Pat Burrell received a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 1st for the first run of the game - and a walk from Andy Sonnanstine is a rare event no matter what the circumstance - Chase Utley had two walks, and to top it all off, Ryan Howard is back, with two homers and 5 RBIs in Game 4. Jayson Werth had a double and a home run, and (just to mention something positive about the Rays) Eric Hinske launched a ball really far into center to continue the strange Postseason '08 tradition of pinch-hitters doing theoretically important things. But it didn't do them much good, as it was their final run of the game (Carl Crawford had hit a solo shot to right field in the top of the 4th).
The Rays' bats didn't do a lot to help out their unfortunate pitchers - Peña and Longoria seem to be perpetually hovering on the brink of a "combined 0-for-infinity", and the Tampa Bay box scores are starting to look like one bad joke. (I hate bad jokes.) But I'd be willing to assume that Joe Maddon is quite aware that his situation is about as un-funny as you can get, although I can't really see how he's going to successfully deal with his newfound problem (which, by the way, has a name: Cole Hamels).
Hamels and Kazmir are scheduled to pitch Game 5 tomorrow, and for anyone who cares enough to read this blog post, you have to watch that game, (actually, everyone in the world should watch the game, but obviously that's not possible,) for although it seems like an obvious final win for Cole "undefeated-in-postseason-starts" Hamels and the Fightin' Phils, there is, um, only one October. Or something like that.
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