With 11 Games left in the regular season the Phillie's are still in the playoff hunt. This is nothing new to Philly fans though as it seems the Phils are always in position until the very end of the season, but then find some way to blow it. Seven of their last 11 games are against the Nationals who has a 68-83 record. The Nationals will be the team to decide whether or not the Phillie's will make the playoffs for the first time in 13 years.
The Phils are playing some good baseball of late; except for there pitching. They were up 11-0 two games ago but only won 13-11 and then last night up 4-3 in the 9th inning only to have Brett Myers blow the lead; Fortunately they won that game. Cole Hamels didn't look anywhere close to 100 percent last night and he may not even be 50% healthy. So pitching needs to step up and keep them in some of these games instead of relying totally on the offense.
With the offensive fire power they have you can't count them out but with the way history has proved itself over the last few seasons don't get your hopes up to much either. This maybe something the city of Philadelphia needs more then ever because with the Eagles 0-2 they fans need something to cheer about. Why not the Phillie's for a change.
Ray Weed reporting for Mike and Company
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