Gamenight: Phillies (83-67) At Braves (67-83)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Tue, September 16, 2008 06:00 PM | Comments: 319
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Headline: Phils look to keep momentum strong
The Major Players: Jamie Moyer, Chase Utley, Chad Durbin, James Parr, Chipper Jones, Blaine Boyer
The Venue: Turner Field, Atlanta, Ga.
The Number: 0.5 games behind (Mets) NL East; Tied in first (Brewers) Wild Card
After a tremendous four-game sweep of the Brewers, the Phillies will focus on the final 12 games of the year. Now everything is practically mapped out, and the goal is simple: Win more than the others. Jamie Moyer starts the work tonight against rookie James Parr.
The Parr Side: Parr has thrown 12 scoreless innings to begin his major league career. He carries a slider and chanegup with a pretty normal fastball; in other words, he’s the kind of pitcher the Phils struggle against.
Chopped: The Phillies have won their first six games in Atlanta this season. They’re the first team since the 1989 Padres to win six games in a row in Atlanta during one season. And this season the Phils are 10-2 against the Braves — two more wins will tie a franchise record for season wins.
Take The Lead: The Phillies are 57-20 when they score first. So it’s important to do that.
Ocho … Cinco: Small sample size be damned: Jayson Werth is a .345 hitter with a 1.231 OPS when hitting fifth. (He hit sixth during his three- and two-homer games this season.)
Phillies: Jamie Moyer (14-7) 3.68 ERA
Braves: James Parr (1-0) 0.00 ERA
Gametime: 7 p.m. EST
Weather: 73, partly cloudy
Lineup: Rollins/Utley/Werth/Howard/Burrell/Victorino/Feliz/Ruiz/Moyer
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Your gamenight beer: Smuttynose Robust Porter is exactly that — robust. Good in easy sips, it’ll tingle your fancy and have you dreaming of spaceships. Or something. Whatever the case, it’s a good beer for tonight. Jamie Moyer needs to go deep and do his thing. The offense needs to hit the ball well and get some timely runs. Together, we can make a difference.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 cm
what’s the lineup?
Posted: 06:11 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 J-Man
The areas pretty much forgot Philly even has a baseball team since football season started…No wonder J-Roll calls everyone frontrunners.
Posted: 06:25 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 ped
This I thought was interesting:
September 16, 2008 W L GB Strk
Mets 83 66 – Lost 2
Phils 83 67 0.5 Won 4
September 16, 2007 W L GB Strk
Mets 83 65 – Lost 3
Phils 80 69 3.5 Won 4
It’s crazy how similar they are!!!
Go phils!
Posted: 06:27 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Jack
It’s true. I’m actually glad the Eagles lost last night. Perhaps people will forget about them for another week. Doubt it.
Posted: 06:53 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
Lineup has been up: Rollins/Utley/Werth/Howard/Burrell/Victorino/Feliz/Ruiz/Moyer
Posted: 06:54 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
Jack, you don’t really mean that.
Posted: 07:23 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 RiVLez
How does that young pitcher from Atlanta look? Heard he’s pretty good.
Posted: 07:31 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Bill
I am just glad baseball is still in the forefront in town. Philadelphia is such a great baseball town and I get sick of hearing about football when the Phillies are still in the pennant race!
http://phightinphils.com
Posted: 07:33 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob Cowie
Dude is tearing it up since the call up. Playing for a job in 2009.
Posted: 07:35 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
I couldn’t agree more, Bill
Posted: 07:35 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 TJ
I cannot stand the Eagles one bit, and the fans I cant either. Don’t worry though, the Packers will beat the Cowboys Sunday Night. And yes, there is a difference between Eagles fans and Phillies fans.
Posted: 07:36 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 RiVLez
I can’t stand football one bit. I think it is the worst sport ever made. I could care less about it.
Posted: 07:39 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
I like the game of football in itself, but the chest beating and hotdogging of players and fans gets old pretty quick.
Posted: 07:42 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
I like the Eagles, though Phillies have always been number 1 for me. But it is possible to like both the Eagles and Phillies at the same time. Last night I was in Eagles mode, rest of the week I’m in Phillies mode.
