Gamenight: Phillies (64-53) At Dodgers (58-59)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Mon, August 11, 2008 09:36 PM | Comments: 210
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The Phillies went 3-3 on their homestand, taking a needed two from the Pirates over the weekend. Currently the Marlins are losing to the Cardinals, and the Mets have already lost to the Pirates, as their bullpen blew another game. Now the Phils begin a West Coast swing, starting with a four-game series at Chavez Ravine.
Mr. Pinch: Greg Dobbs has 21 pinch hits this season, which puts him seven behind the all-time record by John VanderWal.
Extra, Extra: The Phils have had an extra-base hit in 43 straight games.
Dominating Derek: Dodgers pitcher Derek Lowe has flat-out ruled the Phils, going 3-1 with a 2.84 ERA for his career.
Manny Being Manny: And just to let you all know, the Phillies are facing Manny Ramirez tonight. … And Casey Blake.
Phillies: Kyle Kendrick (10-5) 3.78 ERA
Dodgers: Derek Lowe (8-10) 4.10 ERA
Gametime: 10:10 p.m. EST
Weather: 78, sunny
Lineup: Rollins/Victorino/Utley/Howard/Werth/Dobbs/Ruiz/Kendrick
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Your gamenight beer: Let’s go Polish tonight. We’re drinking Zywiec Beer. The Zywiec Brewery specializes in pale lagers, which are generally less alcoholic than pale ales. The brewery, founded in 1852, is now property of the Heineken company. To eat, have some kielbasa. Ay!
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 That Guy
Kyle kendrick needs Utley’s anti-inflamatories for his chapped ass
Posted: 11:33 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
i can’t take it anymore.
Posted: 11:34 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
Or maybe his vaseline!
Posted: 11:34 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Eli
great way to start the road trip
Posted: 11:34 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
this is whne i want to see one of our players do something disgraceful to the dodgers
Posted: 11:35 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg V.
I just want to thank the Phillies for telling me it’s time to go to bed. When Les Walrond comes in with loaded bases and 1 out when we’re behind 7-1, I think it’s safe to hit the sac.
Posted: 11:35 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Can someone explain the Utley/vaseline thing? I heard he plugged it on TV somewhere or soemthing?
Posted: 11:35 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 That Guy
Tyler: crawl back under your rock you cockroach!
Posted: 11:37 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
I think it was Jamie who saw it on ESPN.
Posted: 11:37 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Haha, and the Walrus strikes out 2 just to spite us.
Posted: 11:38 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 PhillyGirlinMichigan
I rarely get to see my Phils on TV….and I have to suffer through this one? “Manny, Manny, Kyle’s pitches are up, Manny, Manny, etc, etc.”.
Time to call it quits on my rare ESPN game… although Walrus just looked good.
Guess Lidge being perhaps unavailable ain’t gonna matter tonight.
Posted: 11:39 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 That Guy
Walrond has already outpitched kendrick tonight
Posted: 11:39 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Do you think Lidge would be unavailable tonight if we only needed him to throw 1 fastball at Manny’s snotbox?
Posted: 11:43 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
Where’s Sarge tonite?
Posted: 11:51 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 That Guy
Sarge is picking up his son’s HGH shipment from Tijuana
Posted: 11:54 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Utley 3 run blast right here? That would rule.
Posted: 11:58 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
OH well…at least he moved the runners up.
Posted: 11:59 PM on August 11, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Burrell is in a really bad slump. He needs to come out of that.
Posted: 12:03 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Eli
phillies got this game in the bag
Posted: 12:05 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Eli
and no progess made on a day were marlins and mets lost…great game.
Posted: 12:08 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Mickey D
Jet lag?
Posted: 12:11 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Mickey D
Great week to pick up the Phils pitching for the ESPN Baseball Challenge. Thanks for nothing boys!
Posted: 12:12 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Tyler
That Guy, stop trying to be an asshole. I’m just trying to act nice and you gotta be a dick. I could be bashing the Phillies if I wanted but I don’t wanna come off like an asshole, just like you are.
Posted: 12:14 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Mickey D
RALLY!!
Posted: 12:17 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
YEAH WERTH!!!
Posted: 12:18 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
The thing that sucks is if we start bashing Lowe they’ll bring in their shut down bullpen.
Posted: 12:18 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Mickey D
That’s fine, we’ll bash their pen too. If they care score 6 in one, so can we.
Posted: 12:22 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Who wanted to start Dobbs? Something tells me Werth won’t score from his lead off double.
Posted: 12:24 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Wow, Jenkins did something.
Posted: 12:26 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 12:27 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Mickey D
Phil, we might be the only two that didn’t give up. F the Doyers!!!
Posted: 12:29 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
There we go Jimmy.
Posted: 12:29 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Ruiz, what a defensive stud! Cost a run and couldn’t get a run in. How did that strike look?
Posted: 12:29 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
7-5 looks a lot better than 7-4 here. Come on Vic.
Posted: 12:30 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Good one Victorino. Way to make it a 2 run game. :(
Posted: 12:30 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Mickey D
Lets see if he rides pine tomorrow, nice hustle pineapple.
Posted: 12:31 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Boy that catchers era was the real deal tonight.that’s my boy ruiz!
Posted: 12:33 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
haha Wheels is so dumb.
Posted: 12:37 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
No wait, let’s blame utley who has two doubles or Howard who has 2 rbis or Rollins who has a triple and rbi. Nope ruiz is awesome. Where would we be without him?
Posted: 12:38 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
We can also blame Burrell for coming up super clutch in huge situations…
Posted: 12:40 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Sure. But how bout that catchers era! He came through!
Posted: 12:41 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Mickey D
Or, we can blame the rain delay.. or, Kyle’s poor location..
Posted: 12:41 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Mickey, its not about how good a pitcher is, but how good the catcher is. Haven’t you been reading Phil? Ruiz is the man!
Posted: 12:43 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
What are you guys talking about with this catcher’s era stuff? I have the game on mute.
Posted: 12:44 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Kyle, you obviously weren’t watching Kendrick’s strike zone. It was the size of an ice cube, not to mention that ridiculous balk call.
Posted: 12:45 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
You’re right. The umps cost the phils the game. How many runs did the phils score the inning on the balk? Phil? How many? 5? 3? I forget
Posted: 12:47 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
You’re right. The umps cost the phils the game. How many runs did the dodgers score the inning on the balk? Phil? How many? 5? 3? I forget
Posted: 12:48 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Actually, the umps did cost the Phillies the game, and I’m not one to usually make shitty excuses like that. I’m not going to jump all over Ruiz because the umps are douche bags.
Posted: 12:49 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Who threw the ball into centerfield? Who stared at a ball right down the middle? Tim mclelland?
Posted: 12:51 AM on August 12, 2008
Posts: 0 Christian
This team really is starting to feel like the 2007 Mets. The Mets let countless opportunities slip away in August and July last year to distance themselves from the rest of the division and never took advantage… kind of like what the Phils have done all month, and tonight. And the Mets, with their now spunky and younger offense and awful bullpen are actually starting to feel like the 2007 Phillies, only with a starting rotation that’s like 100000 times better. I don’t like this feeling at all.
Posted: 12:51 AM on August 12, 2008