Phillies 2, Cardinals 0 (11 Innings)Game 95 - Thursday Afternoon, July 22nd in St. Louis
It took 11 shutout innings and 12 Phillies hits, but the Phils managed to salvage a game in St. Louis, winning the final game of a 4-game series. Cole Hamels continued his mid-season brilliance, but he earned another no decision for his efforts. Hamels threw 8 innings, allowing just a Matt Holliday single to lead off the 5th, while striking out 7. He's started 5 games so far in July, pitching to a 1-1 record with a 1.72 ERA. The bullpen (Ryan Madson, J.C. Romero, Chad Durbin and Brad Lidge) continued to baffle the Cardinals' batters after Hamels departed, no-hitting the Redbirds over the final 3 frames. I actually saw on the MLB Network's screen crawl that it was the first time a team had been held to just 1 hit in at least 11 innings since 1962.
The Phillies' offense sputtered along through the first 10 innings, leaving men in scoring position in the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 8th innings. (They also left the bases loaded in the 11th.) In the 11th, they finally broke through when Placido Polanco homered to start the inning and Jayson Werth doubled home Raul Ibañez, who had reached on a walk. The 2 runs scored in the 11th inning would be the final 2 runs scored during the Milt Thompson era, as the team relieved their hitting coach of his duties following the game.
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