BY SCOTT LAUBER So, as you no doubt have heard, the Phillies have recalled Drew Carpenter from double-A Reading to give them another arm in the bullpen tonight.
It makes sense that they would need some help. In last night's riveting (there's an adjective I haven't used yet) 13-inning comeback victory, they used every reliever, including Ryan Madson for two innings and Clay Condrey for 2-1/3. Condrey threw 46 pitches. Scott Eyre threw 23, Chad Durbin 19, Brad Lidge 14, Madson 27, J.C. Romero 22 and Rudy Seanez 13.
But it's somewhat surprising that they chose Carpenter. The Phillies had high hopes that Carpenter, who won 17 games last season at single-A Clearwater. But Carpenter came to spring training overweight (one of the reasons he wasn't invited to big-league camp), and after early-season struggles at Reading, he got sent back to Clearwater. He was 3-3 with a 2.92 ERA at Clearwater, 6-8 with a 5.67 ERA in 16 starts at Reading.
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