Is Charlie Manuel costing the Phillies games by leaving pitchers in too long

   The Phillies lost the last game in the series against the Pittsburgh Pirates over the weekend. This is the way the Phillies have been losing games lately. Is Charlie Manuel leaving in starting pitchers too long?

   Roy Halladay has 6 complete games already and there is still half a season to go. He likes to work long and earn his victories, he's one of the rare pitchers in this day and age that goes the distance. On his last start though, Halladay was left in the game a little too long, and the Phillies ended up losing the game. There have been a few other scenarios like this from Halladay and Hamels.

   The same could be said for Joe Blanton yesterday in Pittsburgh. He was left in that little too long and it cost the Phillies the game. Kyle Kendrick even got a complete game in during the last week, the Phillies had a comfortable lead, but was it necessary to leave him in the whole game?

   The entire starting staff has a total of 9 CG so far this season, that is first in the National League.

Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP
1	SP	Roy Halladay	33	9	7	.563	2.42	6	3	0	130.0
2	SP	Jamie Moyer*	47	9	7	.563	4.13	2	1	0	102.1
3	SP	Cole Hamels*	26	6	7	.462	4.07	0	0	0	97.1
4	SP	Kyle Kendrick	25	5	3	.625	4.70	1	0	0	95.2
5	SP	Joe Blanton	29	3	5	.375	6.27	0	0	0	74.2
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP
6	CL	Brad Lidge	33	1	0	1.000	5.25	0	0	5	12.0
7	RP	Chad Durbin	32	0	1	.000	3.31	0	0	0	35.1
8	RP	Danys Baez	32	2	3	.400	4.70	0	0	0	30.2
9	RP	David Herndon	24	0	1	.000	3.58	0	0	0	27.2
10	RP	Jose Contreras	38	3	3	.500	3.24	0	0	3	25.0
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP
11		Nelson Figueroa	36	1	1	.500	4.09	0	0	1	22.0
12		J.C. Romero*	34	1	0	1.000	2.16	0	0	3	16.2
13		Antonio Bastardo*	24	0	0		5.11	0	0	0	12.1
14		J.A. Happ*	27	1	0	1.000	0.00	0	0	0	10.1
15		Ryan Madson	29	1	0	1.000	7.00	0	0	4	9.0
16		Mike Zagurski*	27	0	0		2.08	0	0	0	4.1
17		Scott Mathieson	26	0	0		27.00	0	0	0	0.2
		Team Totals	32.1	42	38	.525	4.02	9	4	16	706.0
		Rank in 16 NL teams		8	9		7	1	5	14	16
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP

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Generated 7/5/2010.