Good Day Oswalt Bad Night K-ROD

by Marc Fanelle

Thursday August 12, 2010 

Thank you Roy Oswalt for coming to Philly.  After seeing his first two starts in a Phillies uniform, Roy Oswalt delivers on what fans expected tonight.  While sporting the most losses in the National League, and having the least run support of any pitcher in baseball, Roy Oswalt pitched a gem tonight.  With a stat line as follows 7 innings pitched, 5 hits, 0 runs, 2 walked and 5 k’s Oswalt pitched out of a couple of jams but all in all looked really good.  This is what the fans were clamoring for.  Oswalt is a gamer and his record in august and September is now 55 and 18 for his career.  He is also 2 and 0 in October for his career.  The Phils scored their first run on a Domonic Brown grounded into a fielders choice and Placido Polanco scored.  There was a few times in this game where the Fightins had a runner on third with one or no outs and they couldn’t get a run in.  In the sixth Ross Gload led off the inning with a double but while he was rounding first he pulled up lame, seemingly pulling his groin.  Mike Sweeney was sent in to pinch run.  The next batter Rauuul Ibanez doubled off the wall, extending his hitting streak to 15 games and having the longest hitting streak of someone with the letter I.  Thanks for that tidbit Chris Wheeler.  When will the walking wounded end.  Is there help on the horizon?  While good news for Chase Utley was given today, that he can begin swinging a bat, he still probably wont be back till September 1st.  Also it doesn’t look like Ryan Howard wont be back on the 17, rather a week or two after that.  Shane Victorino however was a double short of the cycle down in Lehigh Valley, so Shane should be back for the end of the week or the weekend. 

On an unrelated side note, as further proof that the Mets flounder towards the end of the year.  Closer Fransisco Rodriguez was arrested tonight on charges of assault on his father in-law.  It just seems like when it rains it pours.  K-ROD will be charged with Assault 3 which is a misdemeanor in New York state, but because it was a family member it is considered a domestic, so it is a domestic violence issue.  His father in-law is said to have substantial visible bruising.  He didnt even pitch tonight so it wasn’t about his performance.  Well Lets all Go Meet the Mets!!!!!!

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