Philadelphia Phillies Lead Boston Red Sox As Raul Ibanez and Vance Worley
by Best News Info on Jun 30, 2011, under Sports News
Philadelphia Phillies Lead Boston Red Sox
Vance Worley Dustin Pedroia did not get a signature. He got the attention of a former MVP – and the rest of the Boston Red Sox, too.
Worley pitched a strong seven innings, Raul Ibanez hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Red Sox 2-1 on Wednesday night.
Worley (3-1) allowed one run, five hits and struck five. Rookie right-hander has been filled in well for injured Roy Oswalt beginners and Joe Blanton.
He sent someone to get Pedroia’s signature on the ball before the game, but come up empty.
“He will not give me one until I met him,” said Worley. “Then I threw one in on him, so I probably will not get it now.”
Worley Pedroia sprinkled with inside fastballs high and tight in the first inning and left the impression with his solid performance.
“He’s great mound presence, and we were all very impressed,” said Pedroia. “This is really good for young children to have a presence like that on the mound. He would be a good one.”
In a series billed as a preview of the World Series, leading the major league Phillies (51-30) has taken two straight and go for the sweep Thursday.
Michael Stutes pitched 1 / 8 perfect and Antonio bastardo done to save the third and first to fill Ryan Madson. Phillies fell to their fourth closer to Madson, Jose Contreras and Brad Lidge on the disabled list.
But their young relievers are doing well.
“We started talking about throwing us a lot and we have to, but I’m really proud of the back end of our bullpen,” manager Charlie Manuel said. “We’ve got young kids who like to set up and their intestines out. They’re not afraid.”
Ibanez was 3 for 3 with two RBIs, falling short of three cycles. He came in 5 to 44.
John lackey (5-7) gave up two runs and eight hits in the inning July 2 to 3 in one of the best starts this season. He lowered his ERA from 7.36 to 6.81.
Red Sox have lost six of seven since going 14-2.
Desperate to get up offense slumped, Boston manager Terry Francona gave Adrian Gonzalez’s second career start in right field, so David Ortiz could play first base. Ortiz has not started the previous four games because there is no designated hitter in NL parks.
This does not work. Big Papi is 0 to 4.
“Did he just come up or something? Man, because he looked very good to me,” Ortiz said of Worley. “He’s a decent thing, and it really looks like he has been around for a long time.
“They’ve got four great starter here, right? Well, he looks like one of them out there tonight. He really looked comfortable. It is clear that he listened to those beginners who are up there. This rubbing of to him. ”
Gonzalez had no putouts in his first match on the right since 2005. He went back to the wall and jump to hit the ball by Chase Utley in the eighth, but it bounced high off the fence and go for a triple.
Ibanez put the Phillies up 2-1 when he led from the bottom of the seventh with a drive for a seat on the right. It was his first homer since May 30, and snapped a beam of 90 at-bats without one.
“He works hard and he lived at all,” said Manuel.
Red Sox tied it at 1 in the fifth runner’s fourth career hit. Josh Reddick selected with one out and scored on a two-out double that messenger. Lackey is 3 to 36 with one double and one RBI in his career before hitting the 3-2 pitch to deep left-center.
Ibanez gives Phillies a 1-0 lead in the second set with a single RBI. Shane Victorino was taken off the inning with a double down the left field line. He scored a hit when Ibanez ships difficult to left-center.
Notes: Red Sox RHP Clay Buchholz says he’s unlikely to pitch before the All-Star break. Buchholz has been sidelined by a lower back strain. … Lidge threw 35 pitches in a bullpen session and could be ready for rehab assignment next week. Lidge has been all season with shoulder and elbow problems. … Bernard Hopkins, the oldest boxer to win a major championship of the world, talking to Phillies before the game. … A crowd of 45,612 is a straight 181 hit in Citizens Bank Park, including postseason play.
Philadelphia Phillies Lead Boston Red Sox
