First outing goes well for Pedro, Phillies win

Written by Mike Mariano | 13 August 2009

The offense gave Pedro and the bullpen some breathing room nice and early and that was all he needed.  Pedro wasn’t fantastic and the Pedro of Ol’ by any means, however he was solid and went 5 allowing 3 runs on 7 hits, K’ing 5.  That’s right around what everyone was expecting and the offense showed up to help him out.

At first it seemed as if the Phillies only had extra-base hits with them at the plate because the first 5 hits they had were of that variety.  Even Ryan Howard legged out a triple.  Jimmy Rollins and Raul Ibanez added three-run home runs to fuel an eight-run fourth and the game was soon out of hand.

The Phillies have won 2 straight with this one and reverse some of the damage done by the recent Marlins series.  Game 3 and the potential sweep happens today.  As does a post about Victorino and his in-game beer showering from a fan in center.