Phillies lose last night, need Hamels in a big way today

Written by Mike Mariano | 08 August 2009

All you need to know about this game comes from one stat.  The Phillies top four hitters were 1 for 14 with eight K’s.  Ryan Howard had 3 K’s himself.  Not fun.  The Marlins took a 3-0 in the first two innings and it stayed that way until a two-run homer from Ben Francisco got the Phillies on the board and back into the game.  The bullpen snuck through a few scoreless innings and out of some big jams.

Today Cole Hamels throws for the Phillies and he needs to have a strong outing.  It’s been such an up and down season for Ol’ King Cole and he needs to get on track.  I feel like I write this every time he pitches and I guess it’s just been that sort of year for the “ace”.  Truth be told, as long as the Phillies end up in the playoffs at the end of the year and Cole does work, then his regular season woes won’t matter.