Posted: 07:43 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
Yep, and in a few weeks the Flyers start, so if the Phils make post season, it’ll have to be triple mode!
Posted: 07:46 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob Cowie
I didn’t start enjoying football until mcnabb was drafted. My grandmom and dad were huge influences on my love for baseball and I didn’t really care about other sports teams.
I currently love the sixers because of AI getting me into them and I watch the eagles hoping they win but I am not totally devestated when they lose like most of the city.
Posted: 07:46 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Tim Malcolm
Big hit, Utley.
Posted: 07:49 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 RiVLez
I used to love basketball more than anything but could care less for it now since it’s all thugs and shit in it now and the Knicks have been so terrible for so long. Now I just really focus on baseball.
Posted: 07:50 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
WERTH!!
Posted: 07:50 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
YEAH WERTH!
Posted: 07:50 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob Cowie
J Wacko
Posted: 07:50 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
Phils are beating up on this rookie, taking him off the high horse now. Tough break kid.
Posted: 07:51 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Whisky Priest
Awwww yeah Werth! Also, sweet to see Parr hit 60 pitches before the end of the 3rd. The Nats look like they may make their game interesting too.
Posted: 07:52 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Evan
Phils are beating up on Parr
Posted: 07:52 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
Howard looks locked in
Posted: 07:52 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
Burrell’s looking lost again…
Posted: 07:54 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Griffin
Burrell is not locked in
Posted: 07:54 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 ataraxite
That 50% comment is pretty dumb. 2 out of 4 means he didn’t try too often.
Posted: 07:56 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
haha, Howard needs to lose about 100 pounds and work on his base running. nice inning though Phils…
Posted: 07:57 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
Howard tagged out at home… close one there big guy
Posted: 07:57 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Smith should’ve held Howard, but oh well. I guess it’s easy to gamble when you have a lead and are jumping on a young pitcher.
Posted: 07:58 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Evan
Why send Howard, he’s pretty slow and doesn’t Francoeur have a great arm?
Posted: 07:59 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
Once Howard’s moving like that it’s probably rough for him to put on the brakes.
Oh boy, here comes the tomahawk chant.
Posted: 08:02 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
gah, J-Roll’s fielding today has not been up to snuff
Posted: 08:02 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
They sent him home because the probability of scoring was higher than 30%. The probability of Feliz getting a hit (and hence Howard scoring) is only 25%.
I think it was a good call…
Posted: 08:02 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
yikes!
Posted: 08:04 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
Moyer looks tired, I know he supposedly pitches better when he’s tired, but how many more times can he do this?
Posted: 08:05 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Evan
This is where Moyer’s experience makes a big diff.
Posted: 08:05 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 ataraxite
Hey Manny–
How did you figure out those percentages?
Posted: 08:07 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
My head.
Posted: 08:07 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 RiVLez
sounds made up. what did you use to calculate that?
Posted: 08:07 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
3-1 and 3-2 changeups from Moyer, nasty.
Posted: 08:11 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Damn, big hit there by Kotchman.
Posted: 08:11 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
Well… there were 2 outs in the first place.
What’s Feliz average? roughly ~.250 so that’s the 25%
And the “higher than 30%” I think it’s a good estimate for a big guy’s chance of scoring from 1st with a good double..a lot can go wrong in getting that ball in time at home plate.
Posted: 08:12 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 J-Man
It’s time to get Moyer out the bullpen hasn’t pitched in few days and should be rested.
Posted: 08:12 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Moyer had a rough inning, but I still trust him here. I’ve never seen a pitcher who can adjust in innings after giving up runs like he can.
Posted: 08:14 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 Evan
BA doesn’t consider things like walks, errors, and wild pitches which could’ve scored howard. His odds of scoring are probably a little bit higher off of Feliz batting than just taking the straight BA.
not that I really know how you could figure that out, I’m just trying to distract myself from the phils blowing the lead
Posted: 08:14 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
CHOOCH!
Posted: 08:19 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 cm
YEA RUIZ!
Posted: 08:19 PM on September 16, 2008
Posts: 0 ataraxite
Wow that was beautiful.
Posted: 08:19 PM on September 16, 2008