6 - 22 - 10 at Philadelphia L, 2 - 1 26 - 43
Jamie Moyer is 47 years old, and somehow he is still managing to get big league hitters out. This win over the Indians gave him 266 career victories, and you would get no argument from the Tribe if you were to say he is still as tough to hit off of as any pitcher in the bigs.
The Phillies gave their grizzled veteran all the runs he would need, in the 1st inning. A single by Placido Polanco and a walk to Chase Utley set the table for one of the best hitters in all of baseball, Ryan Howard. With the infield shifted around to the right, Howard found the weak spot in Cleveland's defensive strategy as he rolled a grounder into left field for a RBI single. Jayson Werth was up next and his sacrifice fly concluded the Phils' scoring for the frame, and surprisingly, for the game as well.
Russell Branyan visited the second deck of seats in right field with his 2nd inning blast, pulling Cleveland within a run.
Philadelphia thought they had picked up an insurance run in the 4th on Shane Victorino's RBI fielder's choice, but the umpires gave the Indians the double play due to interference by Raul Ibanez, who slid out of the base line to try to break up the twin killer. The Phillies' manager, Charlie Manuel, was ejected in the ensuing argument.
The Indians had very few chances to tie or take the lead throughout the remainder of the contest. Carlos Santana did just miss a three - run homer in the 6th on what turned out to be a deep fly - out.
The Tribe got a couple of runners on base in the 9th, but Brad Lidge struck out Austin Kearns and Jhonny Peralta to end the ballgame.
Mitch Talbot was the losing pitcher even though he only allowed two runs in seven innings of work.
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