Phillies loss to Yankees shows lack of depth

The Phillies lost to the New York Yankees last night. Roy Halladay tried to hard to pitch to the World Champion Yankees last night, the result wasn't too good. Halladay pitched 6 innings giving up 8H and 6R on the night with 3HR as the Phillies lost 8-3.

The Phillies did have a nice rally in the 4th inning, it was great to see them scoring runners with the bases loaded, something that seemed really difficult for them in the last month. They scored 3 runs in the 4th but that would be all they would score on the night.

Shane Victorino didn't have a good game, he went 0-5 on the night leading off. C.C. Sabathia pitched very well and had the Phillies off balance. The rest of the Phillies lineup didn't fare to well either, DH Ben Francisco has been anemic and 0-4 while his batting average stands at .241 on the season.

The Phillies bench and support players have shown themselves to be ineffective on the year. Ross Gload has a .208 BA on the year, and fill in Juan Castro has a .222 BA on the year. This has all added up to making the Phillies not very good. The Phillies seem mired in inadequate play and the supporting players have got to start picking it up if the Phillies are going to do anything towards making the team better.


Bench and support players through Monday:

Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA
4	SS	Juan Castro	38	37	112	105	7	24	0	12	0	.229
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA
9	SS	Wilson Valdez	32	33	102	99	8	24	0	9	1	.242
10	UT	Greg Dobbs*	31	39	69	63	3	9	1	5	1	.143
11	UT	Ben Francisco	28	32	63	54	5	14	0	5	1	.259
13	UT	Ross Gload*	34	36	48	47	4	10	2	7	0	.213
		Team Totals	32.2	61	2330	2061	272	531	56	259	28	.258
		Rank in 16 NL teams				16	12	14	9		15	10
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 6/16/2010.