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Bastardo gives Phillies much needed innings
Pitch seven innings.
Only one pitcher has gone seven innings on the homestand and that was Joe Blanton in the first game of the stand.
It was duly noted that the Phillies bullpen has been struggling of late and fatigue is a huge factor.
One thing you could only hope for Bastardo in his start against the Orioles is that he at the very least goes five innings. One inning isn’t going to cut it; his last start he had one inning and allowed five runs to Boston.
But the Phillies got something that no one expected Bastardo to do.
Antonio tossed seven effective innings albeit he allowed four runs on five hits. The most important thing is that he kept the Phils in the game and gave them seven innings.
He had a rough second inning in which he allowed three runs, and after that inning, it looked like it was going to be another very long night for both the bullpen and the fans. However Bastardo settled down and didn’t allow another run until the sixth inning.
Bastardo did his job and some more, the offense didn’t.
The only runs the Phils scored against O’s starter Rich Hill came in the first inning when Jayson Werth doubled in two runs with Ryan Howard scoring the second run on a perfect slide. But that’s all they were able to do.
Oh and Jack Taschner also did his job as well. He went has allowed three runs in two innings. Nice going Jack, proving yourself worthless once again.
The game is still going on, its 7-2 right now with the game likely over. But tonight’s loss is one that I can swallow because the pen got some rest other than Taschner, who wouldn’t throwing in a meaningful game anyways.
So the skid will likely continue, but at least Bastardo gave the Phillies some much needed relief with seven innings.
Thank you Antonio!
Starting pitching needs to go deeper
The Phillies bullpen is taxed, and it’s showing.
Ryan Madson hasn’t pitched all too well in his last three appearances, Clay Condrey all of a sudden can’t retire any batters after such a hot start, Chad Durbin has thrown five innings in the last six days. Jack Taschner is reminding a lot of people of a left-handed Adam Eaton, was that too harsh?
In
two games against the Jays, Madson blew a save and picked up the loss
in the finale. The loss was because Rod Barajas hit a solo homer in the
ninth inning against Madson on a 0-2 fastball.
I personally have
a problem with Barajas’ home run, and it’s not necessarily with
Madson. Chris Coste, why would you call for a 0-2 fastball when the
batter can’t hit anything off-speed and you have a pitcher with one of
the best change ups in the game?
Condrey is tired and its
starting to show, he has allowed six earned runs (7 runs total) in his
last 1/3 inning. Clay has been the long reliever, but for the most
part, he has been more than that. I guess we were spoiled!
Durbin
on the other had has been terrific in his last several appearances, but
he has been throwing a lot of innings. He has thrown 5 1/3 innings in
the last six days.
Taschner is garbage, there’s not much more to say about him.
Park has been great since being moved to the bullpen and Tyler Walker is another arm they brought up and he’s been good in three games with the Phillies.
But the Phillies need their starting pitcher to start going deep into games.
Cole Hamels
has to start going past the sixth inning, he’s only gone more than six
innings twice this season. He has to go deeper, and I’d expect him to
go at least seven in his next start. Jamie Moyer and Joe Blanton have to go deeper.
The most important starter for the Phillies is J.A. Happ.
In his last two starts, he has allowed nine runs in 10 1/3 innings. He
failed to go six innings in each of his last two outings. In five
starts this season, he has only gone six innings twice and one of them
was a seven inning outing against the Padres.
Happ needs to start going deep into games, at least six innings at the very least.
The Phillies need Antonio Bastardo
to go at least six innings in the series-opener with the Orioles.
Bastardo is 2-1 with a 5.25 ERA in three career starts, but his last
outing, he only lasted one inning.
Another solution for adding a
fresh arm in the bullpen is one that I’m sure they thought of, but
haven’t done so yet. First, why is Paul Bako even on the active roster? He has played in one game and he struck out, and he’s the third catcher.
Either
call up another bat that can actually be useful or call up another
reliever that can give the guys some rest. Send down Bako and bring up Gary Majewski.
Majewski
is 2-1 with a 3.76 ERA with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs this season. He
proved to be a serviceable MLB-pitcher in the past.
I mean, how can’t you like his mustache?
Majewski would be a lot more useful for the Phillies than a third catcher who doesn’t play.
It’s getting to a point where the Phillies may need a starter to go
nine innings even if they get their behinds whooped, which is doubtful
that they would do it. Maybe Bastardo can give the Phils a no-hitter
against the O’s later tonight.
Somehow, someway, the Phillies have to get innings out of their starters. It’s pretty much a must at this point.
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