Red Sox Series

Game 1: Red Sox 12, Phillies 2
Length of game: 2:43; W - Lackey (7-3) - 7 IP, 2 ER; L - Moyer (6-6) - 1+ IP, 9 ER; Moyer gives up 5 runs in 1st, 4 runs in 2nd without recording an out, throws 61 pitches and records just 3 outs; Werth goes 3 for 4 as lone bright spot for Phillies; 6 Red Sox record multi-hit game

Game 2: Red Sox 10, Phillies 2
Length of game: 3:20; W - Delcarmen (2-2) - 2 IP, 0 ER; L - Blanton (1-5) - 4 IP, 9 ER; Blanton surrenders 13 hits in just 4 innings of work; Brian Schneider goes 3 for 4, knocking in both Phillies runs on a double in the 2nd inning; Red Sox again have 6 players with multiple hits; every starter recorded at least 1 hit for the Red Sox

Game 3: Phillies 5, Red Sox 3
Length of game: 2:57; W - Hamels (6-5) - 7 IP, 1 ER; L - Wakefield (2-5) - 7 1/3 IP, 4 ER; Ibañez hits 2 run home run (4) in 4th inning off Wakefield; Werth, Castro, and Francisco all knock in a run; Romero struggles in 9th, causing Lidge to finish the game and pick up 4th save, lowers ERA to 1.13

Final Analysis: Winning 1 out of 3 games is not good. But there is a lot more to take out of this series than 1 win and 2 losses. On May 23rd, Tim Wakefield stymied the Phillies with his knuckleball on the way to an 8-3 Red Sox victory. Since that day, the Phillies had been 5-13. In their next game, the Phillies faced another knuckleballer, R.A. Dickey of the New York Mets, and again were stymied. Since then, the Philadelphia offense has been in a funk that they have struggled to get out of. And although today's game show's no serious signs of the cold streak being over, they did score 4 runs on Wakefield and showed some ability to hit the knuckleball. This could be the start of their turnaround. The Phillies need it soon or else they will find themselves nowhere near the top of the N.L. East.