Midnight’s Children

The Phillies lost to the Cubs 6-5 in 10 innings today at Citizens’s Bank Park. They came back for a 3-1 deficit to take a 5-4 lead before Tom Gordon cam into the 8th inning and gave up the tying run. They had a chance to win it in the 9th but a spectacular defnsive play by Derek Lee at first base kept the winning run form scoring and sent the game to extra innings. Rudy Seanez took the loss for the Phillies when he allowed an unearned run in the top of the 10th. Bob Howry pitched the 10th for the Cubs to get the save for Kerry Wood who earned his first win of the year after ptiching two scorless innings.

After a rough 1st inning in which he gave up homeruns to Derek Lee and Aramis Ramirez the Phillies Brett Myers was able to settle down and pitch 8 solid inning for the win. Pat Burrell was the offensive star again going 2-4 with a homer. He has been single handedly carrying the Phillies since the start of the season with his clutch hitting. Brad Lidge pitched a scoreless 9th to get his 2nd save of the season. The win improved the Phillies to 5-6 on the season.

The week stared out good for the Philles with wins by Kendrick and Hamels but soon went south. The Phils have now dropped 4 out of their last 5 games with losses to the Cubs and Brewers. The Philles need to turn it around next week when they meet the Fish and Atlanta.

The Phillies easily discard the Cubs 7-2 with 5 rbi’s from Pat Burrell that included 2 home runs. Cole Hamels goes 7 innings and strikes out 7. The only two runs scored by the Cubs were solo home runs off Hamels by Soriano and Ramierez. The Phils only left 8 on base.

W: C. Hamels
L: R. Hill