World Series Game 4 : Rays At Phillies (2-1)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Sun, October 26, 2008 05:00 PM | Comments: 540
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Game 4 : 2008 World Series
Phillies lead 2-1
Tampa Bay Rays at Philadelphia Phillies
Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
8:29 p.m. / 54, clear
Andy Sonnanstine (13-9, 4.38 ERA) vs. Joe Blanton (9-12, 4.69 ERA)
19 hours after Carlos Ruiz ended a thriller with a squib infield hit, the Phillies go back to work again. Joe Blanton is on the mound for the Phils, facing Andy Sonnastine of the Rays. A win puts the Phillies on the doorstep of a world championship.
News & Notes
In two postseason starts, Blanton is 1-0 with a 3.27 ERA. The Phils won both of his starts. … Sonnanstine is 2-0 with a 3.46 ERA in his two postseason starts. … The Rays have mixed success against Blanton, with Carl Crawford hitting 7-for-22. BJ Upton has homered off Blanton, and is hitting .273 off the righty. … The only Phillie to have faced Sonnanstine is Matt Stairs, who is 4-for-12 against him with a home run. … Ruiz became the fourth NL hitter to win a World Series game with a walk-off hit. The last? Luis Gonzalez in game seven of the 2001 series. … The Phillies have hit five home runs in the World Series. The Rays have hit one. … Of the nine hits Sonnanstine has surrendered in the postseason, three were homers.
The Lineup
Jimmy Rollins / SS
Jayson Werth / RF
Chase Utley / 2B
Ryan Howard / 1B
Pat Burrell / LF
Shane Victorino / CF
Pedro Feliz / 3B
Carlos Ruiz / C
Joe Blanton / P
Your Gamenight Beer
I’m going heavy tonight with an old favorite, Dogfish Head’s 90 Minute IPA. That’s right, it’s the Delaware beer with a Pennsylvania pop. Strong like bull, it’ll put you down for the night and tuck you in. But not before taking in game four. Hey, let’s get this one. Then we can walk around with stars in our eyes for a day. Seriously, I have a good feeling today. Go tailgate; get ready, get set, and go Phils!
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 Jeffrey
Didn’t Crawford homer off Hamels in game one?
Posted: 05:05 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Greg F.
Right you are, Jeffrey. Off Hamels.
Posted: 05:10 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 JoshInDC
AmI the only one that thinks thsi weekend is Philly sports weekkend and it means SOMETHING? Flyers win both games fri and sat. Phils win Saturday. All college temas won except Villanoa. Eagles with a spectacular win today…2 more left. lets do it phils!!!!
Posted: 05:20 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Yeah, Crawford hit a homer off of Hamels in game 1. This will be a great weekend for Philadelphia sports if the Phillies win tonight and tomorrow! GO PHILLIES!
Posted: 05:39 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Rick
Can you guys help me out. We’re at the park with no tix lookin for a place to watch the game. Not mcfadden’s or chickies. Want a little local joint with good beer and nice tvs. We can take septa. Just let me know the stop and i can ask from there.
Posted: 05:42 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Phil
Rick, go to the Devil’s Den at 11th and Federal. Hop on the subway and get off at Federal. 2 giant LCD TV’s. $3 Yard’s ESA’s and PBC Kennzinger’s(spelling), and the crowd will be really into the Phillies. They have great food too.
Posted: 05:51 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Embassy
Hey Rick I’m liking the Field House at Reading Terminal its at 12th & Filbert downtown. It has a bunch of TVs, the whole place is in surround sound, good drinks and beautiful women in and out.
Posted: 06:17 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Keith
seems like Werth is batting 2nd and Victorino is batting 6th, oh and Feliz batting 7th.
Posted: 06:23 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Samiam
well I certainly hope the Phils get this one, it will shut up my Mets fan roomate.
Posted: 06:24 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Samiam, kinda odd that a Met fan is talking any kind of smack. Last I checked, they missed the playoffs 2 years in a row and aren’t playing.
Posted: 06:27 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ (Fightin' Phils?)
6 strong from Blanton with no mental errors and this series is all but in the books…
Posted: 06:30 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Samiam
well he did that last year. He tried to draw a rockies logo and place it on my desk. I then asked him about how the mets did in the postseason, before reminding him they didn’t make it.
I go to school in CT, and there are tons of Mets fans here, or at least more than last year. I can’t tell if they’re for real or bandwagon.
