Myers Loses No-Hitter, Game To Reds
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Thu, June 05, 2008 09:06 AM | Comments: 14
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Brett Myers was in line to pitch the game of his life. Through six, he was throwing a no-hitter. But a couple walks unraveled him and a Joey Votto double ended his bid and cost him a loss. The Phils couldn’t muster offense off Reds pitching and lost 2-0.
Edinson Volquez of the Reds pitched well enough to subdue the Phils, but the Phils bats are what really did them in. They had a few chances to score a couple runs, but couldn’t deliver. Looking back, Ryan Howard’s first-pitch fly out stands out the most. His strikeout in the eighth also comes to mind. At this point, it’s hard to rely on Howard for anything aside from a home run every couple days.
The Phils left 15 men on base. Howard left four. Jenkins and Feliz left three. The hot streak has cooled considerably, leaving Feliz back at .250.
The bullpen couldn’t quite hold down the fort, either. JC Romero let in a run in the ninth, when the Phils really could’ve used a one-run game. He walked two in his inning of work spread between the eighth and ninth.
It’s all a real shame because Myers pitched a fine game. His (six) walks did him in when he needed outs most, but for most of the game he was unhittable. He struck out eight and gave up just one hit — but that hit was the most crucial of all.
This one is tough to swallow, but you have to be excited with the way Myers pitched last night.
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Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
OK, let’s not get down on ourselves here. Even if they lose today it’s a 7-3 homestand and we’re still in first place going into Atlanta. Yikes, people.
Point is, Myers did exactly what he needed to do last night. He pitched into the eighth, pitched well (sans the walks, but that strike zone shrunk rapidly) and gave the bullpen a rest. Today we need Cole and the offense to guide them to an easy win.
Posted: 09:09 AM on June 5, 2008
Posts: 0 OZ
The bats were bound to get cold and the Reds had a talented pitcher on the mound. We had rattled off a couple of W’s, bound for an L sooner or later. Myers more than did his job. No shame.
Did anyone else see that stat listing the Phils w/ the best NL batting avg. with runners in scoring position? that blew my mind.
Go Cole!
Posted: 09:23 AM on June 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Don M
Volquez is one of the top young pitchers in MLB… He’s now the strikeout leader, by 11 ( 91 Ks, Beckett is 2nd with 80) … and Volqz ERA is 1.32 … (Tim Lincecum is 2nd with a 2.23 ERA)
So you have to tip your cap to him too for just being a filthy pitcher.. but after Victorino walks, and Utley gets hit… for Howard to be swinging at the first pitch was not a smart move… especially trying to poke one the opposite way. He’s going to finish the year with like 40-45 HR… 120 RBI… and a sub-.250 batting average
Posted: 09:40 AM on June 5, 2008
Posts: 0 scot
Can someone explain to me why when Myers is pitching as well as he did, that he was booed for walking Griff, in a game when we were already down a run? Philly booing has become cartoonish. Myers deserved better than that last night.
Posted: 09:41 AM on June 5, 2008
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scot: I’ll actually have more on that in about an hour.
Posted: 09:44 AM on June 5, 2008
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Thanks, Tim. Second game in a row this happened too. I just noticed Murphy touched on it over at the Daily News website as well.
Posted: 09:46 AM on June 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Paul
Nice to see Myers pitch well. And it is no shame getting shut down by Volquez, he’s been doing it all year.
It is getting harder and harder to justify upping Howard to a long term deal. He is really starting to remind me of Jack Clark, Rob Deer, Dave Kingman, etc… etc…
Posted: 09:50 AM on June 5, 2008
Posts: 0 AP
I just hope we keep this up. Win 3 or 4 in a row, lose 1, win 3 or 4 in row again, lose 1. Last time we had a season like that, it was *ahem* 1993.
Posted: 10:36 AM on June 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
I would try and get immediate help at the trade deadline for him. screw him, sure i like watching him hit home runs but id rather win a championship thatn watch him strike out with men on base like all the time.
Posted: 10:37 AM on June 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Don M
People are booing #1 because Griffey is out of the lineup and he is one of the main reasons fans have been going down this series. #2… Gordon and Myers seemed to be going around him.. Myers was a litle wild last night, but fans wanted to see our guys’ best VS. Ken Griffey Jr… and our guys walked him twice, (on 9 total pitches i think? 4-0 gordon, 4-1 myers?)
I’m going down today, I’m guessing Griffey will be held out against Hamels…and if he comes up to pinch-hit and they walk him.. I will boo. more at the situation than the pitcher…
Posted: 10:39 AM on June 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Don M
They won’t be able to get much for Howard at the trade deadline because his K’s and Batting Avg will be terrible.. if they wait until the winter meetings they can use all of his “averages” as leverage.
“He averages .275, 45 HR, 125 RBIs…etc… ”
Hopefully they don’t mention his crappy defense, or strikeout records..
Ryan Howard is the new Nolan Ryan – the man you can count on for a strikeout in a crucial situation!
NOLAN RYAN HOWARD – STRIKEOUT KING
I should make T-shirts that say that and sell them to dirty Mets fans (who will try to pay me with fake gold watches and pizza, instead of cash$money)
Posted: 10:44 AM on June 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA That’s fucking hilarious. Anyway, I am pretty certain that Howard will come around by July, but it just sucks to be losing games right now because of his lack of offense. I think we can get a starter like Sheets for really cheap because the Brewers suck, and they need to rebuild. He’s in a contract year, and he’s hurt constantly. He’s worth the risk for the rest of the year to try and get us to the promise land. If he can manage to stay healthy the rest of the season he’d be incredible for us. I bet he wants out of Milwaukee and he is probably pal’s with Jenkins. There are some other pitchers in contract years you might be able to get for cheap. Penny, Harden(same boat as sheets because of injuries), Greiger(the Royals are horrible and will probably try and get whatever they can), amongst some others. I think the Phillies will be in talks with a lot of teams for a lot of their good pitchers. We can probably do it without giving up Howard too who will be a amazing for us down the stretch like he always is.
Posted: 10:54 AM on June 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Bruce
Yes, with 101 games left in the season, my expectations for Howard are the about the same as Don M’s “..He’s going to finish the year with like 40-45 HR… 120 RBI… “. Exactly what the club wants from a no. 4 hitter and run producer in the line-up. ;-)
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