Tonight's 14-8 win by the Phightins was crucial. Ok, ok, I know I keep emphasizing how important every game is, but with less than a month left in the season every game is HUGE!
It didn't take a genius to realize that there was no way a young team like the Fish were going to show up after celebrating the Anibal Sanchez no hitter the night before. Nonetheless, I was still really happy to see how the Phils jumped all over their bullpen. Throughout the rest of their nine remaining games, the Phils need to get to their bullpen and do major damage. A team that has a $15 million payroll certainly wasn't going to invest much in a quality bullpen - not that ours is much better, exhibit A being Ryan Madson last night and exhibit B being Rick White tonight. So, if the Phils can knock out the Marlins' promising young starters, they certainly have a shot to do some damage in these remaining "knock down" games.
The non-steroid Single Season Home Run Title got a little closer for Ryan Howard tonight as he hit #54.
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