In another example that numbers sometimes mean little, Jamie Moyer and Adam Eaton each have three wins this season.
Moyer is 3-2 with a 2.85 ERA in six starts. He has pitched absolutely beautifully at times, and has been the Phillies' most consistent starter so far this season. He had thrown six shutout innings in last night's 6-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park when he allowed a bases-clearing double to Eliezer Alfonzo with two outs in the seventh to hand the Giants a one-run lead.
He deserved better.
Moyer has had a quality start every time he has stepped on the mound this season, while Eaton is 3-3 with a National League-worst 8.18 ERA.
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Dave Righetti talks about his experiences moving from the rotation to the bullpen, and why he thinks Brett Myers will do a great job.
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Righthander Antonio Alfonseca allowed three runs in the eighth inning. He has allowed seven earned runs in 3 2/3 innings in his last four apperances to raise his ERA from a miniscule 0.75 to 4.60.
Manager Charlie Manuel said afterward that Alfonseca is OK and isn't worried about him.
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Manuel didn't criticize third base coach Steve Smith for sending Ryan Howard home from second on a single to center in the sixth -- Howard was out, so the Phillies had runners on first and second with one out instead of the bases loaded and no outs -- but you got the feeling that he at least was a bit puzzled.
Manuel said afterward that he has seen Howard, who missed three games last month with a left tib-fib sprain, run better.
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Jon Lieber can relate to Moyer a bit. In three starts, he is 1-0 with a 1.45 ERA. Lieber faces Giants lefthander Noah Lowry this afternoon.
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The Food Network named Citizens Bank Park as the place with the best ballpark food in baseball. I can't argue. Tony Luke's, Planet Hoagie, crab fries at Chickie's and Pete's and the Schmitter are top notch (I think Bull's BBQ is overrated). But AT&T Park is right at the top with the lobster and crab rolls available in center field and garlic fries. There's plenty of good food here.
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My most painful moments from last nights game:
sending Ryan Howard to his inevitable death at home plate instead of bases loaded nobody out.
Intentionally walking Barry Bonds to lead off the 9th
On Jamie Moyer, I don't quite understand how professional athletes quietly perform well but it happens all the time. Last night they flashed up his numbers from all his starts since he's been with the Phillies. Pretty impressive, excepct only now, with the shutout kind of pitching, is he getting noticed. Is it the age that puts him under the radar?
Posted by josh | May 5, 2007 8:28 AM
Posted on May 5, 2007 08:28
No mention anywhere of the cameras (at least on the SF telecast) capturing Alfonseca fuming at Manuel in the dugout after the 8th inning. Kind of looked like he showed Manuel up, to me, for that stupid bases-empty intentional walk to Bonds. I can't believe people will justify that kind of move by saying he was "playing the percentages." The percentage is 7 out of 10 that if Bonds gets a pitch to hit, it's going to be an out, and probably 1 in 10 that it's a homerun. You know, at least pitch to him, try to keep the ball away, if he doesn't go for it, fine, it's a walk. But it's a gutless move to walk someone with the bases empty, and poetic justice that it did the Phillies in last night.
Todd, this team is just as depressing as it was the previous two springs. I find myself not even wanting to watch them. I like watching Rollins and Utley, and from a pitching standpoint Moyer and Hamels, but that's about it.
Posted by David | May 5, 2007 1:21 PM
Posted on May 5, 2007 13:21