Phillies Notes | Hamels won't pitch on short rest if there is a Game 4

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, October, 2007 | by Todd Zolecki Inquirer Staff Writer

If the Phillies beat the Colorado Rockies tomorrow night in Game 3 of the National League division series at Coors Field, Kyle Lohse is scheduled to start Sunday in Game 4.

There is no chance Cole Hamels would pitch on short rest in Game 4.

"No," Hamels said yesterday after the team's 10-5 loss to the Rockies in Game 2. "It's too much of a risk. It's something where, I would rather pitch Game 5, because it's something about getting to that next level, that next stage. I don't know if it's selfish. Some people might take it that way, but I think it would be better for me to go on my normal days' rest because of the track record."

Hamels missed more than a month this season because of a strained left elbow. Another elbow injury forced him to miss much of the 2004...