Phil-Lee impressive again in win

Written by Mike Mariano | 07 August 2009

Ehh that title is pretty weak.  Don’t think I’m proud of that one.  Anyway Cliff Lee was superb again for the Phillies in his second start with the team.  Cliff went 7 strong on 1 hit, 6 hits, and 7 K’s.  Cliff is pitching exactly like the kind of guy we thought we were getting and is doing a great job as the current Ace of the staff while Cole Hamels is trying to figure it out again.

Paul Bako was the hero offensively with a game-tying home run that was the difference in the game.  J-Roll is still hot and tearing it up offensively.  3-4 last night with a double and a triple, scoring 2 of the 3 team runs and pushing that average north to .245 which is impressive when you think of where that came from.  The team had 7 hits total and Jimmy and Bako combined for 5 so it wasn’t a banner night offensively which makes it even better that we got the win.

The bullpen made a great showing after Cliff left the game and shut down the Rockies in the eighth and ninth to preserve the victory.  Ryan Madson got the hold with a solid eighth and Brad Lidge shut it down in the ninth for the save with 2 strike-outs.  Those are two guys that the Phillies really need to step up again if they’re going to go deep into the playoffs once more.