Shelled

Kyle Kendrick gets lit up in 8-6 loss



The Phillies were getting great pitching out of their staff in the past five games, despite splitting their past four games including the two straight shutouts.

They gave up 10 combined runs over that five-game span and Kyle Kendrick had three straight quality starts heading into last night.

So much for streaks and trends. He got absolutely shelled last night, giving up 7 runs and 9 hits in just 3 1/3 innings of work. It was a career-worst start for him in terms of most runs in the least amount of innings in any of his starts.

It was a game of catch-up for the Phils from that point and they came up short in an 8-6 defeat to the Dodgers, who's offense was anything but a world beater this season, that is before Manny got there.

Since Manny Ramirez switched coasts, he's hitting nearly .500 with four homers and 13 RBI.

Cole Hamels will put the Phils on his back today and try to get them back in the W column. He'll take on rookie Clayton Kershaw at 10:10 PM.

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Here's what's doing in Eagles Nation...

McNabb flip-flops on the whole TO saga from two years ago. Now he says he wishes he would have stayed. My, my, my how our opinions flip-flop.

Shawn Andrews is finally in camp, but he's not participating in any drills yet.

Andy Reid is in no rush to get him into a preseason game though.

According to G Cobb the Eagles are working harder than ever on red zone drills. Seems like that offensive futility within the 20's got into Big Red's head.

Now that the Eagles have released Kimo Von Olhoffen, Dan Klecko could very well make the Eagles' opening day roster.

And, looks like Winston Justice is going to be yet another high draft pick who turns out to be a bust for the Eagles in the realm of such greats as Matt McCoy, Quentin Caver, Bobby Williams, and Jerome McDougle.

He's no longer viewed as their future left tackle and if anything will be just a back-up. King Dunlap, their 7th round pick this year is getting a lot of work at left tackle and the team is really high on him.