When will the suffering end?Just when it looked like the Phillies would win their second game in a row for the first time this season, the bullpen once again blew another game.
Behind an outstanding start from Jon Leiber and fantastic middle relief, Tom Gordon allowed a game-tying homerun with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
Until then, the Phillies had only allowed one hit all night against the Reds. Leiber, in his first start of the season, pitched a gem, throwing 5 2/3 while striking out five. Four relievers, including Brett Myers making his first appearance out of the pen, did not allow a hit before Gordon gave up three hits in the ninth and tenth.
Not only did Gordon blow the lead, but he also gave up a game losing single to Brandon Phillips.
With one out in the tenth, Gordon gave up a walk, hit, and then another walk.
Predicted by many to be the team to beat in the NL East, the Phillies are 4-11 and the worst team in the NL.
I keep hoping for the Phillies to get hot and start winning some games. But the more and more they lose, the more and more I lose hope. At this point, they already have a lot of ground to make up in the division. Gaining ground does not happen overnight.
It is time for a big change. It is time for Charlie Manual to go.
The team needs a kick in its pants. Until then, the suffering will not end.
1 comment:
I watched the end of that game from at a bar at 15th and Chestnut, dude.
When you leave seven guys on base, again, and you can't score runners in scoring position in the 6th, 7th and 8th innings, the baseball gods are gonna stick it to you.
Every player except Lieber and the bullpen deserved to lose this game. The only game I can see on the schedule in which the Phillies truly deserved to win and played well was the 8-2 win over Florida. Even the other wins, they left a ton of guys on and got away with it.
It's sickening. They have to start hitting the ball!
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