The Philadelphia Phillies won their fifth straight game on Friday night, taking down the Nationals 6-2. Their record improves to 42-51.
- A.J. Burnett anchored the team with 7.2 innings of work, allowing two runs on five hits and four walks.
- Burnett struck out six, and didn’t allow his runs to score until the seventh and eighth innings.
- The Phillies jumped on the Nationals early, scoring two runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings.
- Domonic Brown put the team on the board with a two-run double in the 2nd.
- Jimmy Rollins supplied a two-run homer in the 3rd.
- Rollins would hit another homer in the seventh.
- Cameron Rupp doubled home a run in the sixth. Its the third double Rupp has hit in the last week.
- Grady Sizemore got a start in centerfield, and went 1-4 and scored a run.
- Marlon Byrd went 2-4 with his 20th double of the year.
- Ken Giles got the last out of the eighth, and worked a scoreless ninth.
Final Thoughts
Don’t buy-in to this nonsense.
The Phillies are on a roll right now, but let’s be real here, we’ve been down this road before several times this year with this club.
When they had a successful west-coast trip earlier in the year, the team was supposedly turning it around.
When the team won a weekend series back in late April/early Mary against Washington, they were supposedly turning it around.
And just a few weeks ago, after they managed to sweep the Braves on the road, that was supposedly the turning point too.
This five-game winning streak is just another flash in the pan, folks. Its another tease, just like the team’s other high points. Its more false hope purchased with Fool’s Gold.
