World Series: Phillies Take Early Lead
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With a heap of thanks going to Chase Utley, Cole Hamels and Brad Lidge, the Phillies won Game 1 of the World Series last night, 3-2. Hamels was masterful, pitching seven strong innings and limiting the Rays to only five hits, striking out five in the process.
He might have gotten away with a balk as well, but alas, no call was made.
Utley started things off with a two-run homer in the first, giving the Phils the early advantage. Because of Hamels’ pitching, they only needed to add one more run to secure the win, which they did at the top of the fourth. One area of concern could be the lack of additional scoring by the Phils, who had 11 left on base, whereas the Rays only had three. Considering the fact the Phils won, I’m not sure how much will be made about their scoring woes; although, if they continue to leave men stranded, it will surely come back to haunt them.
Game 2 is tonight with James Shields going for the Rays and Brett Myers going for the Phillies.
Advantage Tampa Bay.
In bonus news, America is now owed a free taco from Taco Bell, courtesy of Jason Bartlett. The free tacos will be available on October 28th, between the hours of 2pm and 6pm local time.
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if the rays can get on the bags good stuff will happen,too young ,dumb,and full of you know to get that phased by the moment,these guys are the 2001 dbacks for me,giant killers i love to root for
With their remaining starting pitching, it’s hard not to like their chances of staying competitive in the series, but if the Phils hit these guys the way they hit Kazmir, because of their bullpen, you have to like their chances as well. Has anyone seen Ryan Howard?
kazmir is a polished turd i thought it would go worse than it did,ryan is an everyday willy mo pena when it comes to any pitch with movement but hes still looking good,eating them sandwiches