World Series Game 1 : Phillies At Rays
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Wed, October 22, 2008 05:00 PM | Comments: 552
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Game 1 : 2008 World Series
Philadelphia Phillies at Tampa Bay Rays
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg
8:35 p.m. / 72, fair
Cole Hamels (14-10 3.09 ERA) vs. Scott Kazmir (12-8, 3.49 ERA)
It’s the start of the 2008 World Series, with Cole Hamels of the Phillies facing Scott Kazmir of the Rays.
News & Notes
Hamels owns a 1.23 ERA and 0.86 WHIP in three postseason starts. … Hamels was named NLCS MVP after winning two games against the Dodgers, including the clinching game five. … Kazmir owns a 4.02 ERA and 1.52 WHIP in three postseason starts. Kazmir has thrown an average of 102 pitches in the postseason, on par with the 102 average he has thrown in 2008, and in his career. … Of Rays hitters, only Carl Crawford has any real success against Hamels, with an RBI and two hits in three at bats. It’s a small sample size, otherwise. … Kazmir is practically the same against the Phillies. In his small sample, Jimmy Rollins is 1-for-2 and So Taguchi is 1-for-3. Pat Burrell does own two walks against him. … Chase Utley was an unsung hero of the NLCS, hitting .353 with a home run and three RBI. … Charlie Manuel has called on Chris Coste to be his designated hitter. … The Phillies will have played every American League East team in the World Series — Boston (1915), New York (1950), Baltimore (1983) and Toronto (1993). All series were losses. … The last time the final two digits of the calendar year were some combination of 0 and 8, the Phillies won the World Series.
The Lineup
Jimmy Rollins / SS
Jayson Werth / RF
Chase Utley / 2B
Ryan Howard / 1B
Pat Burrell / LF
Shane Victorino / CF
Pedro Feliz / 3B
Chris Coste / DH
Carlos Ruiz / C
Your Gamenight Beer
From Downingtown’s Victory Brewing Co. comes Hop Devil IPA. Why Hop Devil? Because tonight we need Cole Hamels to make the Rays look like the Devil Rays, that team that really, really sucked for a long, long time. The ace has to put them in their place. And watch him do such a thing by drinking a fantastic, hoppy beer. Do it at home, or at the bar, or outside, or in Tampa, or wherever the heck you’re watching. But you’re watching. Oh yes. It’s the World Series! Let’s do it!
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 Brian
Free taco!!
Posted: 10:13 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Dave
… Thats a lot of pitches this inning….
Posted: 10:14 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Georgie
Feliz looks like he could have been in the old Miami Vice show.
Posted: 10:14 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Brian
Tons of pitches this inning
Posted: 10:14 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
damn. that’sa big hit.
Posted: 10:15 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
ugh
Posted: 10:15 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Keith
ugh, come on Hamels
Posted: 10:16 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Paul
damnit
Posted: 10:16 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Brian
he is a good hitter he slaps it all over the field
Posted: 10:16 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Matty
Iwamura looks like the last guy Van Damme had to fight in Bloodsport. All that’s missing is a Harley Davidson Bandana on Iwamura’s knee.
Good piece of hitting by Iwamura there, unfortunately…
Posted: 10:16 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Upton is going to hurt us if we keep giving him baserunners to work with.
Posted: 10:17 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Philly Fan from NY
Phils up 3-2. Man on 2nd. 2 outs. Can Cole get out of this inning?
Posted: 10:17 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Brian
What are you the friggin narrator?
Posted: 10:18 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 nick
I want that taco.
Posted: 10:18 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Keith
nice catch Howard
Posted: 10:19 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 CT
huge catch by howard there!
Posted: 10:19 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Brian
Nice!!!!
Posted: 10:19 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Matty
Beautiful!!!!!!
Posted: 10:19 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Dave
He took it from a fan!!!!
Posted: 10:20 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Chuck
That was HUGE!!!!
Posted: 10:21 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Chuck
That was HUGE!!!!
Posted: 10:21 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
great play there.
Posted: 10:21 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Keith
anybody know what that Tampa Bay scoring theme is?
Posted: 10:21 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 christopher
great catch howard! take it right out of the hands of those rays fans!
Posted: 10:21 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Philly Fan from NY
Man what a play by Howard to end the inning.
Hamels has 83 pitches through 5 innings.
Posted: 10:21 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Philly Fan from NY
Brian, I was not narrating, I was wondering what you people thought was going to happen.
Posted: 10:46 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Matty
Howard is killing us right now…
Posted: 10:47 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Matty
Nice to see the site is up and running again
Posted: 10:48 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
0 for 10 with RISP. i’m dying here….too close for comfort
Posted: 10:48 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
If we lose this game we won’t have to look far to understand why.
Posted: 10:49 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Matty
I would just like to see Burrell and Howard stop swinging at pitches in the dirt and taking meatballs
Posted: 10:49 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Dave
No, Howard and Burrell are killing us.
Posted: 10:49 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Philly Fan from NY
BTW
Kazmir’s final pitch count is 110 pitches after 6 innings.
Hamels has 91 pitches after 6 innings.
Posted: 10:50 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Damn, I might have rang up Burrell on that one.
Posted: 10:51 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
ok – bat is in victorino’s hands…
Posted: 10:51 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Keith
come on Victorino
Posted: 10:51 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Matty
Thank god Vic is up, he is the only one I trust right now. We need an insurance run badly….
Posted: 10:51 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Ah, good to have it back. This didn’t work for a bit.
Posted: 10:52 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 AC in NJ
Philly Fan from NY: can you pick up WPHT 1210 AM where you are? Unfortunately, in my part of Northern NJ, it’s pretty scratchy. Thus, I’m stuck listening to Joe Buck – that’s been the biggest downer of the playoffs so far. The guy is just anti-Phils all the way, doesn’t matter who the opponent is. Does anyone else agree with that???
Posted: 10:53 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Dave
I’ve got that bad feeling….
Posted: 10:53 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Chuck
At least Howell is outta there. Some NASTY pitches,
Posted: 10:53 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Philly Fan from NY
J.P. Howell had 19 pitches in 2/3 of an inning.
Posted: 10:54 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
Chuck – Balfour is nastier.
Posted: 10:54 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 phan in TN
@AC, welcome to the land of the phillies phans. Joe Buck hates us and our team.
Posted: 10:55 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Brian
we are killing ourselves here with the lob’s
Posted: 10:56 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Philly Fan from NY
In Manhattan you can’t get, you can sometimes get it in Queens.
Posted: 10:58 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Dave
9 outs…. one run game.
Posted: 10:58 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Matty
oh for the love of Christ….
Posted: 10:58 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Brian
Anyone else having trouble with this site?
Posted: 11:02 PM on October 22, 2008
Posts: 0 Chuck
Yeah I see that NEPA. Blew it right by Vic
Posted: 11:02 PM on October 22, 2008