Many of us fell asleep (myself included) when the score was 5-3 last night. I awoke at the top of the 9th only to discover that the Phillies somehow had a 7-5 lead.
Turns out the Phillies' MVP of the playoffs thus far tied it up at 5 apiece with a 2-run shot in the 8th. And, Matt Stairs of all people did his best Terry Crowley impersonation and hit the game-winner in a pinch-hit at-bat.
Victorino, who hit .357 in the Milwaukee series, was hitting just 2 for 13 coming into the game last night. While, he did have a great game two (4 RBI and a 3B) he was held hitless in games one and three. Last night he hit another clutch homer to save the Phillies, and stop the Dodgers momentum.
What's even more special about it is that Victorino was a rule 5 pick-up from the Dodgers and at one point the Phillies offered him back to them for $10,000 and they refused to take him. Enter Victorino who has taken the opportunity to get revenge against the team that gave up on him.
Revenge is best served in October.
While the Flying Hawaiian is hitting just .188 in this series, he's making those hits count.
And, we can finally put to rest our worries about Chase Utley being a big-game performer. He went 3 for 5 last night and raised his average in this series to .462.
And, finally Charlie Manuel is doing what most of us have asked for and that's walk Manny Ramirez as much as possible. He had just two opps to sting the Phils and went 2 for 2 with 1 RBI. He's hitting .500 in the series, but hasn't killed them with the RBI and homer numbers.
Not only do you have to love this series if you're a Phillies fan, but it's a big FU to the networks who are dying for a Manny vs Red Sox World Series.
The Phils are idle tonight and will send Cole Hamels out there on five days rest tomorrow night against Billingsley.
1 comment:
Hey Dennis, no true Phillies Fan fell asleep last night. Only you. You're one of those "Front Runners" J. Roll was talking about earlier in the year aren't you. Find someone else to write about the Eagles and the Phils, because you sound like the anouncers on TV who are always favoring the other team but every now and then you sound like you like the Philadelphia teams.
Post a Comment