A few notes from today's 3-2 Phillies win over the Yankees:* Aaron Rowand wanted a stroke of good luck. On St. Patty's Day, he got it. A ball Rowand hit to third base in the seventh inning initially was ruled an error on third baseman Andy Phillips. But, after a postgame complaint by Rowand, official scorer/Phillies PR man Greg Casterioto changed it to a hit. Needless to say, Rowand, who entered with a .128 average, was pleased.
* LHP Matt Smith, acquired from the Yankees for Bobby Abreu, had his best outing of the spring, getting lefty-swinging Jason Giambi to ground into an inning-ending double play in the fifth and Hideki Matsui to fly to right to open the sixth. But manager Charlie Manuel still wants to see better control from Smith, who fell behind several hitters.
* LHP Jamie Moyer hasn't allowed an earned run in his last 12-1/3 innings.* An odd-looking mascot, Mr. Carrasco (right) of the Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League, did some between-innings dancing on the Phillies' dugout. I think Manuel is still trying to figure out exactly what Mr. Carrasco is. I think we all are, actually.
* Looking ahead, Caesar Rodney High grad Ian Snell has been listed as Monday's starter for the Pirates against the Phillies at Bright House. Looking forward to seeing him again.
More tomorrow when the Phillies face the Devil Rays.
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