Phillies split with fish

The Phillies split a doubleheader with the Florida Marlins on Tuesday, winning the opener 9-3. Ryan Howard (.272) had 2 hits and drove in 3 runs (126) in the victory. Sergio Escalona came on in the 8th and had his first sub-par performance. In 8 prior outings, Escalona had allowed just 2 runs, but on Tuesday he faced 4 hitters, retiring only 1, and all 3 scored.

The Marlins won game 2, 3-0 with Chase Utley recording the only 2 hits for Philadelphia.

In Pittsburgh, Jason Jaramillo did not start, but had a single in his only at bat in the Pirates' 10-4 loss to Cincinnati. It has been a good year for "JJ", who has spent the entire season with Pittsburgh, even playing regularly while Ryan Doumit was injured. Jaramillo is hitting .259, with 3 home runs and 24 RBI in 59 games so far. In Cleveland, the Indians are getting a look at all of the young pitching prospects they accumulated at the trade deadline so Carlos Carrasco has not made a start in 2 weeks, but Lou Marson continues to play a few games a week. Last night, Marson had 2 walks in 4 appearances. In DC, the Dodgers pummelled the Nationals, 14-2, but Zack Segovia stopped the bleeding for Washington, throwing 2 scoreless innings at LA. Zack has been in 5 games; 3 good, 2 not-so-good. He will definitely be in the mix for a bullpen job in spring training. North of the border, Randy Ruiz (.274) had a double in 3 at bats in Toronto's 6-5 10-inning win over Baltimore.

Although he did not pitch on Tuesday, a shout out to an original BlueClaw and one of my favorite people: Robinson Tejeda, who is pitching great right now for Kansas City. Robinson has won his last 3 starts, 2 of them over Detroit, and has allowed only 2 earned runs in his last 30 innings of work. If healthy, Robinson has shown maturity and talent, and at 27 years old seems to have found a comfortable spot!! Go, Robinson!! We are still watching from Lakewood!