Gamenight: Phillies (86-67) At Marlins (80-72)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Fri, September 19, 2008 06:15 PM | Comments: 196
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Headline: Hungry Marlins pose challenge for pennant-seeking Phils
The Major Players: Brett Myers, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Chad Durbin, Josh Johnson, Jorge Cantu, Mike Jacobs, Arthur Rhodes
The Venue: Dolpin Stadium, Miami, Fla.
The Number: 0.5 games ahead
After a fine sweep of the Braves, the Phillies enter unchartered waters. It’s the Marlins and Phils for a three-game battle royale, and Brett Myers gets first swing against Josh Johnson.
Erroneous?: Remember the days of poor fielding? No more. The Phils are fifth in the National League in fielding percentage (.986).
20-Somethings: With a win tonight, the Phils will be 20-games over .500 for the first time since the last day of the 1993 season.
Winners: A few days ago the Phils clinched their sixth-straight winning season. Only two other franchises have had current streaks as long: The Yankees and the Red Sox.
Jorge The Enforcer: Jorge Cantu is .429 with a homer and three ribbies against Myers this season.
Phillies: Brett Myers (10-11) 4.06 ERA
Marlins: Josh Johnson (5-1) 3.30 ERA
Gametime: 7:10 p.m. EST
Weather: 82, partly cloudy
Lineup: Rollins/Utley/Werth/Howard/Burrell/Victorino/Dobbs/Coste/Myers
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Your gamenight beer: Visions of October are jumping through our heads, so tonight we go with Brooklyn Beer Co.’s Oktoberfest. Of course we should take it a game at a time, but any time is a good time for Octoberfest. For dinner, have a heaping bowl of chili.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 NEPA
This game is like what happens when an immovable object meets an unstoppable force.
Posted: 06:39 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob Cowie
Allright over used madden 2007 comments
Posted: 07:07 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Haha, I don’t have Madden 2007.
Posted: 07:11 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Good start getting 2 runs right out of the shute.
Posted: 07:12 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob Cowie
Its in there and madden likes to say that every 2 plays.
I didn’t know buckner and wohlers are on the marlins?
Posted: 07:12 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
Nice start Phillies!
Posted: 07:13 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Jack
lol rob
Posted: 07:13 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob Cowie
Myers doing the ‘you can’t see me’ got a good laugh from my friends and i
Posted: 07:19 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Brew Crew are already down 3-0 in the 1st.
Posted: 07:21 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
Oh-oh…Myers please
Posted: 07:22 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Florida is just coming out swinging.
Posted: 07:24 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Paul
Come on Myers! Limit the damage!
Posted: 07:24 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
Oh man…that’s not looking good
Posted: 07:24 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Myers is trying to establish fastball with a team that is hacking at anything that moves straight. He shoud start throwing curves and slop because the only way to get them out it seems is for them to get themselves out.
Posted: 07:25 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Jack
yea myers looks pretty good actually. he’s being around teh zone TOO much. You gotta pitch off the plate with these guys.
Posted: 07:25 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Paul
Crap.
Posted: 07:25 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Paul
I was wondering if he wasn’t throwing enough breaking balls. Don’t throw too many fastballs to this team.
Posted: 07:26 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
SHIT
Posted: 07:27 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
This Florida team is so good right now, it’s insane.
Posted: 07:27 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Paul
YIKES. I am going to just go away for a while.
Posted: 07:28 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
ZERO OUTS! Oh man please Myers don’t go back to you 1st half-self
Posted: 07:28 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Manny, Myers is throwing good stuff, just Florida is a hacking team.
Posted: 07:29 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Jack
lolololol WOW
Posted: 07:29 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Evan
Could this be Eaton’s last chance to play in 08? Meyers needs to bounce back.
Posted: 07:29 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? A team can’t be THAT hot..the pitcher HAS a lot to do with that…
Posted: 07:29 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
SJ, then why doesn’t everyone hack at him?
Posted: 07:30 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Florida has been rocking everyone they’ve seen the past couple weeks. And most of their games are 5+ runs each and each seem to have a big inning where they just score nonstop.
Posted: 07:30 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Georgie, most of the other teams take their time and take pitches. Florida just swings.
Posted: 07:31 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
What are the chances that both us and the Brewers give up 5 runs without getting a single out. Ridiculous.
Posted: 07:32 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Something tells me this game’s score is going to be similar to when playing pitcher’s poison baseball with friends and mercy rules.
Posted: 07:33 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
DOBBS!
Posted: 07:34 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
Well, if they have this much success with Myers just hacking, then shouldn’t scouts see that and tell their teams to hack against him?
lol-Harry-that’s out of here. no it’s not., yes it is!!!
Posted: 07:35 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Evan
Dobbs really shifted the momentum back where it needs to be.
Posted: 07:35 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Good hustle on that by Rollins
Posted: 07:37 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
Oh man, this game will be over in 6 hours
Posted: 07:37 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 J-Man
Man this Marlins team is just hot their isn’t really much we can do…I just hope we can recover from this series when we play the Braves and Nats and hope they can stay this hot for when the play the Mets.
Posted: 07:38 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Lot of runs are going to be scored tonight.
Posted: 07:39 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 J-Man
I just hope Myers can settle in and give us couple more innings…Maybe he needs to throw more curveball to em because this team is fastball hitting team.
Posted: 07:42 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
Werth looks very much in “teenwolf ” character with all that facial hair.
Posted: 07:42 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob Cowie
Teen wolf michael j fox or jason bateman
Posted: 07:45 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 J-Man
Will anyone ever get an out on that Maybin kid?
Posted: 07:48 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
were they both teenwolfs? lol
Posted: 07:49 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob Cowie
1 and 2 repsecitvely
Posted: 07:50 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
Marlins have a shot still…had a feeling they weren’t gonna roll over and die.Keep the faith in your Phils…Holding onto faith in my Amazins.
Posted: 07:52 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
woof, woof
Posted: 07:52 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
What has Manuel been arguing with Cowboy Joe West all night?
Posted: 07:52 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Please, please EVERYONE YESTERDAY WHO WAS KILLING HAMELS AND LAUDING MYERS WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY NOW? OH YES, MYERS IN A BIG GAME, MYERS OVER HAMELS, OH YA!
Posted: 07:53 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 VA Steve
We gonna see Kendrick tonight?
Posted: 07:53 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
Update…Reds 5/Brew Crew 0 Bot 3rd…Some solace and good news for all involved.
Posted: 07:56 PM on September 19, 2008
Posts: 0 Kyle
Myers is the number 1, Hamels AWFUL
Posted: 07:58 PM on September 19, 2008