So, after dropping the rubber game yesterday in Los Angeles, the Phils have arrived in San Diego, home of Anchorman Ron Burgundy and Ace Cole Hamels, for a four-game series that starts tonight. I found the following quote from Aaron Rowand after yesterday's game to be rather revealing: "Good pitching beats good hitting. It doesn't matter how good your offense is. If you have good pitching, you're going to be good because you always have a chance to win the game."The Phillies' pitching? Not so good.
Nobody has better pitching than the Padres. Chris Young (8-3, 1.97 ERA) starts tonight, followed by Justin Germano (6-3, 3.55) tomorrow night, David Wells (5-5, 4.15) on Saturday night and ace Jake Peavy (9-4, 2.30) on Sunday. On that staff, Hamels' 3.83 ERA would be considered high.
Could be a long weekend for the Phillies.
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The Phillies' record in one-run games: 5-15.
The Dodgers' record in one-run games: 20-10.
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Good friend Dave Smith of Retrosheet and the University of Delaware e-mailed us with this stat: the Phillies either scored or allowed a minimum of 10 runs in five straight games from Friday night through Tuesday night, their longest such streak since 1929 when they lost six straight high-scoring games to the New York Giants. The Mariners and Braves both had five-game streaks in 2006.
2 comments:
You think Germano has something to prove against the team that cut him? Man that was such a mistake by Pat! This could be a very nightmarish series. I am coming up to Philly from Houston next week and going to the Nationals game Tuesday, I just hope they are not buried by that time.
Keep up the good work Scott! I read the blog everyday!
germano has been a steady decline lately. i wouldn't expect him to dazzle the phillies hitters.
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