Gamenight: Nationals (44-83) At Phillies (68-58)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Thu, August 21, 2008 06:07 PM | Comments: 200
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Brett Myers pitched the Phils to another win over the Nationals. His complete-game shutout performance allowed for a series win. Now the Phils will try to sweep the Nationals out of Philly. The Phils can move to one game behind the Mets with a win tonight.
The Legend Continues: With his 11 wins, Jamie Moyer is the team’s top winner. He now has 241 for his career.
The Dobbs Split: Greg Dobbs is hitting .309 with all six of his homers against right-handed pitching.
In The Redd: Tim Redding was phenomenal against the Phillies his first two times against them, but the Phils figured him out July 30, scoring seven runs off him in four innings en route to an 8-5 loss.
Petey!: Pedro Feliz is in the starting lineup, seeing his first action since an injury derailed him in late July. He is paired in the lineup with his rhyming brother, Carlos Ruiz.
Phillies: Jamie Moyer (11-7) 3.64 ERA
Nationals: Tim Redding (8-8) 4.66 ERA
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EST
Weather: 81, sunny
Lineup: Rollins/Werth/Utley/Howard/Burrell/Victorino/Feliz/Ruiz/Moyer
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Your gamenight beer: A couple things I love — Belgian beer and amber beer. This is Bruegel Amber Ale, named after painter Pieter Bruegel, evidently. I’ll drink to art anyday of the week. Pair this with a shrimp salad.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 Geoff
this team blows. the antionals are the worst team in baseball and they lost to them again.
Posted: 10:01 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
no, not really
Posted: 10:01 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
impressive loss, Tim Redding and Joel Hanranahananan are just too good.
Posted: 10:02 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
unbelievable. phils totally suck. mets have a man on second, 1 out, david wright up. i bet he shows what a clutch player does…phils should go watch TV and learn something
Posted: 10:02 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Fred
Howard for Halladay then take Howard’s and Burrell’s money and sign Texierra.
Posted: 10:03 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 MIKE FLO
no david wright hit the double…beltran intentionally walked…. delgados up
Posted: 10:03 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 J-Man
Nice job to give a team with a 12 game losing steak their 1st win…Now we gotta play the Dodgers,Mets,and Cubs.
Posted: 10:04 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
I can’t believe 3 runs didn’t get it done!
Posted: 10:04 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 MIKE FLO
METS WINNN
Posted: 10:05 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Howard’s RBIs are a byproduct of him hitting ahead of burrell, and Utley’s high OBP.
Look at the game-deciding offensive inning tonight. First and second NO OUTS. Bottom 8. You can’t get the fucking job done. What a face piece of blank. Sure, rag on Bruntlett, but Ryan Howard (offensively, and Rollins) and Ryan Madson pitching COST the Phils this game. It’s pathetic. This team ain’t goin’ nowhere. They’re brutal.
2.5 back after tonight. Say nighty night. I am excited to hear the answer after their 63rd loss. Jimmy, how is the team doing, in your view? Jimmy, the team has fantastic pitching, how is that they are fading badly? That have the top 4 pitching staff in the league Jimmy, and the 3 others in the lineup have 30 HRs and over 70 RsBI. Jimmy, where is the team slacking? Does a leadoff hitter usually hit 250 with a 320 obp very little power and not many runs scored?
Posted: 10:05 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
the braves just lost on a error on a flyball
Posted: 10:06 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
2.5 back…this is totally fucking sick
Posted: 10:06 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
muts are getting every fucking break in the history of baseball…
Posted: 10:06 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
The way this team is hitting, we’re going to go like 2-8 or 3-7 here in the next 3 series, right? It’s unavoidable.
The Cubs have scored the most runs (LOL, good luck Phils) and the Dodgers bullied us like bitches last week and the Mets own our nuts.
Posted: 10:07 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
I bet $500 bucks on Phillies under 87 wins at the beginning of the season and it’s looking good
Posted: 10:07 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 MIKE FLO
Mets are getting every break? like what? just bc the phillies cant take care of the nationals dont be a hater
Posted: 10:08 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Hmm, so the 3-4-5 came through for the Mets there?
Posted: 10:08 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
id keep victorino howard utley and burrell if hell take a discount. and werth ENTIRE rest of the lineup should be cut or traded away.
Posted: 10:08 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
the Muts have a better lineup and starting pitching than us, it was only a matter of time. Phils are 4 under .500 in the last 2+ months.
