I hoped Brett Myers injury would be a signal to the Phillies that things aren't going to go as swimmingly as last season. It appears that it has, as the team has won 6 straight since the injury and have opened up a 3 1/2 game lead on the Mets (they lost this afternoon already, ha!). The day after the Myers injury, it seemed like we had no one we could count on in our rotation, but in the 6 starts since he's been out, that rotation has gone 6-0 with a 3.13 ERA and all of a sudden JA Happ and Antonio Bastardo have taken (for the time being) the urgency out of finding another arm for the rotation. Life is good right now, but with the toughest stretch of the season to date coming up (at LAD, at NYM, vs. BOS), we are going to need the momentum to continue.
2009: 31-20
2008: 27-24
2007: 26-25
Player of the Series: Antonio Bastardo (6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, first career W)
Goat of the Series: n/a
The Good News
Bastardo was the news of the series, showing a much better fa...
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