August 06, 2008

Adam Eaton Continues Stellar Play In Minors

Hey, Adam Eaton had his second start in the minor leagues yesterday. After lasting only 3 2/3 innings (and losing) in Single-A Clearwater, how would he fare this time?

Oh.

Adam Eaton's return to the mound in Reading wasn't much different than his past few starts in Philadelphia: He heard boo birds, gave up a pile of runs and didn't last long.

This time, though, the 30-year-old right-hander felt OK about his outing, even though it put the Reading Phillies in a deep hole en route to their 13-3 Eastern League loss to visiting Portland.

Indeed! Eaton went 3 1/3 innings, gave up 7 runs -- including a first-inning grand slam -- and took his second straight minor league loss.

"I felt good," Eaton told the Reading Eagle. "The ball was coming out pretty nice. I was happy with the way I threw." It is the minor leagues, and he is just attempting to work on his command, but... yeesh.

Eaton hardly unhittable in his R-Phils start [Reading Eagle]
Photo via ReadingPhillies.com

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May 29, 2007

Road To 10,000 Losses: A Giant Sweep

Road to 10,000 Losses is a countdown to the Phillies' 10,000th loss, coming sometime later this year. With a 5-4 loss to the Diamondbacks last night, the Phillies stand at 9980 losses, only 20 away from 10,000.

Well, well! The Phillies finally started playing some good ball over the weekend, sweeping the Atlanta Braves and improving to an improbable two whole games over .500. The Phils beat Atlanta 8-3, 6-4 and 13-6 in the sweep, their first of the Braves on the road since, like, they were in Boston.

The Phillies lost last night despite a furious ninth-inning comeback that had last week's goat, Rod Barajas, fall a few feet short of a game-winning homer in the bottom of the ninth. The Phillies might have been in a better position if Charlie Manuel had pinch hit for Freddy Garcia in the bottom of the sixth, since the Phillies had the bases loaded and 1 out with the pitcher at bat. Garcia grounded into a double play, but did pitch two more scoreless innings.

The Phils could use wins in the next two nights to win another series before Barry Bonds and the Giants come in this weekend. Also, in an Inquirer story on why members of the Phillies wear certain numbers, Adam Eaton revealed himself to be totally awesome:

“It was the only one that looked remotely interesting. I had 21 in Texas. They gave me 53 in San Diego. You don’t buy numbers from older guys, so I wasn’t getting 21 here. Plus, my number is free. Why spend money? No, there’s really no significance to my number. But I could create some. Let’s see, 53 was my first number in the big leagues. Two and 3 equals 5. Three is the second number in both numbers. Two plus 1 is three. So you can have people draw their own conclusions. Everybody asked why I was 21. Well, five minus 3 is 2. Three minus 2 is 1. It was a progression. And it was available.”

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