The stadium was packed with the high hopes of fans and brimming with pride as the defending NL East champs took the field. Things started off well, a 1-2-3 top of the 1st by Myers, a 2-nothing lead heading into the 5th, then everything turned to crap...
Happy:
*Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins went deep, and overall had solid offensive showings for the game.
*6 runs scored...usually wins you a ball game.
*JC Romero pitched a brilliant 8th inning.
*Brett Myers pegged Paul LoDuca with a pitch, bringing a huge evil grin to this Phillies Phan's phace.
That's it for positives.
Unfortunate:
*Brett Myers after pitching well for the first 4 innings fell apart in the 5th and only ended up going 5 innings...not what we expect or need from our "ace".
*Geoff Jenkins unceremoniously struck out in his Phillies debut in a pinch-hitting appearance.
Sickening:
*Pedro Feliz lived up to his "Out Machine" moniker, as he made 5 outs in 4 plate appearan...
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