The Philadelphia Phillies were victorious on Saturday night, rallying in the ninth inning for a walk-off, come-from-behind victory over the Kansas City Royals. Their record for the season now stands at 2-3.
- Kevin Frandsen played hero for the Phillies tonight, coming off of the bench to hit a pinch-hit, three-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning that propelled the Phillies to their second win of the season. Frandsen attacked the first pitch, and sent into the gap in right center.
- The Phillies set the stage for Frandsen’s heroics with three straight walks from Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, and Michael Young to start the inning.
- The Phils got a strong outing from fifth-starter John Lannan, who was impressive in his regular season debut. Lannan pitched deep into the ballgame, lasting seven innings while allowing three runs on five hits, collecting five strikeouts and walking none.
- After working just one walk against Kansas City in the first game of the series, Phillies batters were much more patient tonight, and drew six walks.
- Humberto Quintero made his first start of the season, but went 0-3 at the plate.
- Out of the bullpen, Mike Adams pitched a scoreless eighth inning, and Antonio Bastardo kept the Royals in check in the top of the ninth.
Final Thoughts
After suffering an embarrassing collapse yesterday, the Phillies needed an exciting win like this. A victory like this can quickly kill off the sting of blowing a 4-0 lead, and it can also be a spark that gets the team excited and playing at a high level.
The Phillies have to feel good about what John Lannan gave them tonight. With Roy Halladay and Kyle Kendrick looking like major question marks in the rotation, it would be a big boost for this team if Lannan were able to emerge as any kind of reliable option in the rotation.
The Phillies let a couple winnable games slip away this week, but today they were able to even things out by snatching victory from a situation that they could have easily lost. They’ll try to win their first series of the year tomorrow with Cole Hamels on the mound.
big win !
I was cursing the Phillies at the time of the hit. Bases loaded and Brown struck out swinging at gutter balls and Mayberry looking at called 3rd strike. Then Fransden smacks a double into the alley — season saver.
I was doing the same eagles0 Dom looked stupid. Great win. I really wish mike young wasn’t on this team and it was k Fran and asche manning the corner. I suppose asche 1 more year in the minors.
rubber game 1:30, is Hamels our ace, we’ll find out
Jamel’s rebounds with a strong performance today and goes 8 Innings in a 6-2
Win by the Phils.. Howard gets off the schneid and hits hits 2 HR’s
So much for the Hamel’s strong rebound.. He’s getting tagged..
Middle relief is a sieve right now with Durbin,Horst & Valdese all with ERA ‘s north of 10.00 .. How can you get to the back end of Adams/Papelbon
If Starters are getting slugged around and the Middle relievers can’t keep games close.. Manuel/Amara better figure this out quick for their Starting Staff is the weakest in 3-4 Seasons from Top to Bottom and if Bulloen is not lights out, this Season’s Playoff prospects don’t look promising from where I sit
Final Record 84-78
Amaro and Manuel’s fault that their 150 million ace has a 15. Era? Right that’s what wannabes say
NO, it’s Amaro’s fault, because of the roster of old, overrated, overpaid, under-achieving, hopeless, heartless, bunch of $#!t talkers, who think they’re better than they are, that HE, put together! It’s also Manuels fault, because after all of these years, he still f^#@ing can’t handle a pitching staff, & sucks as a game day Manager! That’s why it’s their fault!
manuel really screwed up handling the pitching staff yesterday– his mistake was putting cole in the starting lineup?
i just don’t see it.
Cole Hamels is not, never was an ace, even during the ws of 08 the staff was lead by Brett Myers, even though Hamels was the MVP, he stepped into it
He will be a very good pitcher this year, he is just not the man to go to like doc was in his prime, right now that contract looks bad, but he will come around, just not an ace
if cole is not an ace i have no idea what an ace is
2013 Phils are a .500 Team give or take and that’s about..
If they win 85+ games, I would be surprised, too many question marks with their Pitching Staff, shaky Team Defense and a shaky Game Manager in Manuel in my opinion.. Old Charlie gone by June 15th and replaced by Ryne Sandberg Is how I see it..