Brewers take game 3 from Phils

Last night I got to watch almost all of the Phillies-Brewers game on TV. It was kind of an ugly game, with both teams squandering many opportunities. I don't know how many times the Phillies got their lead-off runner on base without being able to drive him in. And the Brewers had lots of chances to blow the game wide open, but they never came up with a big inning.

There were a couple of weird plays which I thought were interesting. First, in the 6th inning Jayson Werth hit a drive to right field which was caught by Corey Hart. Hart banged into the wall, hit the ground, rolled over, and then dropped the ball. Werth, who had alertly been running the whole time, ended up on third with a triple. I was never quite clear on the rule that says when a ball is officially caught as opposed to dropped. The only time I'd ever seen anything like that was earlier this year during a Cubs-Phillies game when Fukudome ran down a fly ball but dropped it a few seconds later after bumping into Soriano.

The second weird play was in the 9th when the Phillies loaded the bases with nobody out. Pedro Feliz hit a double-play ground ball, and Shane Victorino, who was on first, decided to plow into Craig Counsell instead of sliding. The umps conferred and ultimately ruled interference against the Phils, bringing runners back to second and third and nullifying the run that had scored. I bet Victorino will be smart enough to slide the next time he tries to break up a double play.

Game 4 is going on right now, and the Phillies lead 1-0 in the 2nd inning. As for the Cubs, I can't really say much except they lost last night and I didn't watch the game. What a pathetic post-season they had. Now I'm rooting for the Phillies all the way.