April 22, 2007 Phillies 5, Reds 1

Two-run homeruns by Greg Dobbs and Aaron Rowand is more than enough for the Phils to salvage one win against the Reds. Freddy Garcia gives the much maligned Phillie bullpen a bit of a break, going 7 solid innings allowing only four hits and the one run. Dobbs would add an RBI single in the 8th for a nice 3 RBI day. Jimmy Rollins, with his 0 for 5 day, had a 11 game hitting streak snapped. After slumping horribly in the seasons first week, he is batting much more Rollins-like now. How maligned is the Phillie bullpen? Before this game I was checking the team stats, and the Phillie relievers had an ERA of around 7.50, and inherited runners were scoring 78% of the time. Horrid so far this season, not holding the runners from scoring. Two scoreless innings this game for the pen will knock the ERA down a bit.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2007 Philadelphia Phillies At 2007 Cincinnati Reds        4/22/2007
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Rollins SS        5  0  0  0 .276     R.Freel CF          3  0  0  0 .282  
  S.Victorino RF      5  0  0  0 .175     S.Hatteberg 1B      4  0  0  0 .250  
  C.Utley 2B          5  1  2  0 .297     B.Phillips 2B       4  0  1  0 .291  
  R.Howard 1B         4  1  1  0 .302     J.Hamilton RF       4  1  1  1 .386  
  W.Helms 3B          3  1  1  0 .192     A.Dunn LF           4  0  0  0 .333  
  G.Dobbs LF          4  1  2  3 .273     J.Valentin C        3  0  1  0 .185  
  A.Rowand CF         3  1  1  2 .288     E.Encarnacion 3B    4  0  1  0 .221  
  G.Geary P           0  0  0  0 .000     A.Gonzalez SS       3  0  1  0 .321  
  A.Alfonseca P       0  0  0  0 ----     M.Belisle P         2  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Ruiz C            3  0  1  0 .282     V.Santos P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  F.Garcia P          2  0  1  0 .250   B-N.Hopper PH         0  0  0  0 .000  
A-M.Bourn PH,CF       1  0  0  0 .167     K.Saarloos P        0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  5  9  5                 Totals      31  1  5  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Garcia In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Santos In 8th Inning
 
Phillies........ 0 2 0  0 0 0  2 1 0  -  5  9  0
Reds............ 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  5  0
 
Phillies (5-12)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
F.Garcia WIN(1-1)         7       4   1   1   0   5   1  76   3.38
G.Geary                   1       1   0   0   2   1   0  27   3.00
A.Alfonseca               1       0   0   0   1   0   0  14  15.19
Totals                    9       5   1   1   3   6   1
 
Reds (10-9)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Belisle LOSS(1-2)       6 1/3   7   4   4   0   5   2  82   5.92
V.Santos                  1 2/3   2   1   1   2   0   0  34   6.75
K.Saarloos                1       0   0   0   0   1   0  12   4.76
Totals                    9       9   5   5   2   6   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,532 DATE- Sunday, April 22nd 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 7  Reds: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 0  Reds: 1
DOUBLES- C.Utley(5th)
HOME RUNS- G.Dobbs(1st), A.Rowand(5th), J.Hamilton(7th)
CAUGHT STEALING- R.Freel
WALKS- W.Helms, F.Garcia, R.Freel, J.Valentin, N.Hopper
HIT BY PITCH- A.Rowand, C.Ruiz
STRIKE OUTS- J.Rollins, S.Victorino, R.Howard, W.Helms, G.Dobbs, F.Garcia,
             S.Hatteberg, B.Phillips, A.Dunn, E.Encarnacion, A.Gonzalez,
             M.Belisle
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Josh Hamilton robbed Chase Utley of a Homerun!
 
Freddy Garcia delivered 7 solid innings and Greg Dobbs left the yard and had 3
RBI at Great American Bpk where the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati
Reds 5 to 1.
 
Garcia(1-1) pitched a fine game.  He allowed 4 hits and no walks in 7 innings
lowering his ERA from 5.68 to 3.38.  Philadelphia ended up with 9 hits for
the game while Cincinnati had 5.  
 
Matt Belisle(1-2) took the loss. Philadelphia now has a record of 5-12.
Cincinnati has a record of 10-9 after the loss.

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