46 year old veteran lefthander Jamie Moyer threw 2 shutout innings, Joe Blanton gave up a run on 2 hits as the Phillies and Pirates were tied at 1-1 after 3 innings.  But bullpen prospects Joe Bisenius and Scott Nestor were rocked for 7 runs in the 4th and 5th innings as Pittsburgh went on to thump the Phils by an 8-2 score in the 2009 exhibition opener.

The Phils were held to a single run and 4 hits through 8 innings by 8 Buc pitchers and scored their 3rd inning run on a 2-out single by new leftfielder  Raul Ibanez.

Bisenius pitched the 4th inning giving up 4 runs, 3 of them coming on a 2-out homer by pinch hitter Shelby Ford.  Nestor, who pitched the 5th, was then tagged for 3 more runs on 3 hits and 2 walks in the 5th.

The Phils got their only other run in the 9th inning on 3 hits; the run scoring on an RBI double by leftfielder Jeremy Slayden who went 2 for 2 for the game after replacing Ibanez.  The 2 leftfielders went a collective 3 for 4 with both RBIs.

Pirate prospect Donald Veal, who pitched the 4th inning giving up only 1 hit, was credited with the win while Bisenius, who didn’t do his bullpen chances any good, was tagged with the loss.

For all of Wednesday’s exhibition game results, click here.

The Phillies face the Toronto Blue Jays in Clearwater on Thursday as highly-ranked prospect Carlos Carrasco and young lefthander J.A. Happ strut their stuff.

For Thursday’s complete exhibition game schedule, click here.

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