Gamenight: Phillies (84-67) At Braves (67-84)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Wed, September 17, 2008 06:15 PM | Comments: 212
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Headline: Back in first, Phils try to create separation
The Major Players: JA Happ, JC Romero, Jayson Werth, Chase Utley, Jair Jurrjens, Brian McCann, Casey Kotchman
The Venue: Turner Field, Atlanta, Ga.
The Number: 0.5 games ahead
The Phillies took the first of three with the Braves with a staggering fight back from purgatory. Ryan Howard solidified his MVP case with a legend’s homer in the eighth inning to give the Phils a lead. Now rookie JA Happ will take the hill with his sights set on a big win.
The Happening: JA Happ has never faced the Braves. You want a good stat? How about a 0.00 ERA on the road?
Septembarian: Howard’s eight homers in September are one more than Braves bench player Greg Norton … has all season.
As Ryan Goes …: Howard is hitting .298 in Philles’ wins. And just .184 in losses.
Phillies: JA Happ (0-0) 5.71 ERA
Braves: Jair Jurrjens (13-9) 3.62 ERA
Gametime: 7 p.m. EST
Weather: 67, cloudy
Lineup: Rollins/Utley/Werth/Howard/Burrell/Victorino/Feliz/Ruiz/Happ
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Your gamenight beer: A perfect beer for tonight. Snap an Autumnal Fire. A great fall beer, it burns the belly but soothes the soul. Quite like that ‘ol time rock and roll. Not any of that newfangled Killers stuff, or Huey Lewis. Ugh. He’s so modern. Point is, with Happ needing some fire (mainly from his offense), this is the beer of choice. Go with pumpkin bread and smoked steak.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 NEPA
Very excited to see how Happ reacts tonight. I was very impressed with him as a starter, hopefully that little stint in the bullpen didn’t screw him.
Posted: 06:39 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 andrew
First!
Posted: 06:39 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Nope.
Posted: 06:41 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Craig
HaHa
Posted: 06:43 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob Cowie
First ?!?!?!?
We don’t do that here.
Posted: 06:49 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
Anyhow, Rob, how are we supposed to act?
Posted: 06:53 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob Cowie
I just never seen anyone do that on this site. I notice that on a lot of forum posting or comment sites for instance Yahoo and even Perez Hilton (yeah, i check that out). But whatever, ya’ll can do whatever the hell you want for all i care.
Posted: 06:56 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Haha, Rob I was thinkin that same thing. I hate when people do that first bullshit, especially when it sets a chain reaction and ya got people typing in “144th!”
Posted: 06:57 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 choke Utley
Burrell agian what is he thinking?
Posted: 07:00 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Amanda
Let’s go Phils! Every game is big!
Happ needs to step it up. Howard needs to continue his hot streak.
Posted: 07:06 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
That was quick, 1-0 Mets.
Posted: 07:07 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Howard, what an animal.
Posted: 07:11 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 mike m
2-0 mets
Posted: 07:12 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
Way to go Werth and Utley working Jurj before the big man came up
Posted: 07:13 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Werth, making things happen as usual.
Posted: 07:13 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
New nickanme (for anyone that wasn’t excited already when we signed the guy last year) Jayson Werthehelldidyoucomefrom?
Posted: 07:17 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 KM
pat the bat coming up small with 2 runners on in the first
Posted: 07:20 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Chooch.
Posted: 07:23 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
Doesn’t matter so much when the rest of the line-ups coming up big keeping Jurj out there for a long time in the 1st, almost 40 pitches before he gets to sit will really takes it toll.
Posted: 07:23 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike T.
GIDP!!!!
Posted: 07:24 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 J.A Happ
Carlos ruiz with some clutch hitting good 2 see him get in on the action lately
Posted: 07:25 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
Happ must be feeling pretty wierd right now holding a bat before a ball…
Posted: 07:25 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Why wasn’t Happ taking some strikes? He was swinging away at a few obivous high and away balls.
Posted: 07:26 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
Don’t think we can really complain to much there NEPA, he’s probably pretty excited to get onto the mound and his plate vision probably wasn’t quite on there.
Posted: 07:28 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
Here we goo Happ ..one down two to go
Posted: 07:29 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
way to start low and work high happ … two outs to go
Posted: 07:30 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
NJ, I’m not blaming Happ. If I’m Charlie I’m telling him to keep the bat on his shoulder for at least one strike. Jurrjens is walking people left and right. Jimmy is swinging a hot bat, it would have been nice to get him an RBI opportunity there.
Posted: 07:30 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
i hate the new firefox … its always screwin up my posts
Posted: 07:32 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
wooo, not a bad first inning for Happ. i think if it were Kendrick up there, our lead would’ve been cut in half before the end of the 1st
Posted: 07:33 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
if kendrick were on the mound … the bottom of the first would still be going for another twenty minutes
Posted: 07:34 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
haha, Myers is the most restless adult I’ve ever seen.
Posted: 07:39 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
damn that was close
Posted: 07:40 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
big K!
Posted: 07:47 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
is anyone else worried about the marlins inability to loose recently?
Posted: 07:50 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob Cowie
If the Phils keep winning the marlins winning is a non issue
Posted: 07:51 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Beth
Marlins have won 6 straight…Mets up 6-1 on a 2 run homer from Beltran.
Posted: 07:51 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
I just noticed Pat is clean shaven tonite, totally irrelevant, but he looks good.
Posted: 07:53 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
yeah i know … of course i didnt think the rockies were an issue last season until the one game playoff …
Posted: 07:53 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Evan
Burrell is an endless vortex of suck, I feel bad for him watching him be the worst part of such a surging team. We know he can play better, what’s wrong??
Posted: 07:53 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ
No offense meant above NEPA. It’s tough to see Burrell re-signing here unless he’s willing to give a big hometown discount, feel sad since my Jersey’s a Burrell one and it’s tough to imagine him not a Phil.
Posted: 07:54 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
He looks like he’s depressed, yeah, I know, who wouldn’t be? But I mean like clinically or something.
Posted: 07:56 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Beth
Every time I see Pat Burrell up close whether it’s on TV or in person at a game, I feel like he always has the same far-away look. Almost like he’s channeling some other time in his life. How about he channels into the 1st half of the season?
Posted: 07:58 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
maybe hes on zoloft and its slowing his swing down. At least hes made some contact tonight
Posted: 07:59 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Very nice, quick inning there.
Posted: 07:59 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
I hear ya Beth.
Posted: 07:59 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
I think Burrell is hammered, that’s the impression that I get.
Posted: 08:02 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
five walks in 3+ innings … good eye guys
Posted: 08:04 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
Something about Jimmy reminds me of Iverson.
Posted: 08:05 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
NEPA, are you serious? As in drunk?
Posted: 08:08 PM on September 17, 2008
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
one of my best friends went to high school with iverson down in virginia … she says that he was a total dork and the day he was drafted he spent his signing bonus or whatever on all those tatoos … got em all that day.
Posted: 08:08 PM on September 17, 2008