2004 Week 2: Phillies Weekly
Last Modified
4/20/2004 6:55 PM
Byline: Mike Cunningham
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Story Summary
Phillies go 4 and 1 this week to get the monkey off their back from the opening week. Still not over the hump as the World Champion Marlins come to town.
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Editors Note: Each Sunday Night Inside the Dugout will give you the wrap-up on this week's baseball season.
What a difference a week makes. Coming home helped a whole lot as well. Although the team lost their home opener, they rebounded with solid pitching and clutch hitting to win 4 and a row. The record for the week was 4 and 1. They are 2.5 games behind the Marlins who come in to town Tuesday night. The first series with the marlins was a disaster. But to put things in perspective at how early this season is, winning 2 out of 3 will put the Phillies at .500, but the Phillies would only pick up 1 game in the standings. Win 3 games? And the Phillies jump to first place a game and a half in front of the Marlins. (I won't discuss any thing else for fear of jinxing!)
Team | W | L | PCT. | GB |
Florida | 8 | 4 | .667 | - |
Atlanta | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.0 |
New York | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.0 |
Philadelphia | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.5 |
Montreal | 2 | 11 | .154 | 6.5 |
Bowa Watch
Some people have raised the questions on Bowa putting Billy Wagner in 4 straight appearances. I wouldn't worry about that so much. Let's see how many appearances he makes this week! Let's hope a couple of these games are won handily.
Felske-esque | Sub-Par | Servicable | Wild Card Bound | Excellence | |||||
Black Cherry Wishniak -- Best Players
- Billy Wagner -- Gets up to 101 MPH. 1 Win. 3 Saves. 5 Ks. 37 pitches.
- Pat Burrell -- Last week he hit .429 with 2 HR and 6 RBI
- Jim Thome -- Batted .500 last week (8 for 16) with 2 HR and 3 RBI.
Soft Pretzels -- Weak Players
- Bobby Abreu -- Has hit 2 home runs, but his batting average is .111
- Jimmy Rollins --Went 1 for 11 (.091) last week. Although on Sunday I did see him take a walk.
Scrapple -- Key Stats and Plays
- 4 and 1 at HOME -- Phillies have 3 games against Marlins this week.
- 11 Home Runs -- The team has 11 homers this week. Is the Cit a hitter's park?
- Glanville Redemption -- Despite misplaying a ball that caused a tying run on Sunday, Glanville hits Game Winning/Game Ending Home Run to win the ball game.