Game 117 Phils @ Dodgers

What a revoltin' development that was.
Phils get a couple on base in the first but don't score. This also had a 15 pitch ab for Rollins to start the game, then he popped up.

Then the revoltin'  part. Worley had burning in the first he was behind batters, he was missing spots. Gave up a triple a homer. It was ugly, 5 runs in all.

Top of the second the Phils get second and third one out but Utley pops one to short center.
Kemp catches the ball but lobs it in, Rollins, on third, deked Kemp and tries to score but the catcher did a great job blocking the plate and Jimmy was tagged out and it's a double play to end the inning.

Ugh, Dodgers tack on another run in the third now it's six nothing.
Fourth inning, Howard walks and then Pence smacks one over the center field wall, well over 400 ft. Now it's 6-2, coming back.
Martinez on after an error by Loney, then Charlie keeps Worley in to hit and he singles Martinez in now it's 6-3.

Top fifth, Phils get one more back on an error by third baseman Casey Blake. Was an easy ground ball could have been a double play but it bounced off his arm or glove. Victorino scrored, Howard, who singled and Pence endup on second and third, one out.

Raul swings at the first pitch and pops it up into foul territory in right but the player dropped it.
He finally grounds out but Howard scores, so two more it's now 6-5.

Worley is out to start the bottom of the fifth, Kendrick is in. Kendrick lets a run in, 7-5 going to the sixth.
Chase Utley gets a two out single, good thing about that is that they had runners on second and third again and this time they both scored, tie game 7-7.
Howard is up now and he deposits a ball over that short fence down the left field line for a two run home run, now the Phillies have the lead 9-7 and come back from down 6-0.

Ok so I don't know how much Lidge has left. He came in, got one out then two hits. Last time out he wasn't very good either.
Anyway he's out and they had to bring Bastardo in early here in the seventh. He gets two outs and holds the Dodgers off the board.

Long game. After a string of games that were under 2.5 hours this one is in the seventh and is over three hours already.


Madson in to close but gives up a leadoff hit. Ether just walloped a ball out to Ibanez that he ran down, was a great catch. The ball was slicing away from him and that ball easily bounces over the low fence and would have put second and third with no outs.
Might be a game saving catch.

Uh oh, Kemp's fourth hit today and runners on the corners.
A force at second on a roller to Chase gets the second out. A run scores but two outs and a runner only on first.
Ok he got it.
That completes a 9-1 road trip first time they ever did that. First sweep in L.A. since '95.
Madson was shaky again giving up a run two straight games but he got another save. 
The closers have only one blown save this season.

So 9-1 on the road trip that I hoped would be no les then 6-4. 16-4 last 20 games.
Dodgers wore a powder blue Brooklyn Dodgers uni, looked great.

Now an off day and a series with the Nats.

Win 9-8
Streak 3 wins
After Pence 11-1
Last ten 9-1
Record 77-40 Holy Cow!