You’d think after all of these years of losing and let downs that I’d be used to losing. Anyway, the Phillies came into our house and took three of four. Not good and it’s our second straight series loss after a decent stretch after the break.
A late inning comeback on Monday fell short. The Cubs went down 5-0, scored three in the seventh only for the Phillies to score a very important insurance run in the eighth. Then in the ninth, the Cubs tagged Arthur Rhodes for two runs, but fell a run short of sending the game into extra innings. Rich Hill was only okay and Jacque Jones hit his 21st homerun of the season.
Ryan O’Malley took the loss on Tuesday. He and Glendon Rusch each gave up three runs and Juan Pierre of all people came up with the Cubs only big hit. He drove in two runs with a single in the fifth inning.
Yesterday, the Cubs ran into Bret Myers. Matt Murton tied the game at 1-1 with a solo homerun in the eighth, but the Phillies tagged Bob Howry for a run in the ninth. A solid start by Angel Guzman went to waste. He gave up a single run on four hits and three walks with eight strikeouts in six innings.
Finally, the Cubs put the wood on the ball. Aramis Ramirez homered and tripled and had three RBIs in the 11-2 win. Angel Pagan, Michael Barrett and Phil Nevin all hit homeruns as well. Carlos Zambrano improved to 14-5 and he gave up two runs on six hits and one walk with seven strikeouts over seven innings.
Next up is three more against the Cardinals. It’d be nice to return the favor from this past weekend and cost them a game or two in the standings.
