Old Man Moyer deals another win as Phils take series from Blue Jays

47 year old Jamie Moyer hit the mound again on Sunday afternoon and delivered another victory for the Phillies. The 11-2 win helped the Phils take the series from Toronto and ended interleague play with a 9-9 record. The win was 8 out of the past 11 for Philadelphia and they are now 2.5 games behind the Bravos and still trail the Mets by 2 games in the NL East. The weather is getting hotter and hotter on the East Coast and the bats seem to be getting hot now as well. But Sunday was Moyer's day, and it seems like everytime he makes a start he passes another milestone. Moyer let up a 2 run homer to Vernon Wells in the 3rd which was the 506th home run allowed by Moyer in his major league career the most ever by a pitcher. Not the type of record as a kid you look forward to owning some day but it just shows the longevity of a player who has been in the big leagues for 4 decades now. He also became the 40th pitcher in the leagues history to clock 4,000 innings. The old lefty is now one win of tying Jim Palmer for 34th place in career victories with his 267th win. The man continues to baffle everyone and defy the odds of what a 47 year old man is allowed to do.
The bats got hot in the 2nd with Dane Sardinha hitting a 2 run double followed by rbi singles from Ben Francisco & Jimmy Rollins to take the lead 4-0. The Jays cut that lead in half the following inning but that is all they could do at the plate as the Fightins slowly beat them down as the game went on. Ryan Howard scored 3 runs on the day and several Phillies had great offensive games with J-Roll, Victorino and Francisco having 3 hits each.
The Phillies have now scored 75 runs in the past 11 games as this team has showed in the past when the weather gets hot, so do they. Now the Phils head to Cincinatti for a 3 game set with the Reds who hold a half game lead in the NL Central. Lets hope the Fightins continue the hot bats and solid pitching as they try to narrow the gap in the NL East.