The Philadelphia Phillies lost for the second straight game to the Boston Red Sox.  On Wednesday it was by the score of 7-4.  With the loss on Wednesday, the Phillies dropped two out of three games against the Red Sox in their much anticipated show down.

Phillies starting pitcher Kyle Kendrick only lasted three innings as he gave up six early runs in the game.  Kendrick had troubles in the first and third innings as he gave up back to back homers in the first inning and then a two run single in the third inning.  Kendrick took the loss and is now 6-3.

Clay Condrey pitched two innings and gave up four hits and one run.  After that however the Phillies bullpen locked down and held the Red Sox scoreless the final four innings of the game.  Chad Durbin, Rudy Seanez, J.C. Romero, and Brad Lidge all pitched one inning and all did a good job.

The Phillies scored in the first inning on a Ryan Howard RBI but then didn’t score again until the fifth inning when Jayson Werth grounded into a fielders choice to score another run.  Pedro Feliz did have a two run single in the seventh inning as well for the Phillies but it was enough.

So how do you think the Phillies will respond when they play the Los Angeles Angels on Friday in another interleague matchup?  If you ask me, they are going to have their hands full with another good American League team once again.   But what do I know?  I’m just a Phillies Blogger!

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