Saturday, February 26, 2011

Phils top Yanks with Claws' arms

The Phillies beat the Yankees on Saturday in Tampa by the score of 5-4, with 6 of the 9 innings pitched by former BlueClaws. Cole Hamels started and gave up a run on 2 hits in 2 innings, then Vance Worley came on and threw 2 shutout frames. Brian Schlitter was the least effective, giving up 2 runs on 2 hits (including a monster home run by Jorge Vazquez) in 1 inning of work, but was the winning pitcher when Philadelphia rallied for the 2 game winning runs in the top of the 8th. Mike Zagurski also threw a scoreless bottom of the 8th.

Greg Golson had 3 at bats for Yankees, was retired by both Worley and Zagurski and walked in his other appearance. Domonic Brown had a walk in 3 plate appearances for the Phils.

The teams will have a rematch Sunday in Clearwater, again on YES network.

Over in Port St. Lucie, Taylor Buchholz made his Mets' debut with 2 scoreless innings against the Braves in a 5-5 draw. Taylor struck out 3 (0 walks, 1 plunk) and allowed 2 hits.

Out in Arizona, Carlos Monasterios pitched 1 inning for the Dodgers against the world champion Giants and was soundly rapped around for 4 runs on 5 hits, picking up 1 strike out and suffering the loss in a 8-3 San Francisco victory.

There will be a total of 13 more games as the preseason heats up Sunday.

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