This has been a road trip to remember. In the nine games thus far, the Phillies have lost only one. They swept of the Rockies, took three of four from the Giants, and now, the Phillies look to complete a three game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers. With an 8-1 record in the past week and a half, the Phils have moved 36 games over .500, something that they hasn’t been done on Philadelphia since the end of the 1977 season. It was never done in ’80 or ’08 as the Phillies won the World Series. This could be the best team in Phillies history. We are truly luck.
As for today, the Phillies look to win just one more game. To do that, Vance Worley (8-1, 2.35 ERA) will need to continue in the footsteps of Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee who took the first two from the Dodgers. While Worley may be our number five man, he has been pitching like an ace for most of the season. In his last start, against the San Francisco Giants last Friday, Vance may not have made the headlines, (that honor goes to the bench clearing brawl) but he did pitch fantastically. The God of Worley went seven strong innings, allowed seven hits, two runs, and walked one while striking out six in an effort that earned him his 8th win of the season. Vance may not win the Rookie Of The Year Award, but he is, at least, making his name known as great young player.
As for the Dodgers, today they throw Chad Billingsley (10-9, 4.17 ERA) to try and stage off the sweep. With a quality start in his last outing against the Diamondbacks, Billingsley earned his 10th win of the season, and continued a streak of double digit wins for the past five season. While Billingsley is certainly a quality-start kind of pitcher, he is no way overwhelming. Rather, the 27 year-old righty is the type of pitcher who grinds, and keeps his team in the game. In his career against the Phillies, Billingsley holds a 2-1 record and a 3.19 ERA.
There will be runs against the Dodgers. Now, it will just be up to the Vanimal to do his thing and keep LA off the board. If the Phillies win today, they will have gone 9-1 on this road trip. That will be the best 10-game road trip in franchise history.
Let’s go Phillies!
Today’s Starting 9:
1. JRoll SS
2. Victorino CF
3. Chut 2B
4. RyHo 1B
5. Hunger Pence RF
6. Rauuuuuuul LF
7. The Schneid C
8. Mini Mart 3B
9. Vanimal P
SW-Ian Anderson
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