We watched bits and pieces of the Phillies game as we visited Christine's Mom. Christine was resigned to another loss before Jimmy Rollins (until today, 1-13 for his career as a pinch hitter) came off the bench to hit a home run, making it a one run game. With the Padres B closer on the mound, the Phillies best hitter, Rual Ibanez, hit a game-winning, two-run home run. A magical ending to a day in which the Phillies celebrated the Phanatic's birthday with a magician.
Clay Condrey got the win - he now leads the staff with two W's. And, Christine is reluctantly warming to Ibanez. She thinks he seems to get a hit whenever she's watching, almost as if he's trying to win her allegiance from Pat Burrell.
Red Sox: They mustered only two runs today, but when Jon Lester pitches like Jon Lester circa 2008, that's plenty. He shut down the Orioles for seven innings, giving up just four hits and two runs with nine strikeouts.
That's four in a row for the .500 Red Sox. It won't be long before their poor start is forgotten.
Little SoxandPhils nugget: Like in Philadelphia, Adam Eaton is proving to Orioles fans that he can't pitch. His first two starts: 10 earned runs, 17 hits and four walks in eight innings after winning a spot in the rotation with a stellar spring: 7.29 ERA, 1.95 WHIP in 21 innings.
He's so bad that even his opposing starting pitcher wanted to take some hacks at him on Saturday:
Josh Beckett wanted in as a hitter last night because he's 4 for 8 with three doubles against Adam Eaton, the Orioles' starter. With the way David Ortiz has been going, would Francona consider it? "No," said the manager.
Although Beckett has homered against the Phillies (we witnessed the blast off Brett Myers in 2006), none of his Eaton hits came in SoxandPhils competitions.
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