Congrats to Domonic Brown. Excellent job, Ross Gload. Thanks for playing, Kyle Kendrick.
It was a night of highs and lows (mostly lows) in the Phillies 15-9 loss to the L.A. Dodgers in the series opener. Brown launched his first career home run in the sixth inning and knocked in a career high four runs, but the game was long gone before he even stepped to the plate for that first bomb. Ross Gload was just as impressive as he slammed two home runs on the evening.
In games he has started this season, Gload is batting .383 with four homers and 13 RBI. Too bad Brown and Gload going yard, and Raul Ibanez extending his hitting streak to 17 games, became non-stories.
For the Dodgers, the damage was done by the top of the order. Scott Podsednik, Ryan Theriot, Andre Ethier, and James Loney combined to go 11-for-20, with Ethier’s 4-for-4, three RBI night pacing the club.
L.A. scored in six different innings, putting up two or more in five of them. From start to finish the Dodgers put a ...
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