5.17.2007

Cole Hamels is Awesome

After the first pitch was delayed 92 minutes by rain, the fans in Philly were going absolutely bananas. They hung on every Cole Hamels pitch - especially the two-strike counts - as the lefty's bid for a perfect game ended in the seventh inning.

The 23-year-old Hamels (6-1, 3.30 ERA) retired his first 18 batters and used his baffling changeup to strike out eleven Milwaukee Brewers (25-15), leading the Philadelphia Phillies (20-20) to a 6-2 victory and out of the basement for the first time last night. Apparently, he can swing the bat, too. Hamels had two singles for his first career multi-hit game.

Jeff Suppan (5-4, 3.25 ERA) gave up nine hits and six runs - four earned - in seven innings. J.J. Hardy had the Brew Crew's first hit, his 13th homer of the year and Milwaukee's only digit on the board.

Aaron Rowand hit a three-run shot in the second for the Phillies while Jimmy Rollins, Pat Burrell and Abraham Nunez each drove in a run a piece.

[MLB]


8 comments:

Anonymous said...

<3 Cole Hamels

Sooze said...

<3 Hole Camels

Clare said...

My people! If you <3 Cole as much as the Ladies... do, you should see what and I cooked up in the last 12 or so hours.

Clare said...

OK, I give up. There's two links in there. Blogger hates me, I guess.

Sooze said...

Blogger hates us all, really.

Hump Day Hottie!!

Clare said...

He's a hottie every day, Sooze.

Sooze said...

It's true.

Texy said...

Now I've done my part for Clare (hump day hottie Cole) and Lizzie (I made sure and took and posted pictures of Beckett from Sunday's game). Now I just need to post that Mauer boys piece, with all 9000 pictures I've been saving, and I think I'll have completed the trifecta of hot.

I watch out for my girls.

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