Cole Hamels came into this game with alot of question marks. Tonight he was just okay. In 5 innings Cole gave up 3 runs 2 of them earned on 5 hits walking 4 while striking out 5 he had 103 pitches in those 5 innings of work. The scoring began in the 1st for the Phillies when Jimmy Rollins scored on a Ryan Howard double play, then Polanco scored on a Jason Marquis wild pitch and the Phillies had 2 runs without a RBI. In the third the Nationals got on the board when Ian Desmond hit a homerun and Josh Willingham added an RBI single to make it 2-2 after three. Cole Hamels helped himself with an RBI single. But the Nationals came right back to tie it at 3-3. Phillies then had a huge 5th when Chase Utley had a RBI single and Ryan Howard crushed his 2nd home run of the season this one a two run shot it made it 6-3 after 5 innings. Raul Ibanez got an sac fly to make it 7-3. The Nationals hung around an made it an 7-4 after an sac fly by Adam Kennedy in the 8th. The Phillies added an insurance run on a Ryan Howard RBI double. Chad Durbin pitched 2 shutout innings, Danys Baez pitched a third of an inning giving up a run, Antonio Bastardo came in and got the second out of the 8th and Ryan Madson closed it out with an 4 out save. The winning pitcher was Cole Hamels(1-0) and the losing pitcher was Jason Marquis (0-1) and Ryan Madson got the save his first of the season. Tomorrow's game is scheduled for 4:35 with Kyle Kendrick going for the the Phillies and Craig Stammen goes for the Nationals.
-Shaun
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