Phillies 6 Braves 3

Before the game Joe Simpson asked Cox if he was concerned about the team possibly coming out flat today, what with it being a day game after a night game after an arduous night of travel. Cox said he wasn't worried -- that the adrenaline rush his boys got from pulling on the old uniform would carry them through.

Far be it for me to quibble with the a Hall of Fame manager, but if what he said was actually true, then no team would ever come out flat. But alas, it happens, and it happened today. A second inning bloop single by LaRoche was the sum total of the offense the Braves could muster in the first eight innings against Brett Myers, until a ninth inning rally made the score respectable.

As for Horacio -- I'll save the bulk of my comments for his Midseason Grades entry, but suffice it to say I'm less than sanguine about his future with the club. Rubber game tomorrow evening, Sosa vs. Tejeda.