Pedro & Moyer split up the game and the Phils win 5-1

Written by Mike Mariano | 19 August 2009

Jamie Moyer threw a quality start’s worth of work and picked up a win in last night’s victory over Arizona.  Pedro threw 3 solid innings to start the game, but after a rain delay Jamie Moyer took over in the fourth and didn’t give it up the rest of the way.  Moyer threw 2-hit baseball over the final six and blanked the DBacks.

This begs the question, why not do this all the time?  Use Moyer and Martinez to split the game into two 4.5 inning shifts and keep them both fresh?  Moyer’s getting you five innings more often than not and if Pedro only has to go 4, he would be much more effective.  I think it’s an interesting concept, we’re not done talking about that idea.  I’m putting that one in the freezer to keep it fresh and we’ll come back to it another day.

Offensively, Ryan Howard came back to earth and was hitless in 5 at-bats.  He had homered in all of the previous four games.  Jayson Werth set a new career high with his 25th home run of the season and Carlos Ruiz managed to get one out of his own.  Carlos also added a run scoring single, as did Pedro Feliz.  For those keeping track at home, Jamie Moyer added two hits of his own.

The game is must see television tonight as Dan Haren and Cliff Lee face off in what should be a game of very little hitting and a lot of bad swings.