Six Losses Away From 10,000 - The Countdown Continues
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by user Christof
FIFTH IN A SERIES
For the 9,994th time in franchise history, the Philadelphia Phillies lost a game. This loss, like the previous one earlier today, came against the New York Mets. The final score in this one was 5-2.
As the Phillies now begin to move quickly in their quest for 10,000 losses, one needs to take into account other milestones that the club are reaching. For example, this is the first doubleheader at Citizens Bank Park in which the Phillies were swept. Also, this was first time the Mets swept a doubleheader in Philadelphia since June 28, 1980. That was only twenty-seven years and a day ago!
A homer would point out here that in 1980, the Phillies won their only World Series title. A realist, however, would tell you to look at the Phillies current starting rotation, their bullpen, their third baseman, and their leftfielder and tell you that there is NO WAY that this club is going to sniff the playoffs, let alone winning the championship.
This loss tonight has to be the worse one so far while I have been writing this series. This is because the Phillies sent their ace, Cole Hamels to the mound. Hamels, who was lights out in April and May, has had a rough couple of outings leading into tonight’s game. This trend sadly continued tonight. Hamels did not pitch awful, but he was often behind in the count and left relatively early in the game.
Now, when the Hamels left the game, the Phillies were down by the score of 3-1. Enter Geoff Geary, and that 3-1 deficit soon became a 5-1 deficit. The Phillies managed to score a run in the eighth and had two men on in the bottom of the ninth. The tying run came to the plate in the form of Pat Burrell. There were two outs. The Mets pitcher was none other than Billy Wagner. Last month, Burrell tied a game on a home run off of Wagner. So what happens here?
Burrell strikes out! The game is over. Burrell batting average is now that much closer to the Mendoza line. The Phillies are now that much closer to 10,000 losses.
Aren’t these happy times in Philadelphia?
