Games of Friday, September 2 - Phillies Crush Nationals!
Tonight's game couldn't have gone better for the Philadelphia faithful.
Simply put, the Phillies won big. Vicente Padilla continued his resurgence by blowing away Nationals hitters, yielding just one run, and the Phillies breezed to a 7-1 victory at Washington. Best of all, David Bell's bat is starting to heat up, as he hit the first grand slam of his long career tonight to key the victory. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/gamecast?gameId=250902120
Other NL Games of Interest
Atlanta topped the Reds, 7-4, at Turner Field, and so the Braves still lead the Phillies by four games in the NL East chase.
Dontrelle Willis and Florida vanquished the visiting Mets, 4-2, to keep pace with the Phillies. The Mets can't afford to get swept against another wild-card contender, and may be out of it if that happens over the course of the weekend.
The Cardinals and Astros were locked in an extended, extra-inning, epic battle, which was finally resolved as:
The two NL Central clubs were deadlocked at 4 after nine innings. After three scoreless extra frames, Jim Edmonds hit a solo homer in the top of the 13th, putting St. Louis up 5-4. However, the Astros loaded the bases with one out, and the Cards' Ray King hit Houston's Orlando Palmeiro to force in the tying run in the bottom of the 13th.
But Tony LaRussa brought in veteran Al Reyes, who retired Brad Ausmus on a shallow fly to right center, insufficiently deep to score the winning run from third. This permitted the St. Louis infield and outfield - both drawn in to cut off the game-winning run - to retreat to their normal positions. Nonetheless, Eric Bruntlett singled to left to score Jason Lane with the winning tally. St. Louis outhit Houston 13-8, but it wasn't enough, unfortunately. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/gamecast?gameId=250902118
So to complete the night, the Phillies maintained their thin half-game lead over Houston, and their 1 1/2 game lead over Florida. Fortunately, they gained ground over not just the Nationals (four games) but also the Mets (3 1/2 games).
As always, comments are welcome.
Simply put, the Phillies won big. Vicente Padilla continued his resurgence by blowing away Nationals hitters, yielding just one run, and the Phillies breezed to a 7-1 victory at Washington. Best of all, David Bell's bat is starting to heat up, as he hit the first grand slam of his long career tonight to key the victory. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/gamecast?gameId=250902120
Other NL Games of Interest
Atlanta topped the Reds, 7-4, at Turner Field, and so the Braves still lead the Phillies by four games in the NL East chase.
Dontrelle Willis and Florida vanquished the visiting Mets, 4-2, to keep pace with the Phillies. The Mets can't afford to get swept against another wild-card contender, and may be out of it if that happens over the course of the weekend.
The Cardinals and Astros were locked in an extended, extra-inning, epic battle, which was finally resolved as:
The two NL Central clubs were deadlocked at 4 after nine innings. After three scoreless extra frames, Jim Edmonds hit a solo homer in the top of the 13th, putting St. Louis up 5-4. However, the Astros loaded the bases with one out, and the Cards' Ray King hit Houston's Orlando Palmeiro to force in the tying run in the bottom of the 13th.
But Tony LaRussa brought in veteran Al Reyes, who retired Brad Ausmus on a shallow fly to right center, insufficiently deep to score the winning run from third. This permitted the St. Louis infield and outfield - both drawn in to cut off the game-winning run - to retreat to their normal positions. Nonetheless, Eric Bruntlett singled to left to score Jason Lane with the winning tally. St. Louis outhit Houston 13-8, but it wasn't enough, unfortunately. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/gamecast?gameId=250902118
So to complete the night, the Phillies maintained their thin half-game lead over Houston, and their 1 1/2 game lead over Florida. Fortunately, they gained ground over not just the Nationals (four games) but also the Mets (3 1/2 games).
As always, comments are welcome.
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