Two errors in the 10th inning allowed the St. Louis Cardinals to win Sunday’s contest, leaving a bad taste in the mouths of the Phillies to end their road trip.

One of those errors was the second of the season for reliever Tom Gordon who couldn’t simply catch the ball while covering first base. Fitting that on Father’s Day, usually a day reserved for a father and son to toss around a baseball or something of the sort, Tom “Hopes of a win gone in a Flash” Gordon couldn’t even perform the simplest of baseball’s fundamental skills. Click here for the sad highlights.

Another poor start by Brett Myers left the Phillies with an uphill battle from the start. Myers allowed half a dozen runs in just as many innings. He gave up eight hits including a pair of home runs by Skip Schumaker, and Troy Glaus. A three-run fifth inning got the Phils back in the game that appeared to be lost among the other poor showings from the Fightin’s opening day starter.

A pair of walks with the bases loaded by Cardinals reliever Randy Flores allowed the Phillies to tie the game. A scoreless eighth inning by J.C. Romero left the door open for the Phillies to take the lead in the ninth. Instead Eric Bruntlett took out Yadier Molina in a home plate collision with two men on and two out. Molina held onto the ball and Bruntlett was called out. The catcher left the game on a stretcher and was brought to a local hospital. Early reports say he has a concussion and will stay in the hospital overnight.

In the tenth the Phillies defense was not very good in support of Tom Gordon who came in to pitch. Chase Utley didn’t lead his target enough on his seventh error of the year. Then with two outs Tom Gordon went to cover first base and didn’t catch the throw from Utley. His toss was slower than a Jamie Moyer change-up, but not slow enough for Gordon to help himself out of the extra frame.

The loss puts the Phillies at 5-4 on the road trip before returning home to play the reigning champion Boston Red Sox this week. The Phillies really needed their confidence to be high heading home, but a loss like Sundays is a heart breaker that will provide them with anything but confidence.

Ahead this week the boys of summer will have to take solace in the fact that Cole Hamels will take the mound Monday night against the Sox. After that three-game set things don’t get any easier as the AL West leading Angels of Los Angeles come to town.

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