The Philadelphia Phillies edged the Atlanta Braves yesterday at Citizens Bank Park with the Phillies securing the victory 3 to 1. It was a great baseball game that fans with Phillies tickets will remember for quite some time.
Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay (2.33 ERA) got the win, while Derek Lowe (4.40 ERA) took the loss for the Braves. Roy Halladay went 9 solid innings for the Phillies, allowed 5 hits, one home run and one earned run with one walk and 7 strikeouts. The Braves’s starter Derek Lowe went 7 innings, allowed 6 hits, one home run and 2 earned runs with one walk and 6 strikeouts. Jonny Venters (1.41) also pitched for the Braves. With the win, Halladay’s record goes to 10-7, while Lowe drops to 9-7.
In addition to the 3 runs, the Phillies put up 9 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Phillies, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Roy Halladay had a tough day at the plate, leaving 5 runners on base. The Braves didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Braves got one run, 5 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Jim Reynolds, Tim Welke, Scott Barry and Mike DiMuro. There were 45,404 Phillies ticket holders in attendance at Citizens Bank Park.