Gamenight: Marlins (72-72) At Phillies (79-65)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Tue, September 09, 2008 06:10 PM | Comments: 407
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Headline: Back in rotation, Kendrick looks to rebound
The Major Players: Kyle Kendrick, Chase Utley, Shane Victorino, Rudy Seanez, Chris Volstad, Jorge Cantu
The Venue: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pa..
The Number: 1.5 games behind (Mets)
The Phillies hit the ball hard, beating Anibal Sanchez and the Marlins 8-6 Monday night. Now they’ll face Chris Volstad, who shut them out over six when he faced the Phils earlier this season. Kyle Kendrick returns to the rotation after a tough Labor Day loss to the Nationals. Rain is expected tonight.
Sweet Lou: Who has hit Volstad the best in more than two at bats? How about Lou Marson — a .375 hitter lifetime against Volstad.
Roy Hobbs Excellence: Here’s a somewhat useless stat: Every 5.55 at bats, expect Greg Dobbs to drive someone in.
The Roll Along: With five more steals, Jimmy Rollins will tie his career high of 46. He has now stole more than 20 bases in all eight of his full seasons.
Burrell Back: Pat Burrell is back in the lineup, hitting fifth. Shane Victorino is hitting sixth, with Jayson Werth back in the two-hole.
Phillies: Kyle Kendrick (11-8) 5.06 ERA
Marlins: Chris Volstad (4-3) 3.32 ERA
Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EST
Weather: 75, rain
Lineup: Rollins/Werth/Utley/Howard/Burrell/Victorino/Dobbs/Ruiz/Kendrick
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Your gamenight beer: Okay — so Budweiser went forth and embraced crafts with their American Ale. How is it? Not bad. Really. Okay, so it ain’t no Stoudt’s APA or Sierra Nevada-quality ale, but I’d drink it at a party or bar, if it carried that with other Bud crud. So tap into one and eat some American food with it — you know, French fries. Ha. Or pizza. Ha. Ha.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
I’m not as confidant with the Wild Card just because St. Louis and Houston are directly behind us, a game and a half separating between the two.
Posted: 10:42 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
ok then go for amaro.; with ruben amaro as their GM they will finish with a losing record next year and fail to make the playoffs his ENTIRE term. hes red meat for the other GMs to prey upon
Posted: 10:45 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Frontrunner
If the Mets don’t collapse this year, what will we have to hope for next year? We might have to actually root for our Phillies to win. I’m not sure I know how to do that. Does anyone know? Can you post instructions?
Posted: 10:46 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
PERIOD!
Posted: 10:46 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Less then 3 games is hardly a collapse. It’s whoever plays best in the stretch and is in the winning column on the final day. Still a lot of baseball left.
Posted: 10:47 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Paul
I don’t want to see Kendrick on the mound again this season.
Sorry Kyle, but you are pitching awful right now.
Posted: 10:48 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
SJ Mike – We will be three out (loss column) of both the Mets and Brewers tonight (if Brewers lose). We don’t play the Mets at all, while we play Milwaukie 4 times. We control our fate in that sense.
And we miss Sabathia.
Posted: 10:52 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Richie Allen
Sure Delgado hits home runs at Shea…..Its such a bandbox…Schmitty would have hit 700 homers there
Posted: 10:52 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Kyle, that’s pretty much why I say gaining 3 on either is hardly considered a collapse from any of the other teams.
I’m just kind of nervous with St. Louis and Houston (who is surging) directly behind us.
Posted: 10:54 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
bases loaded for the reds…lets go Hairston!
Posted: 10:55 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Richie Allen
I dont know why Charlie left Kendrick in so long….Man we dont have any leeway on the # of games left..we cant take a chance on Kendrick any more this year.
Posted: 10:55 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Mets NL East Champions
Shea is a pitchers ballpark! If he was playing in Philly he would have 56 about now!
Posted: 10:55 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Wow, Mets troll claimed victory in the NL East already. We all know how that goes when you do that 3 weeks ahead of time. Anything can happen and it is far from over.
Posted: 10:57 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 We Suck
and well prolly have to deal with eagles dropping two games to the giants AGAIN. i hate losing to ny.
Posted: 10:58 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
Reds suck dammit
Posted: 10:59 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Ya, but the point is we play Milwaukie, we don’t play the Mets, so we can gain ground on them on our own.
Posted: 11:00 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
yeah, but do you want to start the brewers series 4 back or 3 back????
Posted: 11:02 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
I don’t know how it lucked out that we miss Sabathia in a 4 game series.
Just sit back and hope for the best I guess.
Posted: 11:02 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 We Suck
no we can’t. we’re gonna lose.
Posted: 11:02 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
b/c the reds could at least keep the phils deficit at 3, but i don’t see it happening now.
Posted: 11:03 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
jeez, i hate this scoreboard watching other teams – totally sucks.
reds have bases loaded, 1 out and can’t push the lead run across. just like the phucking phils.
Posted: 11:04 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 MikeB
If Manuel would have taken Kendrick out right after the end of the first inning and then put Happ in to start the second inning, maybe Cantu does not get a 3-run home run and then the Phillies might have eventually won 8-7. Charlie, your team is in a pennant race and there are not many games remaining.
Smaller part of the blame has to go to the offense for not getting the tying runs home, twice; Werth, Utley. Have to come through in the big games guys! Why in the world did they not pinch-run for Stairs and then try to send the runner in for the ninth run? Got to get those runners in in big games regardless! Poorly managed game.
Posted: 11:06 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Mets NL East Champions
Philly trolls still think they have a chance. Mets are doing it without a closer.
