Game 125 Phils @ Nationals

That was irritating. I was at a party watching the game and In the top of the ninth with the Phils up 4-3, two outs and two strikes someone says, "so who's going to get credit for the win?"
I said, "not to jinx it but the new guy, Schwimer, is up for the win."

Well, the next pitch is knocked out of the park to tie the game. This is why I don't like watchng the game with a bunch of people who I don't know or don't usually watch the game with, some knucklehead always says something that annoys me or jinxes the game.
Usually it's "they stink" or " they're going to lose anyway" or just something stupid meant to tweak me or anyone else who is trying to watch the game.

The game felt off anyway. There was another long rain delay that knocked Halladay out after only five innings. He only gave up two runs but he gave up 7 hts and didn't look his usual self again.
Since that weird game in Chicago when he left the game from being over heated, he just hasn't been his great self. He just looms like he's struggling to keep the score close. Plus he gives up a bunch of hits, especially to the first batter in an inning and almost always the first batter of the game.

So after the rain delay Michael Schwimer makes his baseball debut. He gives up a center field bomb on his second pitch that ties the game and takes Halladay out of the decision.
Schwimmer then pitches three innings and only gives up one more hit and K's 4. Not too bad.

The Phils squeak out a run in the ninth for a 4-3 lead and Bastardo comes in gets two outs and then two strikes on .230 hitter Ian Desmond.
First the comment asking who gets the win followed by the game tying homer.

Phils go down meekly in the tenth and Lidge comes in.

Ryan Zimmerman hits a leadoff double. Lidge intentionally walked Michael Morse and Jayson Werth singles to load the bases with no outs.

Lidge struck out Espinosa for the first out, but hit Jonny Gomes on his heavily padded elbow to force in the winning run. Gomes never moved an inch.
It was the first time a Phillies pitcher hit a batter to knock in the winning run since Aug. 8, 1998 when Mark Leiter hit Richard Hidalgo at the Astrodome.

I guess Stutes was unavailable, I would have had him in there and not Lidge. I'm done with Lidge, he's got nothing left.
The Phils come into the series with only 2 blown saves and leave with a total of five including two in this game. Schwimer came in with the lead so his appearance counts as a blown save.

This also dropped their division lead to 6.5 games.

Loss 5-4
Last ten 6-4
After Pence 15-5
Division 6.5
Magic number 30
Record 81-44