"Jamie Moyer's magical mound tour continued Wednesday night, but just like Roy Halladay 24 hours earlier, the old man in the Phillies' rotation couldn't get any run support and was left to deal with a 4-1 defeat to the Chicago Cubs that he did not deserve. For the first time since the sixth game of the season in Houston, the Phillies had all eight of their regular position players in the starting lineup. Back then, the offense was white hot, averaging 7 runs and 12 hits a game during a sizzling 5-1 start. The lineup reunion did not go nearly as well, as the Phillies managed only five hits after a mere six the night before in a 2-1 loss to Pittsburgh. "You can be a great offensive club, and you're not going to hit every day," third baseman Placido Polanco said. "You can play defense and your baserunning can be there every day, but I don't care how good you are, you're not going to hit every day." For only the second time in his career, Moyer has pitched at least six innings in his first eight starts of the season. The only other time he did it was with the Phillies in 2007, when he finished with a 14-12 record. Moyer said that six innings wasn't a benchmark he was interested in, but that he did believe the Phillies' starters were feeding off one another. "We don't compete against each other, but there's a little bit of gamesmanship with that," Moyer said. "Seeing what Roy did [Tuesday] night, that's my goal as well: Throw a complete game." In his last outing at Citizens Bank Park, Moyer became the oldest man in major-league history to pitch a shutout. The 47-year-old lefty wasn't quite that sharp against the Cubs, but he was still quite good. Chicago, the team that drafted Moyer in 1986, managed just four hits and two runs in his seven innings. Moyer also struck out seven to match his season high and lowered his ERA to a respectable 4.30 despite falling to 5-3. "I probably had all four pitches working," Moyer said. "I felt like I was hitting both sides of the plate." The Cubs scored single runs off Moyer in similar fashion in the third and seventh innings with RBI singles - one by rookie Starlin Castro and the other by Jeff Baker - deflecting off Polanco's glove and into left field. Cubs lefthander Tom Gorzelanny, who entered the game 1-4 despite an impressive 3.60 ERA, held the Phillies to three hits over 62/3 innings. He walked two and struck out five." http://www.philly.com/inquirer/spor...ats_fail_Moyer_in_4-1_loss.html#axzz0oTHep5Xs
