2004 Week 7: Phillies Weekly
Last Modified
5/25/2004 5:12 PM
Byline: Mike Cunningham
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Story Summary
The Phillies were 5 and 2 last week and finish up Sunday in First Place in the NL East! Chase Utley explodes as injuries plague team.
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Editors Note: Each Sunday Night Inside the Dugout will give you the wrap-up on this week's baseball season.
The Phillies finish the week 5 and 2 and atop the division by a half game. An excellent week with the Phillies showing some come back from behind muster. That is integral to success in the National League East. The Marlins are still in the hunt. And as I like to point out: The Phillies NON-Marlins record is 24-12 (.667) winning percentage. The Marlins NON- Phillies record is 18-19.
What's Next?
6 Games against the NL East. The Phillies have a quick 2 game road stand with the New York Mets. Then come back to Citizens Bank Park for 4 games this weekend.
| MLB Standings as of May 16, 2004 | ||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT. | GB |
| Philadelphia | 24 | 18 | .571 | - |
| Florida | 24 | 19 | .558 | .5 |
| New York | 22 | 22 | .500 | 3.0 |
| Atlanta | 20 | 22 | .476 | 4.0 |
| Montreal | 14 | 29 | .326 | 10.5 |
Bowa Watch
Facing injuries to 4 KEY players: Wagner, Thome, Wolf and Polanco, the Phillies scratched their way to the top of the NL East. That has as much to do with the manager as the players.
| Felske-esque | Sub-Par | Servicable | Wild Card Bound | Excellence | |||||
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Black Cherry Wishniak -- Best Players
- 2B - Chase Utley -- Batted .435 with 4 R 3 HR 11 RBI. He single handedly won the game
- RF - Bobby Abreu -- Also Batted .435 with 8 runs scored, a homer, 4 RBI and 2 SB.
- LF - Pat Burrell -- Batted .385 with 8 R 3 HR 9 RBI.
- SP - Brett Myers -- Pitched a Complete Game Shutout Thursday to seal the Sweep against the Dodgers.
Soft Pretzels -- Weak Players
- P - Kevin Millwood -- A rough outing for the team's ACE, in 6 IP his era was 6.00. He did strike out 7 however.
- P - Rheal Cormier -- 2.0 innings pitched 13.50 ERA 3.00 Walk/hits per innings pitched.
- P - Tim Worrell -- Despite 3 saves in work subbing for Wagner, Worrell's number were not great: 3.2 IP 3 K 9.82 ERA 2.45 WHIP
Scrapple -- Key Stats and Plays
- 3.58 ERA -- The Phillies ERA is second in the Major League and First in the .
- Utley's Infield Single -- After homering and doubling in runs. Utley knocked in the go ahead run Friday night on a hard hit infield single off the glove of Khalil Greene.