throw. Making it seriously bad is that Victorino just homered. Now the score is 4-2.
Whoa, Figgens just went right into the first row in foul territory trying to catch a pop up. Tumbled heel over head right in there.
Ichiro has three hits and scored three runs, he is the best hitter I've ever seen. I still can't believe he had 262 in one season.
Here comes Herndon in the eighth, and a leadoff hit.
Mood is not too bad. the Loss doesn't bother me as much as what I see from Oswalt.
I expected as much tonight with the 4 games against the Marlins then the long trip to Seattle.
Loss 4-2
streak 1 loss
Last ten 8-2
Record 44-27
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