SCORES TWICE AFTER A PUCK TO THE FACE
Adam Eaton has pitched terribly the last two times he has stepped onto the mound, and that is a growing concern for the Phillies.
He allowed 10 hits and eight runs (six earned runs) in just 2 2/3 innings July 7 in a 10-9 loss to the New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park. He allowed seven hits and eight runs in just 3 2/3 innings yesterday in a 10-4 loss to the Diamondbacks. He's 0-2 with a 19.89 ERA in those starts. Opponents have hit .459 against him, which has people wondering if Eaton is reverting to the 2007 struggles that kept him off the postseason roster.
"I don't know what we'll do until we talk about it during the break," Charlie Manuel said.
Manuel added that if there's "any way to get someone going, I wouldn't rule it out."
Eaton's struggles only reinforces the idea that the Phillies must bolster their starting rotation before the July 31 trade deadline. Of course, they're still hoping Brett Myers can boost the rotation. He proclaimed himself return to return to the big leagues, although he could make another start in the minors after the break and return to the rotation in the July 22-24 series against the Mets.
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Bob Brookover and Matt Gelb team up for their third straight season covering the Phillies for the Inquirer and philly.com.
This is Brookover’s second stint writing about the Phillies, having joined the coverage team after seven years as an Eagles beat writer. Brookover was hired by The Inquirer in 2000 as the Phillies beat writer after spending 13 years writing about the team for two suburban newspapers. While on the Eagles beat, Brookover, who had covered just two winning Phillies teams in 15 seasons, saw the Phillies move into a cash-cow new ballpark and begin playing a brand of the game he found unrecognizable. Follow him on Twitter here.
Gelb is in his third season covering the Phillies. He was hired by The Inquirer in August 2009 after graduating from Syracuse University. He has also covered baseball at The Star-Ledger and Cape Cod Times. Born and raised in Bucks County, he attended Central Bucks High School West. Follow him on Twitter here.
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