Penny for your thoughts this morning, Phillies fans.

Actually, the Phils’ bats weren’t worth 10 cents last night.

But Brad Penny looked like a million.

The new addition to the Giants’ staff blew away the Phils’ ailing lineup, which managed to scratch out just five hits against Penny in eight innings, and never got a sniff of the plate.

Penny’s fastball was clocked at 97 mph. In the meantime, the Phils’
young phenom J.A. Happ gave up back-to-back homers in the sixth. Up to that point, he had only surrendered one run. He gave up eight hits and four runs over his six innings of work. It was his second straight loss.

The Giants will send their ace, Tim Lincecum, to the hill tonight in the series finale.

There is one team the Phillies really do not want to say in the playoffs. They will be staring at them in the other dugout tonight.