Game 117: Pirates at Phillies (3/3)

Pittsburgh Pirates: 53-63
Philadelphia Phillies: 63-53

Jason Davis (1-1 2.57 ERA, 0-0 --- ERA)
Jamie Moyer (10-7 3.78 ERA, 6-7 5.54 ERA)

Lineups

Sanchez 2B 3/6, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .500/.500/1.167
Rivas SS 7/19, .368/.368/.421
McLouth CF 0/3
Doumit C 0/1
Michaels RF 1/4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, .250/.250/1.000
Moss LF N/A
Mientkiewicz 1B 5/20, .250/.318/.350
Gomez 3B 3/29, .103/.161/.103
Davis P

Rollins SS N/A
Victorino CF N/A
Utley 2B N/A
Howard 1B N/A
Werth LF N/A
Jenkins RF N/A
Bruntlett 3B 0/0, .000/1.000/.000
Ruiz C N/A
Moyer P

Storms coming short entry.

Game 116: Pirates at Phillies (2/3)

Pittsburgh Pirates: 52-63
Philadelphia Phillies: 63-52

Ian Snell (4-8 6.14 ERA, 3-2 4.50 ERA)
Brett Myers (4-9 5.34 ERA, 2-4 2.92 ERA)

Projected lineups

Sanchez 2B 1/11, .091/.091/.091
Mientkiewicz 1B 2/9, .222/.222/.444
McLouth CF 2/5, 2 HR, 3 RBI, .400/.400/1.600
Doumit C 1/4, .250/.250/.250
LaRoche 3B N/A
Moss LF N/A
Pearce RF N/A
Wilson SS 3/13, 1 RBI, .231/.333/.308
Snell P

Rollins SS 8/15, 1 HR, 3 RBI, .533/.588/1.037
Utley 2B 1/8, 1 RBI, .125/.222/.250
Burrell LF 4/12, 1 RBI, .333/.385/.417
Howard 1B 1/10, 1 RBI, .100/.321/.100
Werth RF 0/2
Victorino CF 0/1
Dobbs 3B 3/6, .500/.571/.833
Coste C 0/5, .000/.167/.000
Myers P

I don't get it. I don't understand how a team that's supposed to have a great offense gets shutout two games in a row. I don't get how they only muster six hits in 12 innings against Pirates pitching. I don't get how they can't score a run for 21+ innings. How can they not even put the ball in play? I guess you have to give credit to some of the pitchers, but you're telling me that the entire roster these two days couldn't string together enough baserunners to score one run?

Game 24/Haven't Done One Of These In A While: Phillies at Pirates (1/3)

Philadelphia Phillies: 12-11
Pittsburgh Pirates: 9-13

Adam Eaton (0-0 4.74 ERA, 2-1 9.74 ERA)
Zach Duke (0-1 4.34 ERA, 1-1 3.65 ERA)

Projected lineups:

Taguchi RF 5/17, 1 RBI, .294/.333/.294
Werth CF N/A
Utley 2B 2/7, 1 RBI, .286/.286/.429
Burrell LF 2/6, .333/.333/.333
Feliz 3B 1/5, 1 RBI, .200/.333/.400
Dobbs 1B N/A
Coste C 1/3, 1 RBI, .333/.333/.333
Bruntlett SS 1/3, .333/.333/.333
Eaton P

McLouth CF N/A
Sanchez 2B 0/0, .000/1.000/.000
Bay LF 0/0, 1 RBI, .000/.000/.000
Doumit C N/A
Nady RF N/A
LaRoche 1B 3/6, .500/.500/.667
Bautista 3B 0/3
Bixler SS N/A
Duke P

The Phillies have not won a series in Pittsburgh since June of 2001. Here are some facts about that series. Brandon Arroyo won game two for Pittsburgh. There were only two current Phillies to appear in the series clinching game on June 21st: Jimmy Rollins and Pat Burrell. Only four other players to appear for the Phillies are still active: Bobby Abreu, Scott Rolen, Marlon Anderson and Johnny Estrada. Abraham Nunez led off playing SS for Pittsburgh. The middle of their order was Jason Kendall at C, Brian Giles in CF, and Aramis Ramirez playing 3B. That was a long time ago.

Now that they've managed to get above .500 for the second time, it's time to stay there. They need to take a couple games in this series and then come back to Philadelphia for a nice homestand. Hopefully Ryan Howard can get his head cleared and start swinging the bat better than he is.