Gameday: Cardinals (51-41) At Phillies (49-43)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Thu, July 10, 2008 12:00 PM | Comments: 172
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One more time, VOTE BURRELL.
The Phillies snapped a four-game losing streak, beating the Cardinals 4-2 Wednesday night. JA Happ pitched 6+ innings and was pretty effective in handling the Cardinals. The Phils took an early lead, and while they blew it, the offense responded with solo shots by Ryan Howard and Pedro Feliz in the eighth. Brad Lidge collected his 20th save.
Today it’s the final game of the triple set, and the Phils will gun for their 50th win of the season, with Jamie Moyer going against the Cards. Moyer has been generally effective this season. He’ll face Braden Looper, who has had a pretty similar season, having a few bad starts but a bunch of quality, non-dominant affairs. This should be a close one.
Alyssa Milano is at the ballpark today, promoting her clothing campaign with Major League Baseball. If that matters.
Phillies: Jamie Moyer (7-6) 4.12 ERA
Cardinals: Braden Looper (9-6) 4.15 ERA
Gametime: 1:05 p.m. EST
Weather: 85, partly cloudy
Lineup: Rollins/Victorino/Utley/Howard/Burrell/Jenkins/Feliz/Coste/Moyer
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Your gameday beer: I’ll be at the game today, having a nice brew while enjoying the summer sun and a Jamie Moyer outing. I won’t have it, but I’ll recommend Yards Saison. An easy beer, it’s a farmhouse-style brew. I might have some pulled pork today, so eat that with it.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 Geoff
at least howard mashed that junk looper. looper is total garbage.
Posted: 03:13 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
Yeah I just read that theyre pursing Burnett and Lowe: maybe a smoke screen to drive the price of bedard down?
i think a little bit of both actually.
anyone else notice that charlie openly said they need another hitter as well? i like it.
Posted: 03:15 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
They do need a hitter. REALLY BAD
Posted: 03:17 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
The Dodgers are in first place now. They aint dropping Lowe!
Posted: 03:18 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
I just looked up Burnett’s stats… He is so unspectacular
Posted: 03:19 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
He’s like Myers. He’s a headcase and will either throw a gem or throw total garbage.
Posted: 03:23 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
Shane got away with one there
Posted: 03:25 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike W.
madson time…i almost would rather bring in condrey
Posted: 03:28 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Now everyone will come out and start bashing him for striking out in that situation eventhough he’s the reason we’re winning this game.
Posted: 03:28 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Here’s an interesting piece of information. Burnett is leading the AL in k’s now that Sabathia is gone.
Posted: 03:29 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
Corey (Philadelphia): Are the Phillies going to actually be a player in the trade deadline for once?
Keith Law: I assume so – Gillick’s in his last year, there’s a clear win-now strategy. I’d cash in Golson pretty quickly, maybe Donald because 2b and ss are well filled in Philly, definitely keep Marson.
Posted: 03:29 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Well, that was painless. Great job by Madson.
Posted: 03:33 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
nice job by Madson.
Wright got a leadoff double and Beltran tried to bunt him over on the first pitch. He’s the cleanup hitter and he’s bunting. The muts announcers are killing him.
Posted: 03:34 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Don M
madson’s been really, really good lately
Posted: 03:35 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
Damn, the juicer Tatis just hit a homer. 5-3. oh well.
Posted: 03:38 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
You gotta be kidding me, Tatis 2 Run bomb. 5-3 mets
Posted: 03:39 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Don M
I can’t wait for Taguchi to pinch hit and blow this game wide open
Posted: 03:42 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Coste is turning into Ruiz…this can’t be good.
Posted: 03:43 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Chris Coste, you suck
Posted: 03:43 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike W.
Marson needs to be playing now. He should be starting with Coste.
Posted: 03:44 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Don M
Coste gidp :(
Posted: 03:44 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
hate the mets, hate the mets, hate the mets:
• Rain delayers of the week: Ever wondered how big leaguers kill a 2-hour, 50-minute rain delay? Now it can be told. Mets relievers Aaron Heilman, Scott Schoeneweis and Billy Wagner spent all 170 minutes of their never-ending delay Sunday in Philadelphia building a boat. They used water bottles, nail files and Slim Jims to construct the hull, and cut holes in aspirin packs to serve as the sails.
“We were down there so long,” Wagner quipped, “we were going to go down and see if the Phillies [bullpen] wanted to have a boat race. Whoever wins gets to go home.”
Posted: 03:44 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Gary B
How close was Feliz’s to going out? Im watching on shitty gameday at work.
Posted: 03:45 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
I say we move Werth to the catcher’s spot permanently.
Posted: 03:45 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike W.
not that close. wow, madson for the save!
Posted: 03:45 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
What would it take for us to get Nady?
Posted: 03:46 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Craig
Madson still in the game in the 9th
Posted: 03:46 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Don M
Madson really staying in for a 2 inning save>???
Posted: 03:46 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
Coste did smash that DP though, it was just right at somebody. I can live with that.
I hope Lidge isn’t hurt…
Posted: 03:48 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Wheels just said it wasn’t Coste’s fault that they left a runner on third last inning because he still hit the ball hard. Wheels, wake up, he needs to elevate the damn ball. Its all his fault – runner on third, less than 2 outs, get the run in. jesus.
Posted: 03:49 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
oh no, did Wheels just agree with me (sort of). That’s scary…for me.
Jose Castillo just threw away another grounder with two outs. 6-3 now. He’s solely responsible for 3 Mets runs today. what an asshat.
Posted: 03:51 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Why don’t we squeeze there?
Posted: 03:51 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
Does anyone remember a game where Aaron Miles killed the Phillies last year. He’s a bone. Come on romero!
Posted: 03:52 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 adamc254
Why is Madson still in the game?
Posted: 03:53 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 adamc254
oh good – Charlie took him out. he should have been out at the start of the inning.
Posted: 03:53 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Paul
I think they are trying to give Lidge a day off. Why didn’t Romero come in to face Duncan?
Posted: 03:55 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 adamc254
ok – one more out…lets go phils!
Posted: 03:56 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 MS
where is lidge?
Posted: 03:58 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike W.
lidge is good to go in all 3 games this weekend with the off day here. for once, i kinda applaud manuel’s foresight. usually he brings him in in 5 run games.
Posted: 03:59 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Good win today. Way to go Moyer and Howard.
Posted: 04:00 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Nice. Good win. So big to win this series, especially after losing game 1.
Posted: 04:00 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 adamc254
YESSSSS!!! go jc romero.
Posted: 04:00 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
yeah, good win. we won a series against someone other than Atlanta!
Posted: 04:01 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 MS
thanks Mike W- just curious.
Posted: 04:01 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 adamc254
now if Rowand can hit a homer here, w/one on for the giants…
Posted: 04:01 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 oaklandphilphan
Sweet. I propose the ashburn award to either howard or moyer, with an edge to moyer cause Howard always hits well against St. Louis
Posted: 04:05 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
at least they won a series.
Posted: 04:05 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
if they deal for bedard or oswalt or burnett, the phillies must do what the cubs did: get someone added to the deal that can be a starter (chad gaudin in that case) if the main guy craps out.
i beleive they can afford this if they just sweeten the deal a little more.
taht was a wise precaution taken by chicago
Posted: 04:15 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
I wonder if Happ is on the trade table and that’s why they have him up here. Maybe it’s a way to try and get Carrasco out of trade talks.
Posted: 04:24 PM on July 10, 2008
Posts: 0 LetsGoMets!
phillies won a series against a team that wasn’t the braves, congrats!
Posted: 04:31 PM on July 10, 2008