The Phillies game last night was disheartening on so many levels. For one, Brett Myers was throwing a no-hitter for 6 1/3 innings and I'm convinced I jinxed it. Yep, I started texting a few friends and wouldn't you know it a minute later he gave up his first hit.
Added to that, the shutout was blown as well, and the lead because the Phillies couldn't score a single run!
Games like this make you shake you head and wonder why you torture yourself with these teams.
On what was arguably Brett Myers' best start to his career (despite the walks) the Phillies very well could have lost the game even if he went 9 innings without allowing a hit. Imagine how bad that would be?
Suffice it to say they lost the game 2-0 because they managed to muster only a pair of hits against Reds rookie sensation Edinson Volquez, who looks like this years version of Francisco Liriano-the Twins rookie who took the major leagues by storm in 2006.
And, if you refer to my Phillies' scoring chart from May you'll see what the trend has been when they score very little runs.
I would be shocked if the Phillies don't score at least 10 runs today. Heck, I think they'll score 15.
The Phillies had a chance to win this game too, except Chase Utley got hit by a pitch in the front of his foot, which prevented it from going to the wall behind the catcher. And, then of course Ryan Howard came up with bases loaded to fly out to left. At least he didn't strike out though.
I nearly lost my mind when the fans were booing Myers for walking Griffey when the Phillies were down 1-0! Are you kidding me? You cheer for somebody to hit their 600th homerun maybe, MAYBE in a 5-0 game, but that was an absolute disgrace for the fans to boo Myers for walking him especially considering Myers pitched his ass off last night in a loss. However, they redeemed themselves when he left the game and got a round applause and tipped his cap to the crowd.
Cole Hamels takes the hill today at 1:05 against Homer Bailey-yet another top caliber pitching prospect of the Reds.
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