Battle In The Bay: Phillies, Giants – Recap Game One and Two

Game one: The Phillies had Cliff Lee on the mound who had a complete game shut out. Just dominate was Lee. Phillies won 3-0

Game two: Yesterdays game was a rough one. Phillies were down 1-0 when in the third, Shane Victorino shot off a solo home run down the left field line. That made the game 1-1. Then later in the 6th, Rollins took a pitch to right field for a single scoring 2 runs to make it 8-2. Victorino was up to bat again in the 6th when pitch Ramirez hit Victorino right between the back and the top of the tail bone. He went to “charge the mound”, when he did that both the benches started clearing.. watch the video to see what happens.

* Brawl in San Francisco

* Tv video, but radio calls

That was one crazy game. Phils won 9-2, Worley is 7-1, 2.33 ERA. He’s been dominating all year. Pence hit a deep shot down left.

Game Notes: Mayberry hit a home run in tonight’s game. He has hit a home run in 3 consecutive games.

Pence has hit a home run in 2 consecutive games.

Phillies are now 20-3 in Schneider’s starts.

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2 Down, 2 Up: Phillies Not Getting It Done

Phillies are getting more disappointed as the season moves on. They have lost 2 of 4 games against the Pirates. Score of the first game: 3-2 Bucs, Score of second game: 2-0 Bucs (note: Ross Ohlendorf was 0-6 going into this game)

Our infield needs help. After losing Placido Polanco and Chase Utley, we cannot used our AAA or AA because they aren’t very well offensively. Wilson Valdez has been a pleasant surprise offensively blasting 4 homers to some of the deepest parts of the field (ex. at PNC Park in Pitt., hit a home run to the 410′ sign in left center field.) Juan Castro isn’t doing anything at the plate. Brian Bocock, well we haven’t seen him yet except for some AAA footage.

Phillies are looking at some prospects, here are some note able names, Jose Bautista (RF, Toronto), Ty Wigginton (2B, Baltimore), Kelly Johnson (2B, Arizona.) Jose Bautista is a homerun machine with 20 on the season, but he is a outfielder. So I’m not sure if he is a player that is a OF/IF.

Some news from MLB Trade Rumors, Phillies are interested in Cliff Lee. The Phillies call themselves “long shots” in getting Lee. Oh how I miss the Lee chants during the 2009 postseason!

Here is the link for the article: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/07/phillies-interested-in-lee-tejada-wigginton.html