Gamenight: Phillies (76-64) At Mets (79-61)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Fri, September 05, 2008 05:38 PM | Comments: 227
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Headline: It’s the big show, and Phils must conquer
The Major Players: Brett Myers, Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, JC Romero, Mike Pelfrey, Duaner Sanchez, Luis Ayala
The Venue: Shea Stadium, Queens, N.Y.
The Number: 3 games behind (Mets)
Here we go. After the Phillies dropped two of three to the lowly Nationals, they find themselves in need of at least two wins against the Mets in the biggest series of the year. Brett Myers toes the rubber for the Phils; Mike Pelfrey gets the call for New York.
Big Pelf: Mike Pelfrey has been fantastic as of late for the Metropolitians. In his last four starts, he has given up just six runs while going into the seventh each time.
Be The Ace: Since returning from the minors, Brett Myers has been the third best pitcher in baseball (behind CC Sabathia and Rich Harden). He gave up three runs in five innings against the Mets his first game back.
Victor-Not: Since August 26, Shane Victorino has lost eight points in his average. He wasn’t in the starting lineup Wednesday.
Futile Play: The Phillies are just 5-10 against the Mets this season.
Phillies: Brett Myers (8-10) 4.40 ERA
Mets: Mike Pelfrey (13-8) 3.66 ERA
Gametime: 7:10 p.m. EST
Weather: 78, mostly cloudy
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Your gamenight beer: Okay — let’s get down to business with good beer. Dogfish Head presents Indian Brown Ale. Yeah, delicious stuff. Nutty, coffee-like, hearty, real strong, deep stuff. You’ll like it once, have a second, and be all set. What to eat? Have some Chinese food tonight — maybe some pork fried rice or something. Something that’ll fill you up and get you going for the biggest weekend of the season.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Always gotta be interesting.
Posted: 09:36 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
hold your breath boys and girls
Posted: 09:37 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
i had my hair dyed that color last year, looked like crap.
Posted: 09:37 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
There is too much on the line..
It’s either being 2 games behind or FOUR!
Posted: 09:38 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
Lidge is not hitting the spots… I’m freaking out a bit
Posted: 09:39 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
PHEW…. cmon Phils one more out!
Posted: 09:39 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Chris
dang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bruntlett almost killed me
Posted: 09:39 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Fred
Whew
Posted: 09:39 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Oh sheesh, Bruntlett, almost gave me a heart attack there. 2 down. One more.
Posted: 09:40 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
WTF Lidge! there goes the shutout
Posted: 09:41 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
YEA PHILLIES!!!! Good game! Lidge is killing me
Posted: 09:41 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Chris
dagg. i almost died
Posted: 09:41 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Fred
A shaky save
Posted: 09:42 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
Yeaaaaa!!!!
Posted: 09:42 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
Now, sorry for being cocky, but let me quote myself:
# Manny Says:
September 5th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Watch Myers shut down the Mets
Posted: 09:42 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Thank God. I can breath again…..until the next game.
Posted: 09:42 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
Now Jimmy can have a nice relaxing drive back to the hotel.
Posted: 09:43 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
Turning point…Dobbs 2 run shot.Oh well….I tip my Mets cap to Brett Myers for a good game.BTW….Is this the Same Brett Myers you wished dead and wanted released?
Posted: 09:43 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
Dobbs sounds pretty smart.. for real
Posted: 09:44 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
OOO YEAH!
Posted: 09:44 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Christian
Great win, but I feel it is just prolonging the inevitable misery. Myers was fantastic and the reason they won.
Posted: 09:45 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
whew… i seriously thought Brad was going to give up a run. what a nail biter
Posted: 09:45 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Can’t see game. Someone help: describe bruntlett catch, and vic catch.
Posted: 09:45 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Fred
Where’s Mr Met?
Posted: 09:45 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
p.s. – Myers for the Ashburn!
Posted: 09:46 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
I love it. Shutout vs. the Mets? Are you kidding me? What a game. So boring to watch, but loved very second of it.
