Hopefully no rain delay tonight. Looks like rain but the game is expected to go on time.
Starte on time. Not much action after five innings. Phils have
One hit the Braves no hits after five.
The one Phil hit was an Ibanez homer.
Top of the sixth Bourne leads off and immediately, in fact as the graphic is on the screen of the longest Oswalt has gone without up a hit, Bourne gets a double, then scores on a dribbler up through the middle.
Nice job Broadcast team.
In the Phils sixth Victorino gets with two outs Polanco hits one out to right, Heyward traps it but C.B. Bucknor calls it a catch.
Polanco sees it right away and I saw it on tv. I'll never understand how an umps who is right there cannot see the play correctly.
Makes no sense, anyway the umps got together and one of them over ruled it and called it a hit. Freddie Gonzalez came out to argue and got tossed from the game.
Then Utley got hit right on top of the helmet so the bases are loaded but Howard can't hit lefties and he struck out, wasn't even close to any pitches.
Braves in the seventh get a coup,l of hits and take the lead and now the home plate ump has moved the strike zone and Oswalt isn't getting the same calls as earlier in the game.
Phils still have only two hits.
Bad effort by the Phils today so far and Oswalt is having a really good game.
Bastardo is imploding in the eighth, a hit then a four pitch walk. If not for a double play on the smash Uggla just hit he would be in big trouble.
Only two hits headed to the bottom of the eighth. I wonder if theyre getting bored. They are the fastest Phils team to 90 wins, only 138 games so maybe they are losing focus. They did lose two games to Florida before this series. Seems that they aren't into the game sometimes.
MAyberry a leadoff hit off Venters.
These two guys the Braves use in the eighth and to close are really good. Kimbral is a rookie but he has 42 saves and that's a rookie record.
Valdez bunts over Mayberry.
I think this is the first time they have shown this guy on tv.
A guy dresses in full catchers gear in Carlos Ruiz uniform.
Maybe I have seen that before but I don't remember it.
Victorino swings at a ball a foot in front of the plate in the dirt, two outs.
Oh nice, Polanco shoots one into right field, short to Heyward, and he has a great arm but his throw was way offline and Mayberry ties the score.
Jeez, Francisco walks then Howard swings at three balls nowhere near the strike zone and strikes out.
It wouldn't be so annoying if he at least would swing at balls that were near the strike zone.
Ok tie score onto the ninth.
Heyward leads off with an infield hit, instead of Wheels saying that Valdez was back too far on the hit and didn't make a quick enough charge to the ball he tells us how fast Heyward is. Stop it Wheels, he isn't that fast, Valdez didn't make a good charge on the ball.
I'd like to see the numbers on lead off hitters against the Phils. Seems to me as if they always have the first batter on base a lot of innings.
Phils tie it in the eighth and then in the ninth after Pence grounded out Ibanez walked and Ruiz singled.
Ruiz has been clutch the last half of the season, seems to always get a big hit.
Up comes Ross Gload who stinks lately.
He smacked a ball down the right field line that hit the bag and went into the corner, Ibanez scores Phils win.
The weird play was in the eighth when Utley got hit. It was a fast ball and it clanked right off the top of his helmut but Chase turned to the ump and asked "where did it hit, on my head?" so he must not have known what happened and he was removed from the game after the inning with headache and as a precautionary measure.
I can't see him flying to Milwaukee tonight after that.
So 43 games over .500. They just keep adding to records every week.
I don't know what the playoff magic number is but I'm guessing it's four.
for the seconds straight year the Braves get swept by the Phils in September.
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Win 3-2
last ten 7-3
After Pence 25-9
Division up 10.5
Magic number 12
Playoff Magic Number 4
Record 91-48
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