Two songs ran through my head during the Padres' 14-3 rout last night at the Bank. Having lost five of their last six games, I wonder if any of the Phillies drove home singing along to this tune. Or, perhaps this is a more appropriate theme song.Either way, it's been a horrendous week.
When they awoke last Saturday in Pittsburgh, the Phillies were tied for the wild-card lead. This morning, they find themselves three games behind the Padres in the wild-card standings and six back of the Mets in the NL East. You need not be a baseball genius to figure out how they've fallen so fast. Just check out these numbers:
-A .238 batting average (111-for-467) with 60 runs in the last 14 games.
-An 8.70 ERA and 89 hits allowed in 61 innings over the last seven games.
Not good.
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As only he can, Carlos Ruiz explains exactly what he was trying to do by trying to take out Padres second baseman Marcus Giles at the knees in the fourth inning. Regardless of whether it was a dirty slide or not, it certainly fired up the Padres.
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Within the notebook, there's more on Chase Utley and Adam Eaton and possibly a setback for Shane Victorino. Wanna bet Utley is playing second base for the Phillies on Sunday?
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Phillies suck. More in the 50 cent edition
The Phillies still haven't released any official word on Victorino's condition after limping off the field last night?
Zach: Victorino says he's OK, even though he's not playing tonight. He underwent some agility tests before the game and passed. Problem is, he keeps aggravating the injury during games. For now, the Phillies are just going to be careful about monitoring him. Jayson Werth is hitting well, so there's really no reason to push Victorino too fast.
And, yes, Matt in Philly, there will be more on all of this in the 50-cent edition (well, Sunday is a buck-fifty).
At this point, I think they should just let Victorino take some extra time and heal up his leg for next season. The offense hasn't shown up to the game the past week or two so I'd rather see him healthy for 08 instead of blowing out his leg to ride on what seems to be a dead horse.
Since the Braves just DFA Bob Wickman, do you think that might put some voices in Gillick/Amaro's heads when it comes to the Gordon situation? His shoulder seems to be pretty shot since he can only throw every few days, he gives up homeruns and has absolutely no control every outing. I know that Amaro would say they're going to keep putting him out there to "regain confidence" and because of "a lack of other options in the bullpen," but this is ridiculous.
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