Bullpen Revived.

For about a month, both Brett Myers and Tom "Flash" Gordan were missing significant time in the Phillies bullpen. Last night both were back in acton, together and, showed a strong performance. In his second appearence off the DL, Tom Gordan looked marvelous. Flash had great location Saturday night, throwing 10 strikes in just 12 pitches. Gordan's fastball speed stayed consistent in the 7th inning he pitched, tossing countless 90+ mph pitches and, topping off the gun at 96mph. Gordan gave up just one Jack Wilson hit with 2 outs but, kept his composure and struck out the next batter he faced. Before Tom got hurt, he was having trouble with his command on his curveball, that was not the case last night. He was not troubled with it at all and, in fact threw it with more than adequate speed. Gordan secured the 7th inning safley, with two strikeouts. In the 9th inning, replacing Ryan Madson, Brett Myers entered a game for the first time since May 23rd when he injured his shoulder in Florida. Brett pitched very well and didnt seem to have any difficulty opening up his pitching arsenal. His curveball had a nice and tight 12-6 drop and was thrown with a steady 79mph speed. Myers threw his fastball a few times at 91, 92 and, 93mph. He induced pop ups to get batters out and, sat down the first two batters fairly easy. However, Adam LaRoche kept Brett throwing as he fouled off several foul balls to try and stay alive but, a pop up to centerfielder Aaron Rowand ended the game. Myers pitched the 9th inning sharp, only throwing 17 pitches and 11 strikes. Alluding to that, Myers didnt have any trouble hustling down the line to 1st base to cover for Ryan Howard on a ground ball first out. Although it was his first outing since the injury, Brett didnt seem to have any trouble with command or location. He was throwing with confidence and more importantly is back in the bullpen. The Phillies won the game 10-5 over the Pirates, J.D. Durbin got the win, despite a shakey 3rd inning. The Phils are now 3.5 back of the 1st place Mets.