The Indians are rendered helpless against Jamie Moyer and the Phillies.
Jamie Moyer got his eighth win of the season -- and allowed his 505th career home run -- while giving the Indians just two hits over eight innings of Tuesday's 2-1 victory in Philadelphia.PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- It was another night of big numbers for left-hander Jamie Moyer as he pitched the Phillies to a 2-1 interleague victory over the Indians on Tuesday at Citizens Bank Ballpark.
Moyer, 47, won his 266th game, tying Hall of Famers Bob Feller and Eppa Rixey for 35th on the all-time victory list. In doing so, he gave up the 505th homer of his career, tying Hall of Famer Robin Roberts for the most ever allowed by a pitcher.
Russell Branyan did the honors, hammering a pitch into the second deck in right field with two out in the second. It was the Indians' only run as they fell to 1-3 on this nine-game interleague trip. They are 4-9 against the National League this year.
Moyer (8-6, 4.45) was facing the Indians for the first time since 2006, but nothing has changed in regards to the way he handles Tribe hitters. He's won his last eight decisions against the Indians to improve to 11-7 in his career.
The left-hander allowed two hits over eight innings. He struck out five and walked one.
The Indians threatened in the ninth when Shin-Soo Choo singled and Carlos Santana walked against J.C. Romero. Brad Lidge relieved and struck out Austin Kearns and Jhonny Perdalta for his fifth save in front of a sellout crowd of 44,836.
Moyer, Romero and Lidge combined on a three-hitter.
Mitch Talbot (7-6, 4.59) was almost as good as Moyer. He allowed two runs, both in the first, in seven innings. It was quite a change from his last start when he allowed a career high eight runs and 13 hits in an 8-4 loss to the Mets.
The Phillies won it in the first. After Placido Polanco singled and Chase Utley walked, Ryan Howard singled home Polanco and sent Utley to third.
Jayson Werth followed with a drive to the warning track in center field. Trevor Crowe made a basket catch for the out, but Utley could have scored from third walking on his hands.
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel was ejected for the third time this season for arguing an interference call at second base on Raul Ibanez in the fourth. Werth appeared to score from third on Shane Victorino's hot shot behind second base. Jason Donald made a nice diving stop and flipped to Anderson Hernandez to force Ibanez at second, but Hernandez's relay to first wasn't in time as Werth scored.
That's when second base umpire Sam Holbrook called Ibanez for interference, which is an automatic double play. It erased the run and ended the inning to keep the score at 2-1.