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Note: Mighty Joe Smith

by Regis Courtemanche on July 7th, 2008 at 8:58 am

In his last night’s win, Joe Smith retired Carlos Ruiz to end the 10th inning with a runner on second, then pitched a 1–2–3 inning in the 11th, including a pop-out by Chase Utley.  Smith then went on to pitch a scoreless 12th, including a pop-out from Ryan Howard.

Jerry Manuel, on Smith:

“Joe Smith did a tremendous job for us.”

In 41 appearances this season, Smith is 1–1 with a 3.22 ERA, during which right-handed batters are hitting .205 against him.

…phenomenal job joe…just what the team needed at just the right time…