Long love the reverse jinx! Kendrick beats Ubaldo

Written by Mike Mariano | 25 July 2010

Apparently we live in a world where Kyle Kendrick can get the win against Ubaldo Jimenez.  Anything can happen on a baseball field and yesterday's reverse jinx worked like a charm as Kendrick and the Phillies soundly beat the Rockies 10-2.  Not only that, the Phillies chased Ubaldo after only two innings of work.  Ubaldo allowed six earned on only three hits, but six walks.  From there, Rockies pitchers in general couldn't seem to get anyone out.

Only two of the ten runs came via the long ball, more specifically the bat of Raul Ibanez.  The Cuban Clubber might just be finding his stroke at exactly the right time.  In other news, Ryan Howard continues to pulverize baseballs, yesterday to the tune of 1-4 with a three-run, bases clearing triple in the third inning that sparked the day's run outburst.  Rollins, Polanco, and Werth all added multi-hit games to the effort and it was over nearly right after it started when the Phillies put together a seven run third inning.