Great to win this game after heartbreaker loss last night. Note that the Phillies had 5 unearned runs tonight so the Braves are far from invincible. They have however been playing very well and were 20-8 since May 15 coming into this game. Great thing in the ninth was taking advantage of the error and scoring the two runs.
Nice production from Hernandez tonight with the home run and then the two run single in the ninth. Kingery continues his hot hitting. I was not surprised to see Neris get the job done tonight. He has been pretty solid this season and certainly is not the problem in the bullpen. Clearly having 7 relievers go out hurt is an almost impossible situation to overcome. Everything considered, they have done pretty well. Even Neris last night getting the loss and blown save didn't have balls being crushed. The hits that beat him were falling in front of outfielders and some think a better fielding left fielder might have turned one if not two into outs. He was also within a strike of getting the save at least twice in the inning. Emotionally, the loss last night took a toll but in reality, we should take solace in the fact that they almost won that game and there were many good things happening in spite of the finish.
Looking forward to the game tomorrow afternoon and a Phillies win to take the series.