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Offense Can’t Muster Much In 3-1 Loss

The Phillies offense continued to struggle against sinkerball pitchers, collecting only five hits off Braden Looper in a 3-1 loss. The Phillies left eight on base in the game, never hitting a stride until the ninth inning, a tad too late.

The lone run was a Jayson Werth home run with an out in the ninth. The Phils proceed with two more hits by Raul Ibanez and Matt Stairs, but Chris Coste struck out to end the game. Earlier the Phils couldn’t capitalize on chances, including a two-men-on, one-out opportunity in the first inning; that was erased by a Ryan Howard double play.

Pitching was much better, as Joe Blanton threw a solid six innings (3 ER, 8 H, BB, 5 K). He was done in by a two-run Mike Cameron double that gave the Brewers a 3-0 lead at the time. Chad Durbin, Clay Condrey, Scott Eyre and Ryan Madson combined in relief for three no-hit innings.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.