What a Joke!!!

The Phillies dropped 2 of 3 to the lowly SF Giants over the weekend due to shaky pitching and a nonexistent offense. 1B Ryan Howard continued to struggle although technically he now is in the midst of a mind-blowing 4 game hitting streak in which he has accumulated all of 4 hits. He is currently batting .171 on the season and really proving why he deserved $10 million in arbitration. LF Pat Burrell has finally come back to earth although he is continuing to take pitches (.185 avg over the past week but a .385 OBP) so he is at least getting on base even if he is slumping with the bat. SS Jimmy Rollins had a wonderful comeback from injury his first game back going 3-5 with a HR and a 2B. However, he is hitless since then putting up an impressive 0-9 in his second two games back. Even 2B Chase Utley is in the midst of a mini slump and now has just 2 hits in his past 20 ABs. Clearly the offense disappeared on this West Coast roadtrip. The pitching has also been questionable and now the bullpen is also starting to show cracks after J.C. Romero blew the lead in today's game causing the Phillies to lose 4-3.

Luckily the Phillies have tomorrow off and they get to go back home to face Atlanta for a 3 game set and after that Toronto to close out the week with another 3 games. Hopefully the Phillies will do better in the friendly confines of Citizen's Bank Park than they did on their recent road trip.