Last night, the Philadelphia Phillies lost in a humiliating fashion to the Red Sox by a score of 12-2. Jamie Moyer picked up the loss after enduring the worst start in his 24 year career. Moyer only went an inning plus on the mound, giving up a career-high nine runs on nine hits as the Phils suffered their worst loss in almost a year.
Moyer picked up his sixth loss on the season and in the process went from having a respectable ERA of 3.98 to having the third-worst ERA on the roster at 5.03.
The Red Sox jumped out to a 12-0 lead in only three innings of action and manager Charlie Manuel pulled Shane Victorino, Ryan Howard and Chase Utley in the fifth to get them some rest since the game was easily in hand for Boston,
With the loss, the Phillies fell to third place in the NL East for the first time this season falling behind both the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets...ugh.
Philadelphia keeps adding to the negative numbers that have defined the last month for this team. The Phillies are 7-15 since May 17th and have hit just .219 and are averaging two runs a game in their last 22 games.
The Phillies got some hits last night, they racked up 10 of them, but one of the biggest problems this team has had since the Red Sox series back in Philadelphia was hitting with runners in scoring position. Last night, they went 1 for 10 with RISP and left seven men on base, while Boston went 8 for 17 with runners in scoring position.
Today, the Phillies have Joe Blanton going to the mound for the Phils in what could be another offensive explosion. Blanton has had trouble in the early goings in his recent starts including his start last Sunday against the Padres when he went five innings and allowed five earned runs and two home runs in the process.
The Phillies would love to win Game 2 in this series allowing Cole Hamels to take the mound tomorrow and possibly win this series which is something that the Phils would desperately need going into a huge series against the New York Yankees starting on Tuesday.
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