Great pitching and 3 consecutive walk offs lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4 game series sweep against the Cincinnati Reds this weekend. Kyle Kendrick took the mound for game one of the series. He pitched a fantastic game, going 6 and 2/3 innings, and giving up only 1 earned run. Going into the bottom of the 12th inning, Brian Schneider hit a solo walk off home run in his first game back from injury. In the 2nd game of the series, Joe Blanton took the hill, but was once again ineffective. Blanton pitched 5 and 1/3 innings giving up 6 runs, 5 of which were earned. Heading into the bottom of the 9th inning, the Phillies were trailing 7-1, but were able to strike back! The 9th inning propelled the Phillies to scoring 6 runs and tying the ball game to take the game into extra innings. Going into the bottom of the 10th inning, it was still a tie game. Ryan Howard was up with one man on and hit a home run into the left field seats sending the Phillies off with a second consecutive walk off home run.
Roy Halladay took the mound on Saturday as he tried to continue his fantastic season. Halladay’s record does not tell the whole story of how well he has pitched this season. The lack of run support has really hurt his record. Against the Reds, Halladay pitched 9 scoreless innings, but once again was hurt by a lack of run support and a perfect game through 8 innings by the Reds pitcher Travis Woods. Once again, the game went into extra innings, and with a man on first and second, Jimmy Rollins ripped a pitch down the right field line to drive in Carlos Ruiz for the game winning run. That capped the 3rd consecutive walk off for the Phillies. Coming into the 4th and final game, Cole Hamels took the mound to help the Phillies capture a 4 game sweep of the Reds. Cole pitched a fantastic game going 7 and 2/3, while not giving up a run. Brad Lidge came in for a 2 out save and shut the door as the Phillies secured a 4 game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds. The Phillies hope that this 4 game win streak heading into the All Star break will help turn their season around. They are currently in 3rd place in the division trailing the Atlanta Braves by 4.5 games. After the break, the Phillies start a 4 game series at the Chicago Cubs.
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