The Phillies Bullpen

I don't think I'm done picking on Tom Gordon. He really hurt the Phils this past weekend. That being said, I wanted to take a look at how the bullpen did in the series against the Reds. With two extra inning games, plus a game Saturday where Mathieson left in the fourth inning, the bullpen was worked a lot. Here's the stats for the weekend:

Phils' Bullpen: 1 win, 1 loss, 15.1 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 7 BB, 15 K, 0 HR, 1.19 ERA
Tom Gordon: 1 loss, 1 blown save, 2.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 20.45 ERA

In fairness to Gordon, I looked to see when he had pitched last before Friday. It was a whole week before, so his blown save can't be the result of overwork. Still, the reason I bring this up isn't because of how Gordon hurt us, but instead how well the rest of the bullpen performed. Despite poor performances by both Myers and Mathieson, the Phillies were in each game until the final out. That's great work by the bullpen.

Note: If I remember, on Wednesday I want to put in my take on the Rookie of the Year award

1-2, 46 games to go