How much do the Flash miss SS Richard Takada? The typically prolific Flash offense, which is of course adjusting to a number of new regulars this season, ranks 14th in the NL in terms of runs scored through the first 4 games of the season. Only CF Willie Campos has hit a home run thus far, accounting for both Flash long balls.
Luckily for the Flash, the pitching was staunch enough to earn them a road-series split with divisional rival Washington D.C. Senators. The Senators, who finished second in the NL East a year ago and earned a wild card berth, were tormented offensively through the first 3 games of the set. No Flash starter had an OAV higher than .167, and each went at least 6 innings. Willie Rodriguez got banged around in the 4th game due to a 7-run 2nd inning set up by defensive errors, but other than that, the Flash pitching looks pretty firm. The bullpen never gave up a run during the series, accounting for 8.0 innings of work.
Up next for Philadelphia is the Charlotte Webs. Unfortunately, they shuffled their rotation to put SP Kyle Merritt, the all-time strikeout leader, on the mound for the opener. Takada will be back from injury, but he'll have his work cut out for him against such a wizard on the mound. SP Benny Aybar will make his major-league debut and is immediately tasked with outlasting Merritt. Welcome to the bigs, kid.
Scoreboard
W - Donovan Leiter (10-5)----------L - John Fullmer (9-7)
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