Gamenight: Phillies (19-15) At Diamondbacks (22-11)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Wed, May 07, 2008 07:57 PM | Comments: 83
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Last night Adam Eaton didn’t pitch well enough to give the Phillies a win; tonight, Kyle Kendrick will have to baffle the Baby-Backs, as he faces Micah Owings. While Owings isn’t dominant, he sports a superb run support of 6.63 (of course, almost all the D-Back starters have high run support numbers). It’s up to Kendrick to subdue the tough Arizona offense.
Phillies: Kyle Kendrick (2-2), 5.01 ERA
Diamondbacks: Micah Owings (4-1) 4.42 ERA
Gametime: 9:40 p.m.
Weather: 84 degrees, sunny
Lineup: Victorino, Bruntlett, Utley, Howard, Burrell, Jenkins, Feliz, Ruiz, Kendrick
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Your gamenight beer: I don’t necessarily want to honor an opponent’s player, but Micah Owings is Jewish, and how often do we get to drink Jewish beer? Here is He’Brew’s (good name, eh?) Rejewvenator (good name, eh?). Though it’s not the one pictured (that’s Genesis 10:10, which is retired — to the sauna ha ha ha), it’s a German-type (ironic?) kind of beer with multiple flavors and textures. Drink it with — uhhhh — matzo.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 Bill
Kendrick needs to step up tonight and have a big start. It will help regain his confidence and get him back on track.
He really needs to stop trying to make perfect pitches and let his defense do the work behind him.
Posted: 08:55 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike T.
I’d like to take the time to welcome the Phillies back down to Earth – welcome home, Phils.
Posted: 10:21 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
Another game, another high-pressure situation strikeout by Ryan Howard.
Posted: 10:35 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Julie
Ryan Howard is ridiculous. I never thought I’d say this, but maybe Pat Burrell needs to talk to him about confidence at the plate.
Posted: 10:36 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Gavin
I hope RH is investing his 10 mill wisely b/c thats the last time he ever sees those dollars again.
Posted: 10:36 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Chris L
Good to see Charlie remembers how to play small ball – especially since Ryan looking more like Pedro Cerano every game.
Posted: 10:36 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Gavin
Just keep batting him cleanup……he’ll break out of it…..in August.
Posted: 10:39 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Gavin
KK is trying to set a record for most pitches thrown in the first 3 innings of a game.
Posted: 10:41 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Chris L
Second thought — could the FO and Charlie be so devious as to keep putting RH in a spot to fail to keep his arbitration # down?
Posted: 10:43 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Danny
Don’t you think its time to drop Howard in line up? Leyland dropped Sheffield to 6th in his slump. I know its a different deal over there in Detroit, but seriously…
.165
Posted: 10:51 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike T.
The second half of our lineup is such a joke.
Posted: 10:52 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Danny
Come on Kendrick, hang in there for two more buddy boy!
Posted: 10:52 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Danny
The second half isn’t too bad, Mike. A bunch of .250 hitters… the usual deal.
Posted: 10:53 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Chris L
The bigger issue I have with the bottom of the order besides their BA is the fact that they don’t work counts as much as they could….(se Pedro’s weak 1st pitch fly out)
Posted: 11:00 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike T.
Danny, their BA’s have nothing to do with it – it’s their approach. They don’t play tactical baseball, they seem to have no baseball sense at times.
Posted: 11:02 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Danny
I think Ruiz is OK. Feliz and Jenkins I agree with you cause.. “THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!”
Posted: 11:05 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
ryan howard sucks… hes a fluke..please prove me wrong so we could trade his sorry dewragin ass
Posted: 11:10 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Danny
My girlfriend’s watching RENT… but a better option than this game. Night folks.
Posted: 11:18 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
I am totally serious when i say this: you can really get someone off the street to come in and hit .165 in the majors. like half the people in this room could do that with an mlb-trainer and some coaching in the offseason. you know how bad .165 is? almost anybody can go hit that bad. thats SO pathetic. i played hockey most of my life and not enough baseball and i could go out there and hit like .150 in the national league. but id never make the team because id be terrible, but this guy is out there still and hes that bad right now. come on. enough is enough make the adjustment and get him lower in the lineup.
Posted: 11:22 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
sepretate him and utley.late in the games the leftylefty hur us but with a righty inbetween it would guve us better matchups….omg while i type this howard just did that..did my scenario make sense?
Posted: 11:25 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
this guy has totally quit since getting paid. he just dropped a catchable double play ball.
Posted: 11:25 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 steve
What is your source for stating Micah Owings is Jewish?
Posted: 11:25 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
howard and his fucking dewrag is every other teams best player
Posted: 11:27 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
howard needs to stop thinking hes hood
Posted: 11:27 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
they said it b4 the game o n the station im watching
Posted: 11:28 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg
I think Phils need to manufacture a Howard “injury”.
Posted: 11:32 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg
Why does Jenkins play? Why not Werth every night? Even when Jenkins gets a hit I still think he sucks.
Posted: 11:34 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
pete happy!
Posted: 11:34 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
if they dont do it i might pay hhim a visit myself and he mite come out with an injury……get out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! feliz!!!!!!!!!!!! he sucks but ill take that..everytime i type we do something good
Posted: 11:34 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Fran
see i dont mind feliz. If you think about it last year we had wes helms in that spot. Feliz is definatly an upgrade. Give him time, remember this is a whole new club and city hes with. He just moved 3,000 miles. Let him get adjusted
Posted: 11:37 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
he is an upgrade. its aaron rowands numbers they miss. theyre hoping jenkins/feliz can replace that but im just not sure
Posted: 11:38 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg
my money is on Howard breaking you in half and not breaking a sweat in the process. maybe thats just the thing he needs to get out of the funk.
Posted: 11:39 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
ryan madson..
Posted: 11:40 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg
maybe all the phils just need a good ol’ bench clearing brawl to get their bats moving
Posted: 11:41 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
greg your prob right…hed could kill me and nobody would know bc hed hide me in his nostrils
Posted: 11:43 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
feliz..youre not a-rod. just make teh grab first.
Posted: 11:44 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
btw…madson sucks too
Posted: 11:44 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
madson and condrey shouldnt be on this team. they need a swingman starter/longman in madsons slot and they need a solid left handed middle reliever in condreys spot
Posted: 11:45 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
Boy, these D-Backs announcers are the worst. If I hear Mark Grace say “gas.” one more time I might scream. Maybe he’s farting a lot. I don’t know.
Posted: 11:48 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
im so pissed right now…..why put madson in a close game?
Posted: 11:49 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
darn. kendrick had a quality start and madson cannot hold for one inning. they have to do something about at least condrey hopefully madson too
Posted: 11:49 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
romero is so clutch
Posted: 11:58 PM on May 7, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 12:03 AM on May 8, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
fucking conor jackson caused all that
Posted: 12:04 AM on May 8, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg
no!
Posted: 12:04 AM on May 8, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
fuck jackson let him sit there all nite..
Posted: 12:04 AM on May 8, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
for some reason i feel like this is another stint to the DL for victorino
Posted: 12:06 AM on May 8, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg
yes! shane vic ok?
Posted: 12:07 AM on May 8, 2008
Posts: 0 chris m
wow nice call by chuck to not bunt…nice to see victorino alrite for now
Posted: 12:08 AM on May 8, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
gotta mention that bruntlett has improved lately.
Posted: 12:08 AM on May 8, 2008