As usual, Blanton stinks

Good thing we only have to put up with this once every five days.

Not that the other four Phillies starting pitchers are perfect, but you can almost guarantee that you have to score at least 5-6 runs to win a game when Joe Blanton pitches.

Right on cue, Blanton allowed five earned runs in six innings on Monday in a 7-4 loss to the Nationals.

Even worse, Jayson Werth and his $126 million had two hits, including a solo home run.

I have to admit, I did get a good laugh from hearing more boo's than cheers when Werth came up in the first inning and then when he caught a fly ball in the second.

As usual, Philly fans infiltrate the Nationals home stadium.  Hope Werth has a lot of fun over the next seven years playing in front of no one instead of a packed house every night.

The Phillies had a great chance to mount a comeback in the seventh inning.  However, both John Mayberry Jr. and Shane Victorino struck out with the bases loaded to end the threat.

Washington entered the game with the worst batting average in the National League at .217.  Nothing a little Joe Blanton won't solve.

Missing three key players, the Nats still pounded Big Joe for seven hits.

Thankfully we go back to our regularly scheduled aces tomorrow.