The Phillies are apparently going to insist on doing this the hard way.
After years of never having enough pitching, the Phils wernt out in the off-season and assembled the best staff in baseball.
And now their bats have gone dead.
This isn’t new; we saw it a lot last summer. And it proved fatal in their NLCS loss to the Giants.
But now it’s getting downright aggravating. The Phillies squandered another exceptional pitching effort from Cy Young winner Roy Halladay yesterday in Atlanta.
Last year it was Cole Hamels who was the hard-luck member of the staff.
It seemed every time Hamels took the hill, the Phils bats went to sleep.
This year the Phils offense is proving an equal opportunity sedative.
Halladay was victimized for the second straight outing yesterday, going the distance and limiting the Braves to three runs on eight hits. But he surrendered a home run to Dan Uggla in the bottom of the eighth that gave the Braves a 3-2 win and their second straight series win over the Phils.
The headline on the Back Page of today’s print edition pretty much tells you all you need to know.
“Losing Uggla.”
Yep, that pretty much sums it up.
Yeah, I know. It’s hard to argue with a team that is 25-14 with a two-game lead over the Marlins, especially with the slew of injuries the Phils have battled through.
But despite having the second-best record in baseball, there is something about this lineup and the Phils’ offensive woes that we have seen before.
This lineup needs a spark, some juice. Or maybe just a change.
Can you say Domonic Brown? Let’s give him a shot in right field and platoon Ben Francisco and Raul Ibanzez in left.
After years of never having enough pitching, the Phils wernt out in the off-season and assembled the best staff in baseball.
And now their bats have gone dead.
This isn’t new; we saw it a lot last summer. And it proved fatal in their NLCS loss to the Giants.
But now it’s getting downright aggravating. The Phillies squandered another exceptional pitching effort from Cy Young winner Roy Halladay yesterday in Atlanta.
Last year it was Cole Hamels who was the hard-luck member of the staff.
It seemed every time Hamels took the hill, the Phils bats went to sleep.
This year the Phils offense is proving an equal opportunity sedative.
Halladay was victimized for the second straight outing yesterday, going the distance and limiting the Braves to three runs on eight hits. But he surrendered a home run to Dan Uggla in the bottom of the eighth that gave the Braves a 3-2 win and their second straight series win over the Phils.
The headline on the Back Page of today’s print edition pretty much tells you all you need to know.
“Losing Uggla.”
Yep, that pretty much sums it up.
Yeah, I know. It’s hard to argue with a team that is 25-14 with a two-game lead over the Marlins, especially with the slew of injuries the Phils have battled through.
But despite having the second-best record in baseball, there is something about this lineup and the Phils’ offensive woes that we have seen before.
This lineup needs a spark, some juice. Or maybe just a change.
Can you say Domonic Brown? Let’s give him a shot in right field and platoon Ben Francisco and Raul Ibanzez in left.
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