Game Recap:
Joe Blanton wasn't great, but the bullpen failed to do its job for the second time in three games as the Phillies were swept by Toronto.
What went right?
Jimmy Rollins was 3-4 with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI.
Shane Victorino went 2-4 with a run scored and an RBI.
Jayson Werth was 1-4 with his third home run in as many games and two RBI.
John Mayberry Jr. went 2-5 with a home run and an RBI.
Greg Dobbs was 1-1 with a pinch hit home run in the eighth inning.
What went wrong?
Joe Blanton wasn't great, allowing four runs in 5 and 1/3rds innings. He allowed nine hits, walked one and struck out two.
The bullpen was even worse, giving up four runs on seven hits the rest of the way. Ryan Madson took the loss after giving up a home run to Rod Barajas.
Ryan Howard was 1-5 with three strikeouts.
Carlos Ruiz was 0-2.
The Phillies struck out nine times and left nine men on base.
Raul Ibanez was put on the 15 game DL before the game.
Game Analysis:
What the hell happened to the team that was going through a tough road trip like it was nothing? After six games at home, the Phils are 1-5, and are looking nothing like the WFCs that we all loved from last year. The starting pitching is regressing, the bullpen is horrible, the defense has committed eight errors in a week and the offense looks worse than it has all season. Something has to be done, and fast.
Look at the last two series. You can argue that the Phils should have taken two of three from the Red Sox and the Blue Jays. What happened instead? They won one out of the six games against those two teams. It may not look like that much now, since the Phillies are in first place, but if it comes down to a handful of games at the end of the year, it's series like those two that can come back and bite this team right in the ass. Now, with Raul Ibanez out for at least the next two weeks, the rest of this team is going to have to step up. That means that someone is going to have to take charge in the locker room, rally the troops, and get them ready to kick ass again. I don't care who it is, if it's Jimmy, Chase, Ryan, Shane, anyone. Someone has to do it, because when I'm watching the Phillies get beat by Rod Barajas, something has to change.
Tomorrow, Antonio Bastardo (2-1, 5.25 ERA) will hopefully end this losing streak, as he faces off against Baltimore's Rich Hill (2-1, 5.81 ERA).
ESPN: Raul Ibanez placed on 15 day DL with groin strain.
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