Beautiful day in ATL but the Phillies lose (Getty)For the first time in a long time, I had to change the number next to the Phillies in the standings widget of the blog. No longer is there "--" after the Phillies record as that has changed to 0.5 after a 9-3 loss to the now first place Braves. In what looked destined to be another shutout today in Atlanta, the Phillies managed to score three runs on back-to-back-to-back-to-back doubles from Ibanez, Ruiz, Valdez, and Francisco in the 7th.
Joe Blanton (1-4) did not pitch well, allowing six runs (4 earned) over six innings. Of the four pitcher
s who took the mound for the Phillies today, only Brad Lidge (activated this morning) stopped the Braves from scoring. Antonio Bastardo took over for Blanton in the 7th but gave up a base hit and a walk which forced bench coach Pete Mackanin to bring in Chad Durbin. Mackanin took over for Charlie who was ejected in the 3rd after home plate umpire Larry Vanover overturned a call on the field which was the right decision. Durbin gave up a three run home run to Troy Glaus on the first pitch he threw which made it 9-3 Atlanta. Chipper Jones hit a two run home run in the first.
Joe Blanton (1-4) did not pitch well, allowing six runs (4 earned) over six innings. Of the four pitcher
s who took the mound for the Phillies today, only Brad Lidge (activated this morning) stopped the Braves from scoring. Antonio Bastardo took over for Blanton in the 7th but gave up a base hit and a walk which forced bench coach Pete Mackanin to bring in Chad Durbin. Mackanin took over for Charlie who was ejected in the 3rd after home plate umpire Larry Vanover overturned a call on the field which was the right decision. Durbin gave up a three run home run to Troy Glaus on the first pitch he threw which made it 9-3 Atlanta. Chipper Jones hit a two run home run in the first.Tommy Hanson shut the Phillies down over 6.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits.
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