A jolt went through the Philadelphia Phillies clubhouse when the club announced it had traded for Cliff Lee, the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner.
Lee couldn't help the Phils in a 4-0 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.
Yusmeiro Petit (1-5) matched a career high with eight strikeouts.
"Bottom line was, we just didn't hit him,'" Phils manager Charlie Manuel said.
The Phillies took two of three against Arizona and were still smiling about Lee's acquisition as they headed to San Francisco.
"My first thought? Happy we got another pitcher,'' Manuel said. "He's a good pitcher. He'll help us.''
Lee's arrival could cost rookie J.A. Happ (7-2) his spot in the starting rotation. But after sweating out rumors that he'd be traded in a deal to get Roy Halladay, Happ was relieved just to be in the same jersey.
"I'm glad I'm here, that's for sure,'' Happ said.
With the acquisition of Lee from the Cleveland Indians, Manuel said he would ponder changes to his rotation. Happ made his case to stay, allowing two runs and three hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out five.
"Things happen for a reason,'' Happ said. `"I've been hearing that from a lot of people when all this stuff's been going down. You know, I'm here and trying to do what I can do, so hopefully that means something.''
The Phillies lost for only the sixth time in 25 games this month and their NL East lead dropped to six games over Florida.