Posted: 11:06 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
3 back, of course. But at this point my spirits are low, my hopes dashed. I believe in this team, but I don’t see the mets folding this year. There is a reason last year was such a gag, because it rarely happens. There is a reason, mathematically speaking, why we have about a 25 percent chance to make the playoffs. IT is difficult to overcome a 3 game deficit with 17 to play when your teams don’t play. It is *somewhat* easier to accomplish the feat when you are playing head to head.
Posted: 11:08 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Mets NL East Champions
The problem is the Phillies are not beating the teams they should be beating. They have been streaky lately. They are better then the Marlins and Nationals but they are losing to them because they do not have a good starting rotation.
Posted: 11:13 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
ok, going to the 9th with reds still tied 4-4. Go Reds! Please keep us 3 back….
Posted: 11:15 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Mets Troll
Oh, you just woke them up by talking about their rotation. Here come the delusional pitcher-by-pitcher comparisons…
Posted: 11:15 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
Listen all the Mutts fans out there – here’s the deal: Delgado is DEFINITELY on the juice. No question. That’s the only answer as to how the old man came back from the dead in the 2nd half.
I swear I wish the Phils had a nasty pitcher, like Clemens in his prime. I’d let that guy go head hunting for Delgado.
Posted: 11:18 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Smith
AC – I understand your frustration as an immature fan, but I don’t think Delgado is on the juice. What a lot of people haven’t been talking about much is that he had surgery on his wrist at the end of 2006, sustained multiple injuries in 2007, and then at the end of 2007 broke his hand. That can do a lot of damage to a guys swing and mechanics. And, well, now he has found his swing and mechanics. You’re talking about a guy that has put up hall of fame calibur numbers for years and years and years in a row. And the guy has never shown odd changes in physical appearance.
Sorry, but I don’t like when anyone irresponsibly suggests that a ballplayer is on the juice. Many have said it about Howard too – which I think is bullshit, and I can’t stand them either.
Posted: 11:21 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
Fine Smith. I’d still send a pitch at his head – take some action to shake him up.
Posted: 11:24 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Smith
Oh yeah – and to say that you wish you had a pitcher that would throw at another guy’s HEAD is f***ed up. I don’t care who you root for, and I understand things get heated with fandom, but that is just f***ed up.
Posted: 11:25 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Smith
Although, if the Phillies threw at his head, it would probably incite an on-field brawl, which would be cool, and really – the Phils could use something like that at this point. Too bad we don’t play them again.
Posted: 11:26 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Mets NL East Champions
AC in NJ, I feel your pain! I understand you are a Phillies fan and probably have been for your whole life. And I understand you have not seen a championship for the Phillies for those 12 years and it is upsetting but maybe with some counciling you can get past that and hope for next year.
Posted: 11:27 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
god damn f**king reds. still can’t push across the lead run, now going to bottom of the 9th. we’ll be 4 back of the brewers in about 5 minutes.
Posted: 11:28 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Mets NL East Champions
I can understand that I guess it would be cool for Santana or Martinez to throw at Utleys head too. Very cool!
Posted: 11:29 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
f*ck you Mutts fan. it’s been 22 years and counting for you too, and it will be 23 after the flushing faggots flame out in round 1.
even with the Yankees 10 gb, mutts are still the number 2 team in NYC – always will be!!
Posted: 11:32 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Smith
AC – calm down dude. Ignore the trolls. Seriously, I don’t understand why anyone pays any attention to trolls. They exist on every team’s blog and they are not representative of any fanbase. Just ignore them.
Posted: 11:35 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Mets NL East Champions
OK the Mets have more championships in thier 45 years (2) then the Phillies 125 years (1). And talk about losing in round 1 of the playoffs? Atleast they will win a game in the post season and not get swept like the Phillies! HAHAHA!!
Posted: 11:36 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Smith
Gagne in for Milwaukee. Good sign.
Posted: 11:37 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Mets NL East Champions
AC in NJ, Yes the Mets will be #2 in NY because of the Yankees but the Phillies will always be #2 to the METS in baseball!!!
Posted: 11:38 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Ya, it’s a big accomplishment losing 3-1 rather than 3-0.
Posted: 11:39 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Mets NL East Champions
It feels better then getting to the post season and getting swept.
Posted: 11:41 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Mets NL East Champions
But I am not worried because the Mets will get passed the first round!
Posted: 11:41 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob
Phils haven’t won a playoff game in 15 years.
Posted: 11:42 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
mets trolls are just praying that phils don’t get the wild card. you won’t admit it, but you are thinking it.
Posted: 11:42 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Sure, I bet it does. Let me know how that four game exit feels.
Posted: 11:43 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Mets Troll
AC will be back shortly… it was time for his bottle.
Posted: 11:45 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 Mets Troll
Don’t make fun of the lack of Phillies championships. The great sports city that is Philadelphia can always counter that by listing all their Superbowl wins! The Eagles more than make up for the Phillies with their… wait… is that really true? ZERO???? Oh… never mind.
Posted: 11:47 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
I never understood the swept in the first round argument.
The Rockies were barrelling through everyone they faced. In September and October, up until the World Series, they lost less then 5 games total out of 30 some.
Seriously, had the Mets limped in the shape they were in, they would’ve gotten crushed worse then us.
So that isn’t an argument. It’s desperation.
Making it the playoffs is sure as hell a lot better then not, especially after the most historic collapse by a baseball team in regular season history.
Posted: 11:47 PM on September 9, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
The Eagles have 3 NFL championships. 48, 49, and 60. The Superbowl is the same as the NFL Championship.
The City of Philadelphia also won 5 World Series with the Athletics, who were in Philly for their 50+ years in Philly.
Posted: 11:49 PM on September 9, 2008