http://www.midnightschildren.com The eternal quest of one team Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:29:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Phillies got just what they were hoping for when they traded for Joe Blanton a few weeks ago. He was able to give the team 7 strong innings last night as the Phillies beat the Cardinals 2-1. Blanton allowed 1 run on 4 hits and 2 walks his best ... http://www.midnightschildren.com/phillies-2-cardinals-1.html In his second start since returning from the minors Brett Myers was looking like the Brett Myers of old as he threw 7 solid innings allowing on 1 run on 4 hits and 1 walk. The Phillies have been hoping for an outing like this from Myers for many months ... http://www.midnightschildren.com/phillies-2-nationals-1.html As the race for the National East pennant tightens up thePhillies are looking to bolster their pitching staff. There are not many quality starters available and with C.C. Sabathia being traded to Milwaukee and Rich Harden going to the Cubs the list has shortened considerably. The Phillies are desperate for ... http://www.midnightschildren.com/trades.html The Phillies watched their lead in the National League East dwindle to just a 1/2 game after another horrific outing by Adam Eaton. Hopefully the Phillies will not allow him to start another game after he lasted just 3-2/3 innings allowing 8 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks. The ... http://www.midnightschildren.com/diamondbacks-10-phillies-4.html The Phillies are approaching the all star break after a weekend series with the Diamondbacks. They are hanging on to a slim 1-1/2 game lead over the surging Mets who have won 7 in a row while the Phillies are not playing good baseball. They have only won one series ... http://www.midnightschildren.com/midseason.html The Phillies started off their 9 game road with losing 2 of 3 to the A's. They dropped a 5-0 game yesterday after sanpping their six gaming losing streak the day before. This now makes 5 consecutive series the Phillies have lost. They remain in 1st place in the National ... http://www.midnightschildren.com/as-5-phillies-0.html The Phillies offense continues to slump and the result was a 3-2 loss to the L.A. Angels who swept the 3-game series this weekend. The Angels have the best road record in baseball and proved why as their pitching shut down the Phillies bats with some smart pitching. Their offense ... http://www.midnightschildren.com/angels-3-phillies-2.html The Phillies proved they still have a long way to go if they want to contend with the big boys after Boston came to town for an inter league series and took 2 out of 3. J.D. Drew went 4-5 leading the Red Sox in the victory. He tagged Kyle ... http://www.midnightschildren.com/red-sox-7-phillies-4.html After returning from a 5-4 road trip to Atlanta, Florida & St. Louis the Phillies started inter league play tonight against the world champion Red Sox. Cole Hamels went 7 strong innings allowing just 2 runs on 7 hit while walking 2 and striking out 5. The offense was led ... http://www.midnightschildren.com/phillies-8-red-sox-2.html The Phillies beat Flordia tonight behind the 2 hit pitching of veteran Jamie Moyer. They really needed this kind of pitching effort from their starter tonight. Moyer was simply magnificent as he baffled the Marlin hitters with changeups and curve balls all night. He went 8 innings allowing just the ... http://www.midnightschildren.com/phillies-3-marlins-0.html