Results tagged “gavinfloyd”

The Phillies called up 22-year-old superstar Cole Hamels to the big leagues yesterday. There’s a few reasons why this is a great move: an 0.39 ERA over the starts in Scranton. In those three games, he allowed a whopping one run, and batters are hitting .128 against him.

No one wanted it to turn out this way, but it has: Little Gavin Floyd has crashed and burned in the big leagues.

The only thing characteristic about the Phillies game last night was a faltering starter on the mound. Gavin Floyd is not following up a stellar spring training with a good regular season (where it, uh, counts), and was smacked around for six runs in six innings last night.

The Phillies played in front of the smallest crowd in Citizens Bank Park history last night, but the lack of attention suited them just fine: the Phils, behind winless rookie pitcher Eude Brito, topped the Braves and ace starter Tim Hudson 4-1.

Chris Mustazza and Phil Sandick, our resident Phillies writers, return this week with talk of one-game wonder Eude Brito, Jim Thome and the Phils' playoff chances heading into September.