Did hunter Pence get Ryan Howard better pitches already in Howard's first ab?
On the second pitch Ryan smoked a ball of the ivy over the center field fence and Howard is 4-4 with three RBI's so far.
Pence is 0-4 but he was safe on a close play at first in his initial ab but was called out.
Howard also picked u his 1000th hit tonight.
Cliff Lee has 9 K's after six innings and except for a two run homer he has looked very good. Much better then his last game when he looked like he didn't care.
Lee gets a mini standing O for nearly beating out an infield hit.
They had to take Lee out in the eighth, gave up a few runs and just couldn't get that last out. Bastardo came in and got the strike out.
leadoff triple for Victorino no outs, Utley dribbles a ball to first.
Now they walk Howard to get to Pence.
Hunter makes them pay by getting a single and the RBI.
Madson strikes out the side to nail down the win.
You have to wonder why Charlie let Lee go out for the 8th inning. He was near 100 pitches, they have a big lead. Put the bullpen in and keep Lee under 100 pitches and a really good game instead of an okay game. He ends p over 120 pitches, should have been out earlier.
Pence ends up 1-5 but clearly Howard was seeing better pitches and was 4-4 a triple short of a cycle.
Win 7-4
Streak 2 wins
After Pence 1-0
Last ten 7-3
Record 67-39
Home record 40-18
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