Posted: 09:47 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 RiVLez
Great game. Jesus if Myers pitches like that all the time, he’s an easy Cy Young winner every year.
Posted: 09:47 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
to Grrrumpy Miner… this is NOT the same Brett Myers that we wanted hung. this is a new and improved Myers who is a dominating pitching monster. a totally different guy came back from the minors.
Posted: 09:48 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
Kyle-Bruntlett was playing deep and had to run in hard and made a basket catch, Vic had to backpeddle and crashed into the wall.
Posted: 09:51 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
I love seeing Vic go nuts for Dobb’s HR. Vic s a huge piece to this team.
Posted: 09:54 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Keith
This Brett Myers is pitching the best he has ever pitched in his career, which is what i dont understand. I knew that he was a good pitcher and wasnt as bad as he was in the 1st half. but damn 6-1 in the 2nd half with an era in the 1.50s
Posted: 09:56 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
It’s really amazing to see someone turn it around like Myers has, and I loved that he was hugging all the other guys in the dugout after the 8th, show us the love, baby!
Posted: 10:00 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
I have to admit, I said I never wanted to see Myers in a Phillies uniform ever again, thank god I’m an asshole.
Posted: 10:01 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
CT…believe it or else,It was the VERY SAME Brett Myers who pitched tonight.Just learned his lesson down in the minors that if you can’t cut it….down you go.I do tip my Mets cap to the Phils for a good game.I am glad the short,yellow bus,hockey helmet so called loudmouth Mets fans are in hiding.MAYBE some intellectual observations in here with fans who can make some common sense.
Posted: 10:02 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
It takes a big person to admit that, NEPA.
Posted: 10:02 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Thanks, Georgie. Hot damn Brett Myers! Is he pitching again tomorrow?
Posted: 10:03 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Haha – I don’t want to see Adam Eaton in a Phils uniform again either, that’s probably a safer bet.
Posted: 10:04 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
You should be OK with that one.
Posted: 10:06 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Yeah, NEPA, you’re far better off with that wish.
Posted: 10:12 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
How boring was the game tonight? Tense, but boring.
Posted: 10:18 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
And Gagne comes in for the Brewers and gives up a run and is putting people on base.
Posted: 10:23 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Chris.I
I told you guys not to worry about the Mets…2 more to go baby! Anyone catch the note that Schmidt left on the Phillies clubhouse door? Good job, Lets go Phils
Posted: 10:24 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Schimdt is an asshole, but whatever gets the Phils going I’m all all for.
Posted: 10:31 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Man, Mets fans are angry, angry people.
Comment from Metsblog.
Comment by fatburrell92
2008-09-05 22:28:35
somebody should stab Victorino to death and hide his body behind the Left Field fence.
Posted: 10:33 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
My roommate is a diehard Met’s fan, and he hates Vic more than anyone. A.K.A, I love Vic more than anything.
Posted: 10:38 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Yeah, they’ve come to really hate him recently. Reading these comments on Metsblog though is somewhat amusing, but mostly disturbing. Like, on the Phils blogs, the fans’ negative comments tend to be more on the sarcastic and pessimistic side. The comments from these posters on Metsblog in regards to the Phillies players and us fans are just downright sedistic, disturbing, and full of violent anger.
And Phillies fans are supposed to the obnoxious ones?
Posted: 10:45 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
This win was so big. God forbid if we win tomorrow. Eagles season opener and Phils going for the sweep, I’m getting nothing done Sunday if it happens.
Posted: 10:57 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 Geoff
AWESOME WIN. outstanding performance by brett myers. outstanding.
Posted: 11:00 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
This game was boring in a good way, at no point did I think the Mets had a chance at winning, loved it.
Posted: 11:03 PM on September 5, 2008
Posts: 0 dleibs
what a great statement win for the phils..but we cant forget what happened the last two series where phils won the first game but lost the last two. Moyer’s start tomorrow will be the definitive point in this phillies season. Also if we are to have a realistic shot at getting back in the playoffs, J-roll has got to get on base! Lets go phils!
Posted: 11:08 PM on September 5, 2008