August 1, 2008 Phillies 5, Cardinals 0

The Phillie offense gets its spark back, rapping out 13 hits with 6 of them doubles and despite leaving 11 baserunners stranded have no problem with the Cards. Cole Hamels gets his first shutout of the year, going the distance on the five-hitter and hits one of those doubles to continue his .300 hitting. I forgot to mention in the Sox blog an interesting stat regarding Tim Wakefield. That game isn't his only ass-kicking of the year, back on April 4th in his first start of the season he allowed 8 runs in 3 innings in an 11-8 loss to Toronto. But, besides those two games he has been solid. Take out those two starts, and his ERA drops almost a run from 5.01 down to 4.07.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Philadelphia Phillies At 2008 St. Louis Cardinals     8/1/2008
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Rollins SS        5  1  1  0 .251     C.Izturis SS        4  0  2  0 .277  
  S.Victorino CF      5  0  1  1 .320     J.Mather LF         3  0  1  0 .250  
  C.Utley 2B          5  2  1  0 .269     A.Pujols 1B         4  0  1  0 .315  
  R.Howard 1B         4  0  2  2 .259     R.Ludwick RF        4  0  1  0 .274  
  P.Burrell LF        5  0  3  1 .250     T.Glaus 3B          4  0  1  0 .258  
  G.Jenkins RF        3  0  0  0 .251     Y.Molina C          4  0  0  0 .266  
B-J.Werth PH,RF       0  0  0  0 .254     A.Miles 2B          3  0  0  0 .291  
  E.Bruntlett 3B      5  1  1  0 .213     K.Lohse P           1  0  0  0 .178  
  C.Ruiz C            4  1  3  1 .219   A-A.Kennedy PH        1  0  0  0 .318  
  C.Hamels P          4  0  1  0 .300     B.Thompson P        1  0  0  0 .267  
                                          J.Garcia P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                          S.Schumaker CF      3  0  0  0 .277  
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         Totals      40  5 13  5                 Totals      32  0  6  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lohse In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Jenkins In 9th Inning
 
Phillies........ 1 2 0  0 0 0  2 0 0  -  5 13  0
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  6  1
 
Phillies (55-54)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Hamels WIN(9-5)         9       6   0   0   1   5   0 114   3.82  A1
Totals                    9       6   0   0   1   5   0
 
Cardinals (54-58)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
K.Lohse LOSS(9-9)         5       7   3   3   1   4   0  83   3.85  A1 C5
B.Thompson                3 1/3   6   2   1   1   1   0  60   3.06  C6 E5
J.Garcia                  0 2/3   0   0   0   1   0   0   8   4.05  E6
Totals                    9      13   5   4   3   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 46,860 DATE- Friday, August 1st 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Lance Barksdale, Dana Demuth, Ted Barrett, Doug Eddings
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies:11  Cardinals: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 1  Cardinals: 1
ERRORS- C.Izturis
DOUBLES- S.Victorino(25th), R.Howard(18th), P.Burrell-2(25th), C.Ruiz(11th),
         C.Hamels
TRIPLES- C.Izturis(4th)
STOLEN BASES- E.Bruntlett(5th)
WALKS- R.Howard, G.Jenkins, J.Werth, J.Mather
STRIKE OUTS- J.Rollins, C.Utley, P.Burrell-2, C.Hamels, J.Mather, A.Pujols-2,
             T.Glaus, A.Kennedy
GIDP- E.Bruntlett, Y.Molina
WILD PITCHES- B.Thompson-2
 
Ryan Howard had 2 base hits and 2 RBI and Cole Hamels threw a complete game
shutout as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals by a
score of 5 to 0 at Busch Stadium.
 
Hamels(9-5) contributed a very nicely pitched game.  He was stingy on the
mound, allowing just 6 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings lowering his ERA to 3.82.
Philadelphia had 13 hits for the night.  
 
Kyle Lohse(9-9) suffered the loss.  He pitched 5 innings and surrendered 7
hits and 1 walk.

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