Phillies Baseball

The Phillies lost a tough one to the Mets Wednesday after such a hard fought victory on Tuesday night.

Leading 3-2 in the eighth their vaunted bullpen imploded, allowing 4 runs, enabling the Mets to win 6-3 and regain first place by .5 games.

Rudy Seanez took the loss. He got the first two outs of the inning then allowed a game tying homerun to Carlos Delgado, his second of the game and 30th of the season.

The Phillies were up 3-1 on starter Johan Santana but after the two homeruns they hit the club stopped scoring and couldn’t get anything off one of the ugliest bullpens in the league.

The Phils open up a four game set with the Cubs at Wrigley Field tonight. Cole Hamels takes on Ryan Dempster at 8pm eastern time.

Other news and notes:

The Phillies designated infielder/outfielder Andy Tracy for assignment yesterday and purchased the contract of Double-A pitcher Andrew Carpenter from Reading.

Carpenter, prior to his Major League debut Wednesday, had never pitched a day above Double-A. He was 9-11 with a 4.68 ERA in 24 starts for two levels.

In his last five starts for Reading he was 4-1 with a 3.44 ERA. He made his debut in the ninth inning. He allowed one hit, one walk, and struck out one in a scoreless inning of work.

The Phillies also transferred lefty Michael Zagurski from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list.

Last night’s game was sold out at the Bank. It was the 45th sellout of the season.

That sellout breaks a team record of 44 sellouts; which was set when the stadium opened in 2004.

Roster expansion is on Monday, September 1st. Sunday is the deadline for teams to acquire any players via the waiver trade for the stretch run and the playoffs. Those players must be on the roster on Sunday to be eligible for the playoffs.

The Phillies have yet to make a waiver trade to bolster their pitching staff or their bench. The team claims they have come close but have been blocked by other teams or the player has been claimed by another team.

With Geoff Jenkins possibly out until the end of the regular season the Phillies are searching for a left handed hitting bat for the outfield. Don’t expect anything to happen by Sunday’s deadline.

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