After an awful 1-8 homestand and a six game losing streak, the Phillies faced one of the most important games of the season to date in a World Series rematch. A 10-1 pounding of the Rays will get the Phillies back to their winning ways. Following a 1-8 homestand, including six consecutive losses, Phillies fans found themselves scrambling for answers for a reason as to why their team owned a 13-22 record at Citizens Bank Park.
But a trip back to Tropicana Field — where, just last October, the Phillies won the inaugural game of last year’s fall classic — was all the team needed to break its slump.
The league’s best road team tagged Tampa Bay Rays young stud David Price for six runs in the first inning highlighted by a three-run jack by Philadelphia’s own youngster, John Mayberry Jr.
Price was sent to an early shower after the Phils, led by a two-run shot by Chase Utley, added on another four runs in the fourth inning.
Hopefully the eventual 10-1 victory, in which Jamie Moyer garnered his fifth win of the season, will remind the anxious fans that the baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint.
The Phillies had a stretch just like this at the same time last year when they lost six consecutive games during inter-league play. Despite this losing streak, I think all of us Philadelphians were content with the eventual run in September to snatch the National League East division from the Mets followed by a playoff run resulting in the cities first title since 1983.
As long as the Phillies stay afloat until the bullpen can get healthy and General Manager Reuben Amaro Jr makes a trade for a bonafide number two starter, which every report suggests he will, the NL East division crown will yet again belong to the Phillies. And when you get into the playoffs, who knows what can happen?
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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