Florida Marlins 6, Philadelphia Phillies 4
The Phillies offense waited out the Marlins rookie Sean West, but left a lot of runners on base all night. Meanwhile, Cole Hamels battled command problems and lots of foul balls and departed the game early as well. In the end, the Fish squeezed out another tight win, as they defeated the Phillies 6-4.
After surrendering an early homerun, Hamels (7-7) looked like he had his good stuff tonight. However, as the night wore on, he lost some control and fought a high pitch count, giving up four earned runs over 5 1/3 innings. Tyler Walker came in to finish the sixth, but Chan Ho Park surrendered two more runs which proved to be the difference in the game. All night, the Marlins got good swings against Phils pitching.
Sean West (3-4) didn't fare much better than Hamels as he went just four plus innings, giving up three runs on seven hits. The Phillies seemed to lack the one knock-out punch to really break the game open, and as such, they let the Marlins hang around. The Florida bullpen was sharp again as the Phillies could only muster one ninth-inning run, despite multiple opportunities. Leo Nunez recorded his second save of the series.
After surrendering an early homerun, Hamels (7-7) looked like he had his good stuff tonight. However, as the night wore on, he lost some control and fought a high pitch count, giving up four earned runs over 5 1/3 innings. Tyler Walker came in to finish the sixth, but Chan Ho Park surrendered two more runs which proved to be the difference in the game. All night, the Marlins got good swings against Phils pitching.
Sean West (3-4) didn't fare much better than Hamels as he went just four plus innings, giving up three runs on seven hits. The Phillies seemed to lack the one knock-out punch to really break the game open, and as such, they let the Marlins hang around. The Florida bullpen was sharp again as the Phillies could only muster one ninth-inning run, despite multiple opportunities. Leo Nunez recorded his second save of the series.
It was another frustrating loss for the Phillies, who stranded over 10 runners on base and did not come through with runners in scoring position. The Marlins have now won the first two games of the series and moved within five games of the NL East lead. They will be sending their best pitcher, Josh Johnson tomorrow afternoon, so Jamie Moyer will have his work cut out for him. The Phillies will look to Moyer to end their two-game skid and finish off the homestand 3-3.
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