And the Struggles Continue

The Phillies offensive struggles continued this afternoon as the L.A. Angels beat the home team 3-2 today. The Angels' win polished off a three-game sweep of the Phightins and dropped the Phillies to 1-5 for the homestand.

I realize the point has been beaten to death over the past week, but this team really needs the offense to break out of its funk. Since their 8-2 win over Boston on Monday night, they have averaged just 1.8 runs per game. That's not going to get it done. Granted, they did face some great pitching over the course of this homestand in John Lester, Ervin Santana and Joe Saunders. However, if this team wants to not only make the playoffs, but make some noise in the postseason, they need to hit the quality pitching.

On the brightside, Brett Myers pitched pretty well in Saturday night's game. He did give up three homeruns, but two of them were to Vlad Guerrero so that doesn't count. (Vlad absolutely kills the Phillies. It doesn't matter who we throw out there. We could bring Lefty back in his prime and Vlad would still find a way to get 3 hits. I'm glad this guy is in the AL West now and we only have to see him once every three years.) Perhaps, Jim Salisbury's column in Friday's Inquirer rattled Brett enough. Of course, he still took the loss, but he pitched into the 8th and kept the Phillies in the game. Hopefully, he can build on this and regain his old form.

The Phillies need to get it together on this upcoming road trip or they may come home to a chorus of E-A-G-L-E-S chants.