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Phillies looking for Pedro to go long

The weather report calls for a clear Thursday night at Citizens Bank Park. Pedro Martinez doesn’t quite believe it. Not after rain has followed his comeback trail ever since he began Minor League rehab outings. And two of his four starts with Philadelphia were cut short by precipitation.



If the skies don’t open up, though, the Phillies want to continue to stretch out Martinez as he faces the Giants.

“We’ve been trying to get him to from 100 to about 105, 110 pitches,” Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. “He was getting there, and the two rainouts set him back a little bit. But I look at Pedro and I think he can definitely be a six-inning guy. I definitely think that. I think he’s still got a lot of pitchability left.”


Click here to read the full article – By David Gurian-Peck of MLB.com


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