Posted: 06:31 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Samiam
SJ Mike, my roomate believe the phils didn’t really win the division, the mets just choked it. he kept repeating that stat where if the games ended after 8 innings the mets would have won. He told me next year the BP will improve and the phils won’t be able to beat the “superior” mets team
Posted: 06:32 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Rick
Thanks phil. We’re already here. If we find we need a change of scenery we might go checkout the reading terminal. Great beer selection here though!
Posted: 06:33 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
Yo guys I went to yesterday’s game at CBP…what can I say? I was a mess –it was a rollercoaster of emotions that ended with another great play by Ruiz, who has been this WS MVP in my opinion. I think Jamie was outstanding on the mound. Only 1 run by the end of the sixth… Pretty solid (sending him out in the 7th you could expect the Rays to get a run or two). Still the game was incredible. My only BUT were the fans –I thought it was gonna be insane, especially being in rowdy section 434, but people were not as loud as in the division clincher or game 2 nlcs –both games I attended. I was trying to get them on their feet all the time but failed miserably. WE NEED TO BE LOUD FOR CHRISTS SAKE ITS THE WORLD SERIES!!
Let’s hope fat Joe has a good game tonight. Yesterday I felt this team was up to something and they seem focused and locked in. Goosebumps!
Posted: 06:34 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Samiam,
Tim has said it here before. It takes 2 to tango. If the Mets were so superior, they wouldn’t have choked it up 2 years in a row. And this season, the Phils held first place for over 70 games. The Mets held it a little more then half that somewhere around 40.
Talk is cheap. If the Mets were so great and “deserved” to be there, then they would be.
Posted: 06:35 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
ESPN just showed the 4 controversial calls in the series. 3 of the 4 calls went in the Rays favor and the entire panel said they should have gone the way of the Phils. The one that did go the Phils way (the Hamels pick off/balk call), was questionable but they all agreed the correct call was made.
Posted: 06:37 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 mikemike
Isn’t the game nine innings. How can you talk about eight innings, its stupid they couln’t close out games.
Posted: 06:38 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Nepa, I saw that discussion, also. They seemed sympathetic to the Phils with those calls.
Posted: 06:41 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 mikemike
SJ Mike I just was talking about the umpires out of position on the call at first. Every one said he was not in proper position to make the call. He was behind the play. Don M said he was in proper position just blew call .Is it me or was the ump behind the play and not in a position to make the call.
Posted: 06:45 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Derek P.
Just checked out the lineups on phils.com, phils lineup same while rays lineup same except in RF is Ben Zobrist. Only phils batter with track record against andy sonnanstine is stairs who has a homer off him. Eagles beat atlanta 27-14 in nfl. Great sports weekend in Philly. Also two concerts. Funny how flyers yesterday won in ot by 1 goal and phillies also got late magic and won by 1 run. I think Blanton’s line looks like this: 6.2IP, 5h, 2r(all earned), 3bb, 6ks, 0hrs. Bullpen shall close it out. So far this series and a lot of phils and rays postseason games, whoever scores first wins. I think Blanton might have a tough time in 1st two innings but we can’t let them score first. We need to score early and often. Go Phillies!!!
Posted: 06:46 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Craig
C’mon Joe set this up for Cole to produce a performance for the ages tomorrow night.
Phillies to win 4 – 1 with Cole going 5 -0 in the post season.
Posted: 06:46 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
mikemike, I think it was both not being out of position and also relying too heavily on listening for a sound.
What was bizarre to me is that the umpire was give or take 5 or 6 feet in from the foul line facing Howard’s back. Usually the umps are hanging out on the line or in foul territory with nobody on base.
Posted: 06:47 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
I feel good about Fat Joe tonight. He’s brought his game face this postseason, and I think tonight will be no different. Looking forward to tonight’s game, with the prospects of Hamels on the mound tomorrow night. We can, and will, get to little Andy tonight.
Posted: 06:47 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
mikemike, Hallion was out of position, so he couldn’t see when Howard caught the ball. With hindsight being 20/20 and all, he should have placed himself in better position, or Howard should have reached out for the ball rather than waiting for it to come to him. Either way I’m sure Hallion would have made the correct call. In the end, though, it didn’t make a difference, as we still won.
Posted: 06:50 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Samiam
well, it’s not just my mets fan roomate. All of my roomates are rooting against the phils. SOme want to annoy me, others are Sox fans (well one is a yanks fan) who want to justifiy their losing by seeing the rays win, so they’ll feel like they at least their team lost to the best one.
