Game 115 Phils @ Dodgers August 8th

Roy Halladay gives up a lot of hits. He doesnt walk many but lots of base runners. Again leadoff hitters getting on too.

He has let 8 hits and a walk with no outs in the sixth.
Almost another one that Loney just raked. Pence made a nice catch, got a great jump on the ball for a diving catch.
Ryan Howard has been Jeckyl and Hyde today. 2 hits two RBI's but also another ugly strikeout.

Pence has two hits and an intentional walk.
Ibanez is as bad right now as he was great last month.

Now Halladay is out after an out, a hit and a walk in the seventh. So 6.2 innings , nine hits, 2 walks and only four strike outs.
Bastardo went to 3-0 on his first hitter but Ethier swung and fouled one off, and then a 6-4-3 double play. Out of the jam.


Now Stutes comes in and gives up a run and a bad pickoff sends a runner down to second and he's behind the next batter.
Looks like Lidge will be in next.
Phils are up 4-2 in the eighth, looks like Stutes has been figured out by the rest of the league. He hasn't been so hot lately
Now one out a runner on third and here comes Brad Lidge.
Barajas takes a 3-1 pitch right down the middle for ball four. Runners on the corners still one out. At least they can get a DP now.
Base hit and now it's 4-3. Who's left in the pen besides the closer?
Lidge doesn't have much of a fastball anymore. He's topping out around 89.
90 might be As fast as he can get it up there now.

There's a play that you don't se much.
First and second, one out. A grounder towards Utley. Rivera runs into Utley before Utley has the ball.
The runner on second comes around to score, but he ha to come back to second because it's interference on Rivera for running into chase.
He needed to wait for Utley to catch the ball before he makes contact with the fielder.
So runner who was on second goes back. Runner on first is out and the batter goes to first.

Next pitch bounced five feet in front of the plate and now it's second and third 2 outs. Lidge has been ugly this inning.
Well Stutes was pretty bad too.

Dee Gordon drag bunts and almost got it past Lidge, almost. If he does it's a hit and a tie game.

4-3 going to the top of the ninth.
Shane popped one out over the right field wall for an insurance run. So 5-3 heading into the bottom of the ninth and Ryan Madson.

Madson gives up a single but that's it. They win it.
That's 10-1 last 11 games. And 7-1 on the road trip thati was going to be happy with a 6-4 trip.

Also it's worth mentioning the results of the fight fallout.
Shane Victorino gets a three game suspension...........
That's it. No one on the Giants gets anything. Completely ridiculous. The pitcher shold get at least 5 games and the catcher, Whiteside should get the same as Victorino.

Win 5-3
Streak 1 win
After Pence 9-1
Last ten 9-1
Record 75-40