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Phillies 11, Red Sox 6: Fightins salvage series finale with another come-from-behind win.

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, the Phillies did what few teams in either league have been able to accomplish for quite awhile: they slammed Josh Beckett.

The Phillies put 7 runs and 11 hits on Josh Beckett in six innings, including a four run fifth inning and the first two runs in the Phillies six run seventh.  Beckett started off quite well, and stroked a home run himself, but the Phillies deep and balanced attack pressed and ultimately prevailed.

The offensive star of the day was Pedro Feliz -- 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI.

JA Happ just strugged with his command all day, walking six and surrending seven hits in just 5 2/3 innings, yet somehow only surrendering five runs.  He definitely walked a tightrope and at least deserves some credit for not completely melting down.

With the New York Mets losing two of three to the hated Yankees in the Bronx over the weekend, we leave the weekend exactly how we started, with the Phillies leading the NL East over the Amazins by four games.

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via www.fangraphs.com


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Actually, the Phillies are better off now than they were before the weekend started:

With the New York Mets losing two of three to the hated Yankees in the Bronx over the weekend, we leave the weekend exactly how we started, with the Phillies leading the NL East over the Amazins by four games.

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by RememberthePhitans on Jun 15, 2009 2:13 PM EDT reply actions  

My idiotic self/keyboard

The Phillies have the same lead over the Mets, so by that measure, they are no better/worse off. OTOH, there are now three fewer games in which the Mets can catch the Phillies. In that respect, the Phillies playoff chances have improved by a measurable, if not immense, amount.

Even if things stay the same, they change.

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by RememberthePhitans on Jun 15, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

As well

Santana gets further roughed up, Maine goes on DL and the Amazins topped their two pitiful finishes against us with their most comical loss of the year.

Let’s take advantage of no Holliday for the BJ’s.

by boknows71 on Jun 15, 2009 3:37 PM EDT reply actions  

Mets are getting their share of injuries, too.

As many here have noted, the 2008 WFC may be owed in large part to an unusually healthy situation, team-wide, for the whole year.

Baseball usually is something of a winter retreat from Moscow. Largely avoiding it last year, the Phillies have suffered more this year. The schadenfreude aspect of my personality is gratified by seeing that the Mets are likewise not escaping the consequences of a long, grueling season.

As Mao purportedly said before his summer vacation, “see you in Shaanxi!” And then Holiday Road swelled in the background.

Remember the Phitans

by RememberthePhitans on Jun 15, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

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