Papelbomb

(Photo: CSNPhilly.com)

Last night, you would have thought that the Phillies had won since they got 11 hits and five earned runs off of Mets starting pitcher R.A. Dickey. Dickey did not have good control of his pitches in the beginning of the game and the Phillies offense capitalized by getting a quick two runs in the first two innings. But then the Mets would come back in the second and third innings to tie up the game at 2-2. By time, the sixth inning the Phillies were down 4-3 and then Jimmy Rollins comes up to bat and gets an RBI triple to tie up the game at 4-4. Then, the Phillies did something that they do not do often and that is a safety squeeze. Juan Pierre laid down a beautiful bunt down the first base line and the Phillies took the lead 5-4. 


The Phillies made it through eighth inning as Antonio Bastardo would strike out one batter and give up no hits. Finally, this title of this post explains what happened in the dreadful ninth inning. Many Phillies fans thought that this game was in the bag as closer Jonathan Papelbon stepped to the mound but he would become Papelbomb. Papelbon started off the inning by giving up a leadoff double to Ike Davis so the winning run was in scoring position. Ronny Cedeno would come in as the pinch runner for Davis and then up at the plate Josh Thole would bunt Cedeno over to third. Papelbon then came back and struck out Kirk Nieuwenhuis. So with two outs, the Phillies were one out away from defeating the Mets but it was not meant to be. Jordany Valdespin gets hit by a pitch and steals second base. Next, Ruben Tejada gets on base as well as he walks, which sets up one of the most craziest plays this year in baseball. Daniel Murphy hits a single up the first base line, Papelbon tries to pick up the ball but slips in the process and the Mets tied it up at 5-5. Finally, David Wright came up, who was 2 for 4 in the game already had hit a single to right field and the Mets would score and would win 6-5. 


According to www.csnphilly.com, Jonathan Papelbon blew his second save in his last three attempts. Last night, Phillies game reminded me of the season in general. They cannot finish the job. This loss does not fall on the offense as they did their job by getting five runs off of Dickey, who seems like he will be the NL starting pitcher in the All-Star game.  Lastly, you cannot blame this on Cole Hamels because he kept the Phillies in this game. This falls on Papelbon and his inability to finish the job in the ninth inning.