Monday, September 5, 2011

Game 137 Braves @ Phils

Cliff Lee on the mound against Derek Lowe.
So far Lee has been better.
The Phils got two in the first. The braves didn't.

The strike zone has been a tad small in the first few innings.

Hopefully tonight they will be back to normal. Those last two games in Florida were bad, they seemed completely disinterested in being there.
Also apparently the Phils have been denied their protest according to Howard Eskin today on WIP.
They said during the broadcast one mayor the other.

Bottom of the fourth the Phils get two more runs both unearned. Mayberry walked and Ruiz got on by an error, Martinez bunted them over but Lee grounded out.
Victorino has been 9-12 with two outs runners in scoring position, now he is 10-13.
Then he almost scored from second on a wild pitch. He was stealing third and slid at third or he probably would have been safe, well he probably was safe anyway but was called out.
Lowe took the throw from MCCann but Shane bounced around him and got his hand on the plate a split second before the tag.

Lowe looks bad tonight, chase just smacked a ball of the top of the right field fence. I was surprised the ball was able to bounce so far back towards the infield and that the center fielder was no where in sight.

They walk Howard for a double play but Pence lines a ball that went right over first base for a double and his third RBI of the game.
Mayberry walked again so loaded with one out for Ruiz.

Carlos has been hitting great the second half this season and has his average up to .281.
He singled and knocked on two more 7-0.
Howard homered so it's 8-0 and Cliff Lee is headed to the ninth trying for another shut out, but before that happens the Phils have tacked on another run in the eighth and the fans are doing a mock-chop.

Utley and Howard just crushed balls that just died out to center field.
On to the ninth.

An easy 1-2-3 ninth and Cliff Lee gets his 6th shut out of the season.
He might be moving in to a top contender for Cy young. These are the kind of games that I expect Halladay to be pitching but he isn't.

After those two miserable games against the Marlins they come home and murder the Braves today and knock two more off the magic number.

Howard homered, Pence three RBI's Utley a few hits.
And one last thing, Cliff Lee now has another long scoreless streak at 29.2 innings.
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Win 9-0
last ten 6-4
After Pence 23-9
Division up 8.5
Magic number 16
Record 89-48









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