Midnight’s Children

The Phillies lost to the Diamondbacks 6-4 yesterday. Adam Eaton took the loss after pitching 4.0 innings and alllowing 6 runs on 5 hits and 4 walks. The Phillies insist on sending this loser to the mound and this will be the end result every time. He proved it last season and should not be on the major league roster. I don’t think he should be in a Phillies uniform. Charlie Manuel must be really thick headed to keep running this guy out there. Eric Bruntlett had 2 hits and 3 rbi’s in the loss including a homer. That was about the only bright spot for the Phillies. They did give Ryan Howard the night off against lefty Randy Johnson although he did pinch hit and strike out.

The Phillies ended their road trip with a 5-1 loss against the Pirates today. Paul Maholm pitched a complete game allowing just 2 hits and 4 walks while striking out 2 to even his record at 2-2. Nate McLouth hit two home runs for the Pirates in the victory. The Phillies bats did absolutely nothing against Maholm managing just a double by Pat Burrell and a single by Eric Bruntlett. Brett Myers allowed 4 runs ons 8 hits in just 5 innings of work as his record fell to 2-2 with the loss.

The Phillies jumped out in front of the Pirates 6-0 last night and then held on for a 6-5 win in Pittsburgh. Chris Coste led the offense with 3 hits and 3 RBI’s batting out of the 5 hole while Jayson Werth hit his 5th homer of the season. Adam Eaton started for the Phillies and went 3-2/3 innings before making his normal early exit. He just does not have what it takes to be a pitcher in the major leagues. He needs to be sent to the minors or better yet released so another team can put up with his lousy pitching. Tom Gordon got the win to even his record at 2-2 while Brad Lidge pitched a scoreless 9th inning to get his 6th save of the season. So far so good with Lidge as the closer for the Phillies. He seems to be in good form and has basically thrown perfect relief as the closer. He still has a 0.00 ERA and it is now the end of April.

The Flyers rebounded nicely after an overtime loss to Boston on Saturday. They outscored the Caps 6-4. Marty Biron was back in net after a 3 game layoff and looked good between the pipes making 28 saves. Mike Knuble scored 2 goals for the Flyers who inproved to 23-15-5 on the season.

The season ended at the hands of the Colorado Rockies today with the Phillies being swept. Each game something else went wrong with the Phils. Mainly they just didn’t hit well. the big bats were silent noticeably with Chase Utley. It was a great year. Maybe next year…

Well its stretch time for the Phillies. The Mets are not playing good at all and the Phillies are on a roll. They have played all seven games this week picking up 6 more wins! They been the Mets (for another sweep), the Cardinals and the Nats. Things are swinging in their favor.

Once again the Phils beat up on the Mets taking the first two games of the series and finishing the series tomorrow in New York. The Phillies played all seven games this week picking up 5 wins. They did lose two of three to the Rockies.

Coming off a great sweep of the Mets at home the week before the Phils sputter when they meet the Braves and Marlins going 2-4 this week. The bullpen took a beating playing a large part in every loss. This unit has to tighten it up or we can forget about the Playoffs.

Well September is the time to make a run if the Phillies are going to make one this year. It is clear that this team has a hunger. They swept the all four games from the Mets and picked up 6 victories this week. Great Job.

Well they are playing dome good teams out west like the Padres and Dodgers. Only 1 win is still not acceptable. The Phils were blow out by the Dodgers on the 22nd 15-3 and by the Padres on the 24th 14-3. Greg Maddux got another win in that one.