Stuck in the Mud: Yankees Smack Phillies

Written by Mike Mariano | 16 June 2010

Another day, another one dropped.  This time the Yankees opened their home to us and promptly smack the living hell out of us.  The normally stingy Doc Halladay allowed 3 homers and 6 earned -- not his best day.  The offense was decent at best, but again you can't expect to win everyday only putting up three runs against teams like the Yankees.

Not sure why Polanco batted third even though he's the only Phillies batting above .300.  I'm sure Charlie wanted to switch things up and/or fell asleep while making the lineup card.  Neither makes much sense, but I guess sometimes you make a change just for the sake of doing so.  One of these days something is going to reignite the offense, but sadly we didn't find that thing today.

The offense might not have a choice but to wake up with Moyer and Kendrick throwing the two remaining games in New York.  The Phils might need 12 in each to come out on top so somebody wake up the bats, they're going to have to be active to avoid getting swept.

And no, my picture is not from the game, it's just generic Yankees > Phillies.