It wasn't that the Phillies lost last night & Tuesday night to the Braves that will hurt. It was the fact that we easily could have won both games and swept the Braves to make up some much needed ground in the NL East. Now the Phillies sit in 3rd place and 6 games back of the Atlanta Braves. Only 4 games left until the All-Star break against the NL Central leading Reds and the Phillies must find a way to win a few before the 2nd half starts. It is not emergency time yet but this is a team that needs to get healthy, get better timely hitting and the bullpen must pitch better down the stretch if they have any hopes of making it back to the playoffs.
Jamie Moyer started out last night throwing well for the first 5 innings. Something we are starting to get accustomed too with the old guy, but then it all fell apart in the 6th. Moyer started out with a strikeout then let up a solo home run to Martin Prado. Follow that with a pair of hits, a walk to load the bases and Brian McCann cleared the bases with a double. Then it got worse as Matt Diaz blew the game wide open with a 2 run shot. It took the heart right out of the Phils who could only get 2 more runs in the game before it was a final of 7-5.
Moyers final numbers were 5.1 innings 7 runs on 7 hits walked 1 and struck out 3 for the loss. That line would have been much better if you erase that 6th inning, but that is baseball for ya. Ryan Howard and Shane Victorino homered for the Phillies and Jimmy Rollins had a pair of doubles early in the game.
Now the Phils look to gain a little momentum heading into the break as Kyle Kendrick takes the hill against Johnny Cueto here tonight at Citizens Bank Park.
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