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07-01-2004, 03:28 PM
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Late Montreal rally dooms Phils
Thursday, July 1, 2004
Worrell coughs up lead in the eighth inning
By EDWARD de la FUENTE
Gannett News Service
PHILADELPHIA
It had been nearly a full month since Tim Worrell had given up a run. It had been longer than that since the Phillies had strung together more than two consecutive wins.
One of those streaks came to an end Wednesday and it was not the one they had hoped for.
Worrell yielded four runs during a disastrous eighth inning as Montreal stormed back to hand the Phillies a 6-3 loss at Citizens Bank Park, one in which the Phillies lamented their own missed opportunities.
The loss snapped a two-game winning streak for the Phillies (40-36), who have not enjoyed a run of more than two victories since a four-game streak May 18-21. With the Phillies kicking off a season-long 14-game homestand against the team with the National League's worst record, they had hoped to keep their momentum going after scoring 31 runs over the previous two nights.
"It's hard to explain why (the inconsistency) happens," first baseman Jim Thome said. "We're trying to eliminate it, but it's just not happening right now. Hopefully, we can get it going and have a good homestand."
Worrell, meanwhile, had pieced together a streak of 9 1/3 innings over 10 appearances without giving up a run, dating back to June 1. Trying to get through the eighth inning with a 3-2 lead and set up closer Billy Wagner, Worrell faced eight batters and allowed four runs, two coming on Carl Everett's two-out, two-run pinch-hit single.
"All you can do is put people in their roles and hope they do the job," Phillies manager Larry Bowa said. "Tonight we didn't get it done. There' nothing you can do about it."
Said Worrell: "I just didn't have it. Today it was my part in contributing to our so-so play."
The Phillies' prolific offense still carried over into Wednesday in the number of opportunities they generated. But their maddening inability to produce in clutch situations crept up again when they went 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position and stranded 13 for the game.
The fifth inning, the same frame in which they took the lead on Thome's two-run home run, was the one that would eventually haunt them.
Late Montreal rally dooms Phils
Thursday, July 1, 2004
Worrell coughs up lead in the eighth inning
By EDWARD de la FUENTE
Gannett News Service
PHILADELPHIA
It had been nearly a full month since Tim Worrell had given up a run. It had been longer than that since the Phillies had strung together more than two consecutive wins.
One of those streaks came to an end Wednesday and it was not the one they had hoped for.
Worrell yielded four runs during a disastrous eighth inning as Montreal stormed back to hand the Phillies a 6-3 loss at Citizens Bank Park, one in which the Phillies lamented their own missed opportunities.
The loss snapped a two-game winning streak for the Phillies (40-36), who have not enjoyed a run of more than two victories since a four-game streak May 18-21. With the Phillies kicking off a season-long 14-game homestand against the team with the National League's worst record, they had hoped to keep their momentum going after scoring 31 runs over the previous two nights.
"It's hard to explain why (the inconsistency) happens," first baseman Jim Thome said. "We're trying to eliminate it, but it's just not happening right now. Hopefully, we can get it going and have a good homestand."
Worrell, meanwhile, had pieced together a streak of 9 1/3 innings over 10 appearances without giving up a run, dating back to June 1. Trying to get through the eighth inning with a 3-2 lead and set up closer Billy Wagner, Worrell faced eight batters and allowed four runs, two coming on Carl Everett's two-out, two-run pinch-hit single.
"All you can do is put people in their roles and hope they do the job," Phillies manager Larry Bowa said. "Tonight we didn't get it done. There' nothing you can do about it."
Said Worrell: "I just didn't have it. Today it was my part in contributing to our so-so play."
The Phillies' prolific offense still carried over into Wednesday in the number of opportunities they generated. But their maddening inability to produce in clutch situations crept up again when they went 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position and stranded 13 for the game.
The fifth inning, the same frame in which they took the lead on Thome's two-run home run, was the one that would eventually haunt them.