Who’d a thunk it?
The Phils sent their ace to the hill Tuesday night in the first of a three-game set at Yankee Stadium. It seemed like the struggling Phils’
best bet to take a game.
So what happened? Roy Halladay got roughed up, giving up three home runs in a 8-3 loss.
Enter Jamie Moyer. He was last seen exiting the mound in the second inning Friday night in Boston after recording all of three outs. He didn’t get anybody out in the second and was torched for nine runs.
All Moyer did last night was baffle the Yanks over eight innings, giving up just two runs on three hits, two of them solo home runs.
And that wasn’t the only good news for the Phils. Their bats actually showed signs of life, including back-to-back dingers from Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth. The Phils rolled to a convincing 6-3 win. Brad Lidge closed things out in the ninth, in the process getting nicked for a run on two hits.
Along the way Moyer became the oldest pitcher ever to beat the fabled Yankees.
Some nights you wonder how Moyer gets anybody out. Anyone who has ever played the game, me included, takes a look at his stuff and sort of licks his chops, wishing you could grab a bat and take a few hacks against the age-defying left-hander and the collection of junk he throws up there.
There are nights when he’s going to get lit up, like Friday night in Fenway. But there likely will be more nights, like last night, when he continues to baffle Major League hitters.
Some things do get better with age. Jamie Moyer happens to be one of them.
The Phils sent their ace to the hill Tuesday night in the first of a three-game set at Yankee Stadium. It seemed like the struggling Phils’
best bet to take a game.
So what happened? Roy Halladay got roughed up, giving up three home runs in a 8-3 loss.
Enter Jamie Moyer. He was last seen exiting the mound in the second inning Friday night in Boston after recording all of three outs. He didn’t get anybody out in the second and was torched for nine runs.
All Moyer did last night was baffle the Yanks over eight innings, giving up just two runs on three hits, two of them solo home runs.
And that wasn’t the only good news for the Phils. Their bats actually showed signs of life, including back-to-back dingers from Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth. The Phils rolled to a convincing 6-3 win. Brad Lidge closed things out in the ninth, in the process getting nicked for a run on two hits.
Along the way Moyer became the oldest pitcher ever to beat the fabled Yankees.
Some nights you wonder how Moyer gets anybody out. Anyone who has ever played the game, me included, takes a look at his stuff and sort of licks his chops, wishing you could grab a bat and take a few hacks against the age-defying left-hander and the collection of junk he throws up there.
There are nights when he’s going to get lit up, like Friday night in Fenway. But there likely will be more nights, like last night, when he continues to baffle Major League hitters.
Some things do get better with age. Jamie Moyer happens to be one of them.
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