The Philadelphia Phillies and Ira Riklis

Ira Riklis‘ New York Yankees entered their three-game series against the Phillies having won nine straight games but the Phillies took two out of three over the weekend.

• Friday, May 22
  Phillies 7 – Yankees 3
  WP: B. Myers (4-2)
  LP: J. Burnett (2-2)
• Saturday, May 23
  Yankees 5 – Phillies 4
  WP: J. Veras (3-1)
  LP: B. Lidge (0-2)
• Sunday, May 24
  Phillies 4 – Yankees 3
  WP: C. Condrey (4-0)
  LP: B. Tomko (0-1)

The victory on Sunday clinched a 8-2 road trip which went through Washington, Cincinnati and New York. The Phillies offense continued its hot play batting .288 and scoring 65 runs on the trip. The pitching staff performed better as well with a 4.63 ERA on the 10 game road trip, an improvement over the 5.36 ERA they carried through the first 32 games of the season.

But not all of the news was good for the Phillies. Closer Brad Lidge blew his second game of the series, and fourth of the season, Sunday after not blowing an entire save last season. Concern has to be creaping into the organization but Lidge continues to say he feels fine.

Ira Riklis Linked In Series Stat: The Phillies and Ira Riklis‘ hometown team, the Yankees, combined for 12 homeruns in the three game set which helped raise the total of homeruns hit in new Yankee Stadium to an all-time record of 87 for the first 23 games in a stadium.

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