Three runs per game is usually not enough to win consistently. Yet the Phillies have won 
just less than half of their games this year averaging about three runs per game. Roy Halladay’s starts should not end up being losses, but now the Phillies have just a .500 record when he starts games. But even more importantly, when a team scores 13 runs in a game, there is absolutely no reason that they should lose. Unfortunately for the Phillies, after 11 innings, the Braves had 15 runs and as much as 13 shouldn’t lose you a game, 15 should make a win even easier. So despite their 13-run, 17-hit performance, the Phillies came away from the game empty-handed, unable to get a third straight win. Continue reading
Halladay, bullpen lose game despite 13 runs from offense
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start of the year, tying his season high with six earned runs and 10 hits, in 7.1 innings, falling apart at the end of the game. After a start like that, it seemed reasonable to have low expectations for Lee’s start tonight, his first after posting a historic August, making him only the third pitcher in major league history to have two months with five or more wins and an ERA under one. But if those were the expectations for Lee’s start, his first of September, he shattered them with one of his better starts of the year, a complete game shutout that absolutely baffled the Atlanta Braves, the current wild card leaders in the NL. 
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