Game Recap:
Daisuke Matsuzaka held the Phillies without a hit until the eighth inning as Boston evened the three game series with the Phils at one a piece.
What went right?
Seriously? The Phillies almost got no-hit. Nothing went right.
What went wrong?
I'm not going to break down each player, because only Juan Castro got a hit. Oh, that also means Matsuzaka had as many hits as the Phillies did.
Kyle Kendrick got shelled again, allowing five runs on eight hits in 4.2 innings. He walked two and struck out two.
Game Analysis:
There's not really much to break down from this game. Quite simply, the Phillies couldn't catch up to Daisuke Matsuzaka last night, and when they did hit the ball hard off of him, it was right at the defense. The Phils had some chances, but when you don't get a man past second base for the entire game, then you're not going to win.
Luckily, the Phillies didn't get no-hit last night. This recap would be even shorter if they had. Juan Castro broke up the no-hitter in the eighth inning with a little bloop single into left field that could have been caught. Instead, it fell in for the only hit of the game for the Phillies. It wasn't pretty, but having just one hit is still better than being no-hit, so the Phillies should be happy about that. At least they kept their names out of the record books.
Considering you can't get much lower than this showing, there's only one thing the Phillies can do, and that's pick themselves right back up, dust themselves off and go at the Red Sox again today. It can't get any worse, so they just have to play like everyone knows they can, and they'll be just fine.
The series finale is today. Roy Halladay (6-2, 1.64 ERA) will go for the Phils, and Tim Wakefield (0-2, 5.31 ERA) will be on the hill for Boston.
I swear, if the Phillies almost get no-hit against Wakefield today...
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