Posted: 10:08 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
WHy doesn’t Manual bat Victorino lead off?
Posted: 10:08 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Fred
JRo’s off the juice.
Posted: 10:09 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Just an awful 1-2 punch with Rollins and Howard. Did you see Olney’s blog today? Howard is one of the worst hitters in the league against good pitching. Trade him this offseason in hopes to get something – anything! – in return for that guy.
Posted: 10:09 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
because hes an idiot danny
Posted: 10:09 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
fuck you mike FLO. top off the 9th, 2 outs, braves had men on first and second. don’t tell me that delgado wasn’t pulled off the bag from that shit throw from easley…THE RUNNER WAS SAFE the ump didn’t call it.
lots of breaks for the muts, including that idiot outfielder dropping the flyball to win it.
Posted: 10:09 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Meanwhile, Delgado is really coming through. I’d much rather have him than Howard.
Posted: 10:10 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
The same way the Sixers got rid of Iverson, I want to get rid of Howard. He’s selfish. He could easily learn to hit and beat the shift situationally, and he doesn’t. He could learn to cut down on his strikeouts, and he doesn’t. Who wants to cheer for someone like that?
Posted: 10:10 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
actually, all you need to do to fix howard is get a real pitching coach to sit down with him in the offseason and show him what hes doing taht is so obvious.
Posted: 10:10 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Runshouse
The Mets couldn;t buy a break last spetember… come on now…
Delgados walk off was scored a hit which gave him a 5-5 night.
Posted: 10:10 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 MIKE FLO
haha real mature AC start throwing out f bombs. A win is a win. A bit frustrated there buddy?
Posted: 10:11 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Kyle, Olney’s blog on espn.com?
Posted: 10:11 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 David, the Mets Fan from Queens
I don’t mean to be smug, but tonight is a great night to be a Mets* fan. This condescending term, “Mutts,” is overly used. Let’s Go Mets!
Which relief pitcher gave up the winning run to Kearns? I wasn’t watching the game intently.
Posted: 10:11 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
or a hitting coach i mean
Posted: 10:11 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
a bit frustrated yeah
Posted: 10:12 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
madson…total junk trash
Posted: 10:12 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
david – why don’t you go back to your muts blog or muts hole that u came out of???
Posted: 10:13 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Fred
What are Howard’s HR and RBI splits – home and away? Howard an absolute liability at first and his 200+ strikeouts are a momentum killer.
Posted: 10:13 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Another terrific pitching performance pissed away. Although, as bad as the offense has been this is the third time (2 times in LA) in a week that the Phillies have had an 8th inning lead only to squander it away.
I still blame the offense more, but that stat is tough to ignore.
Posted: 10:13 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Is Mike Liebrethal the new hitting coach on this team?
Posted: 10:14 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
well you better maek sure you get a lot for him. dont let amaro or gillick do it
Posted: 10:14 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Ryan Howard is hitting in the .100s against lefties…
At what point do you pinch hit for him with a righty in certain situations?
Posted: 10:14 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
who were the relievers that blew the 8th inning leads? tonite, madson, i think condrey at least once in LA – BOTH ARE WORTHLESS…
Posted: 10:14 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
I’ll give Durbin a pass for last week however
Posted: 10:15 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
great last point by Geoff. need a management shakeup here too
Posted: 10:15 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Kyle, can you copy and paste what Olney said? I went to the page, but, uh, I’m not an “insider”
Posted: 10:15 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
hey, if they dont make it to the playoffs or if they do and get swept again. im ok with rebuilding. let burrell walk trade jimmy trade ryan and come back next year with fury.
that will get you soem good stuff in return if you wanna go that way…
Posted: 10:16 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 METS ARE 2.5 UP!
Mets have the sexiest rotation in the National League!
Posted: 10:16 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
either way..go for it in the fofseason and load up or rebuild. but DONT go in between like theyve been doing. that fails everytime
Posted: 10:17 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Danny, yes. Olney did a piece on how good Ryan Braun is against good-to-great pitchers. Howard was the opposite. No surprise there.
Posted: 10:17 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 danny
Dodgers to Phils: Gimme your lunch money.
Phils: OKAY! HERE! TAKE IT! JUST DON’T HURT ME!
Posted: 10:18 PM on August 21, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Hey Mets fan! If it weren’t for your stiff closer going down, you’d be down a bunch of games! If I were you, I’d pray Wags is done for the year! Because when he comes back, he’s getting taken downtown!
Posted: 10:19 PM on August 21, 2008