I saw this on wikipedia:
On July 2, 2008, while speaking with Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio, Buck said that he is tired of baseball and doesn’t enjoy calling the games like he used to. [10] Two days later, Buck stated that he’d been “joking” to Cowherd but added that he still believes the games take too long to play
this might explain why he doesn’t seem to be enthusiastic about the Phils, or anything in general. If so, he outta step aside and let someone else call the games.
Posted: 06:51 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Samiam, for some reason, a bunch of people I know here in South Jersey that I went to college with, that are all from South Jersey, like to root against the Phils and Eagles just to annoy people. They seem to get off on it.
Go figure, one of which is not only a Mets fan, but a Cowboys fan. Why is totally beyond me, because he lives closer to Philly then I do!
Posted: 06:56 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob Cowie
I love how the term ‘fat joe’ gets dropped on here as easily as ‘flyin hawaiian’ and ‘K-How’
Posted: 06:57 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ (Fightin' Phils?)
The one I love for hims Kentucky Joe or maybe I’ll throw out a new one in Boomer Jnr.
Posted: 07:09 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ (Fightin' Phils?)
^one nickname that’s probably going to come into play after the series is Madson loosing his name in preference of ‘the Boras client’.
Posted: 07:10 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
Rob, I can’t even remember where “Fat Joe” came from, but it sure stuck. When I call him “Fat Joe”, I do so with the utmost love and respect, BTW.
Posted: 07:11 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ (Go Fat Joe!)
We love our Fat Joe like the Rays love whatever they add on to Garza’s name, personally I like Twat Garza.
Posted: 07:13 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob Cowie
Its all good. And field house is the spot. Its a real great place at any time day or night to catch a game or sit down and chill.
Posted: 07:19 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
Looks like Crazy Joe Maddon is going with Zobrist instead of Gross in RF again tonight. I don’t get it, but whatever…knowing that ol’ kook, he may start 9 pitchers tonight, or may do everything in reverse – catchers pitch, pitchers catch, 1b plays 3rd, SS plays 2nd, RF plays LF, etc.
Posted: 07:39 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
How awesome! Thome’s in the house!
Posted: 07:41 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
Lineup is official. Also, I changed that homer stat. My bad. Long day.
Posted: 07:48 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Apparently Liberathal is in the stadium also.
Posted: 07:51 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Dave
Madson is a Boras client?
See ya Ryan. Get a new agent and we’ll talk.
Posted: 07:51 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ (Go Fat Joe!)
The rumor I heard was Madson’s arb raise going up to $3m so I think holding onto Durbin will be tough but then again Flash will be off the books and Eyre will probs re-sign at costs.
Posted: 07:54 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Terry Bradshaw wearing a Tampa Bay hat? Boo.
Posted: 07:56 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 NEPA
NJ – I think you may have heard that here from Tim, he mentioned that Madson may be getting around 3M.
Posted: 07:56 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
Enough with the Santa Claus BS!!!!
Posted: 07:59 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
I’m an Eagles fan too, but sheesh, the Santa thing happened with the Eagles, not the Phillies.
Said it before and I’ll say it again, more myth then fact.
Posted: 08:00 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Dave
Terry Bradshaw is useless. Couldn’t even remember that the University of Arizona are the “Wildcats”… who had a fantastic series, including a bench-clearing bruhaha against Georgia last February.
Posted: 08:00 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ (Go Fat Joe!)
Read it in an inquirer article though your right the number was the one Tim thought. $4m seems to be the market value for a SU guy in FA so $3m in arb sounds about right.
Posted: 08:01 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Keith
lets go Phillies!
Posted: 08:03 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 NJ (Go Fat Joe!)
It’s a shame the Sox didn’t make the series so the fans could renew the battery throwing.
Posted: 08:04 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
All I can say is…with the extra coin that this team has gotten from a WS appearance, and with what the club has done, the owners better be willing to expand the budget from around $100 mil to $125 to ensure we can retain key pieces and still go out to get a couple of improvements. They better not try to get by on the cheap, but I have faith that they’ll recognize this.
Posted: 08:04 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Manny
OMG This woman is horrible….
Posted: 08:05 PM on October 26, 2008
Posts: 0 Jamie
Where the f*ck is Taylor Swift when you need her? Patty needs to take a break…
Posted: 08:05 PM on October 26, 2008