The scoreboard will tell us the Marlins scratched out a run against Roy Halladay in the bottom of the eighth to win a pitching duel last night, 2-1.
Don’t be fooled.
The Phils lost this game in the second inning, when they had Marlins’
ace Josh Johnson on the ropes but suffered a malady that no doubt looked familiar to Phils fans.
The Phillies simply could not get a big hit when they needed one, and that includes after they loaded the bases with no one out in the second, after Ryan Howard spotted them a 1-0 led with an opposite field home run.
That’s when Johnson struck out two and got Jimmy Rollins to ground out to end the inning.
It was not the best of nights for the Phils’ shortstop. It was his throwing error in the eighth that opened the door for the Marlins’
winning run.
It still likely would not have mattered if they had been able to cash in back in the second.
Don’t be fooled.
The Phils lost this game in the second inning, when they had Marlins’
ace Josh Johnson on the ropes but suffered a malady that no doubt looked familiar to Phils fans.
The Phillies simply could not get a big hit when they needed one, and that includes after they loaded the bases with no one out in the second, after Ryan Howard spotted them a 1-0 led with an opposite field home run.
That’s when Johnson struck out two and got Jimmy Rollins to ground out to end the inning.
It was not the best of nights for the Phils’ shortstop. It was his throwing error in the eighth that opened the door for the Marlins’
winning run.
It still likely would not have mattered if they had been able to cash in back in the second.
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