Last night Brett Myers shut down the Washington Nationals to gain his 1st win since returning from the minor leagues. Myers only allowed 1 run, 1 walk and 4 hits over 7 innings in which he also plunked Ronnie Belliard and Paul Lo Duca in the process. Understandably the Nationals are the worst offensive team in the National League sporting a .241 team combined batting average. Not to take away anything from Brett because he did perform well by hitting the outside/inside portions of the plate. He also kept his adrenaline in check to be able to locate his fastballs for strikes unlike his last outing at Shea. On another note Brad Lidge was able to enter the game and accrue his 25th save of the season in as many opportunities.
On the offensive front the team failed to raise their hit count into double digits against the Nationals pitcher whom was recently brought up from the minor leagues. There were several balls that were launched onto the warning track, but not much was done to manufacture runs on the ground. The Phillies won the game only by Chase Utley’s 2 run shot out into right field seats. Pedro Feliz has been placed on the 15 day diabled list due to lower back inflamation. Phillies Injury Listing
Tonight the Ole’ man will take the mound with his impressive 3.76 ERA. Jamie Moyer is in search of his 10th win this year facing off the Nationals Tim Redding (3.98 ERA) which the Phillies have historically had issues with hitting against.
Philadelphia | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
Rollins, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
Victorino, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .283 |
Utley, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 |
Howard, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .237 |
Burrell, LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .279 |
Ruiz, C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
Jenkins, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .237 |
Dobbs, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .306 |
Bruntlett, 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
Coste, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .285 |
Lidge, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Myers, P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .063 |
Romero, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Durbin, C, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
Werth, LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 |
Totals | 35 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
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