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4/10 – The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
By J Platt on April 11th, 2009 8:56 AM |
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Cole Hamels made his season debut against the Rockies yesterday, and did what every Phillies starter has done this season, struggle. Hamels couldn’t make it out of the fourth inning and the Phillies offense was unable to figure out Rockies starter Jason Marquis, as the Rockies topped the Phillies 10-3.
The Good:
- Jayson Werth was one of the few Phillies who was able to punish Rockies pitching. Werth had an outstanding game, going 4 for 4 with a home run and two doubles.
- Chase Utley continued his hot start, going 2 for 3.
- J.A. Happ, who relieved Hamels in the fourth pitched two-and-a-third innings of shutout baseball and only allowed one hit.
The Bad:
- The Phillies offense looked lackadaisical at times and lacked the intensity it had much of last season. Outside of Utley and Werth, the only other Phillies who had a base hit was Jimmy Rollins. While the trio of Rollin, Utley, and Werth went a combine 7 for 11, the rest of the Phillies went 0 for 20.
The Ugly:
- Ryan Howard finished 0 for 4. The good news is he didn’t strike out. The bad news is hit into three double plays.
- Chad Durbin had his second consecutive ugly outing. Durbin releived Clay Condrey in the eighth and gave up three runs on two hits, a walk, and a hit batter.
- Hamels didn’t look bad through the first two innings, but was tattooed for five runs in the third and two runs in the fourth. It didn’t appear that his elbow was giving him problems but more so that he wasn’t ready for the season. His changeup was high in the zone, and the speed on his fastball wasn’t there. After watching Hamels pitch it made me wonder why he didn’t begin the season on the disabled list. Not because he’s hurt, but to give him extra time in Florida to get his arm in shape for the season. It’s a long season, and Hamels is a notorious slow starter. Hamels final line: 3.2 IP, 11 h, 7 ER, 1BB, 1K.
- Through four games Phillies pitching has now allowed nine home runs.
Brett Myers takes the hill for the Phillies tonight as he’ll try to find some of last season’s second half magic. He’ll be opposed by Jorge De La Rosa. Hopefully tonight is the night we see some fight in the Phils.
