Moyer Leads Phillies to Series Sweep Over Nationals
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The Phillies offense put just enough runs on the board against Washington’s lefthander John Lannon to win as veteran lefthander Jamie Moyer put up unquestionably his best outing of the season. Moyer led the Phillies to a series final 4-2 victory and series sweep over the Nationals on Sunday despite 2 solo shots by Nationals leftfielder Josh Willingham.
With the win, the Phillies maintained their 1/2 game lead in the NL East over the Mets who won their series final over Florida.
Moyer began the game by retiring 6 of the first 7 Nationals hitters and finished by retiring the last 6 batters he faced. And in between, he was in control throughout in winning his 4th game against 5 losses and his 250th career win. He threw 102 pitches in six innings giving up only 3 hits, walking none and striking out 4 after having been pounded in 4 of his last 5 starts and losing 4 games in a row. The only run Moyer allowed was in the fourth inning on the 1st of 2 Josh Willingham solo homers.
Meanwhile, the Phils scored single runs off of Lannon in the first, second and fourth innings as 2nd baseman Chase Utley doubled in a run in the second, catcher Chris Coste solo homered in the third and a run scored in the fourth on 3rd baseman Pedro Feliz’s fielder’s choice grounder after leftfielder Raul Ibanez tripled to centerfield and rightfielder Jayson Werth walked.
Lannon pitched a fine ballgame as well in a losing cause, but got no offensive support as Moyer and the Phils bullpen stifled Washington throughout the game. The young lefthander threw 106 pitches in five innings giving up 3 runs on 4 hits while walking 4 and striking out 7 and giving up Coste’s solo homer.
Reliever Clay Condrey gave up Willingham’s 2nd solo homer, a 2 ball pitch leadoff homer in the seventh inning. Condrey then retired the next 3 hitters to end the inning.
Ryan Madson and Brad Lidge came on to set down the Nationals in the eighth and ninth innings with Lidge throwing a clean ninth to notch his 12th save of the season.
The Phillies managed an insurance run in the eighth inning off of reliever Joe Beimel as Chase Utley drew a 2 out walk and 1st baseman Ryan Howard slammed a 2 ball pitch for an RBI triple to centerfield.
For all of the scores of Sunday’s games, click here.
The Phillies leave after Sunday’s game for a West Coast swing which begins with 3 games in San Diego beginning on Monday. Joe Blanton goes for the Phils in the opener against Kevin Correia, who replaces originally scheduled Mike Adams, for the Padres.
For all of Monday’s games, click here.
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