It's more fun this way

The Phils win their 5th game and its their 5th come from behind victory. Five was a big number today I guess as Ibanez hit his 5th home run to give us a 5-4 win. Chan Ho Park struggled a little bit again, but not nearly as much as last time. Happ pitched very well in relief of Park, but I still think it is too soon to make any judgments on changing our 5th starter. It's nice to get a win against the Padres who are surprisingly looking very good in the first 11 games of the season. Let's hope we can even up the series tomorrow.
This wasn't the prettiest game we've ever played. After hearing that our pitchers are on pace to give up more than 400 homers this year, I realized that it is getting pretty old expecting every hit the other team gets to go over the fence. Our pitching staff was one of the best in the league last season, but they've looked terrible thus far. I don't know what the answer is to that, but hopefully they can figure it out very soon. April is not historically a very important month for the Phillies by any stretch of the imagination, so staying around .500 is acceptable; however, I don't really want to settle for an attitude like that. Today was tough because I don't think this Phillies team has ever really fared well against a pitcher they've never seen before. That Geer character could end up being fantastic or horrendous, but either way I didn't expect much out of the Phillies against him. It was frustrating how low we were keeping his pitch count considering all of this, but we ended up doing what we do best: got to the bullpen and won the game. As fun as it would be to jump out to an early lead and hold onto it every once in awhile, there's nothing like a late inning rally or a walk off win. As long as we're winning, we might as well make it more fun. And more painful for the other team.