(Don't fight the feeling, give yourself a chance!) The Phillies won their third in a row with a 6-4 win over Florida on Wednesday night. They are closing in on the playoffs! (You know they are, don't fight it! Shake, shake, shake!)Phillies starter Kyle Lohse was rather mediocre, allowing four runs on six hits and three walks, in his 6.1 innings. But he picked up his first Phillie win, as the vaunted #1 offense pounded Marlins pitching for six runs. (OK, perhaps six runs doesn't seem enough to merit that verb choice, but the Phillies DESERVE that verb choice, considering their current injury issues.) Aaron Rowand had the big blow, a two-run homer (his 18th), and Jimmy Rollins also had a two RBI night. Patrick Brian Burrell went 1 for 3 with a single, raising his batting average to .265. The Phillies had thirteen hits in the game, including one by Abraham Orlando Nunez! (Yes, THE Abraham Orlando Nunez!) The Marlins and their announcers may be able to boast of all of their incredible promotions, such as the Marlins Fish Buggy Raffle, Super Saturday with Vince Neil, and Scratch off Friday. But the Phillies are the ones who will be sending Kyle Lohse to the mound IN GAME THREE OF THE PLAYOFFS!
The incomparable Phillies bullpen finished off the win, with Twelve-Finger, Flash, and Brett combining for 2.2 innings of scoreless, no-run, four strikeout relief. Indomitable Closer Brett Myers entered the game in the 9th to the smooth rhythms of KC and the Sunshine Band, and proceeded to strike out the side. Of his fourteen pitches, only one was not actually a strike. (Oh, you can do well, very well, Brett!) While that particular KC jam is not likely to remain his entrance song, it worked well Wednesday night. (I am still determining the appropriate entrance song for Brett- I am leaning toward this one right now. Or perhaps this alternate version.) Hopefully, the Phillies can continue this streak until their NL East lead becomes insurmountable. Because that's the way I like it. (Aha Aha.)
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