Gamenight: Padres (7-3) At Phillies (4-4)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Fri, April 17, 2009 05:30 PM | Comments: 130
Gameday 2009, Posts
San Diego Padres (7-3) at Philadelphia Phillies (4-4)
Chris Young (2-0, 1.38 ERA) vs. Cole Hamels (0-1, 17.18 ERA)
Time: 7:05 p.m. at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia.
Weather: Mostly sunny, 66
TV: Comcast SportsNet
Twitter: Phillies Nation
The 4-4 Phillies return to Citizens Bank Park for the first time since the death of Harry Kalas, and the team will honor the late broadcaster with a few ceremonies and tips to the cap. Most celebratory, the Phils will play his “Outta here!” call after each home run, and there will be a rendition of “High Hopes” during the seventh-inning stretch.
The Phils will need to juice the crowd with a good game, and Cole Hamels is on the hill to rebound from maybe his worst-career start, a shellacking by the Rockies. He lasted a little more than three innings, driving his ERA to a season-opening 17. Worst of all were the 11 hits he surrendered in the outing. That’s a hell of a lot of hits for under four innings.
The Padres, coming in with a great 7-3 mark, put Chris Young on the hill. He’s been stupendous so far this season, dominating the Giants and not allowing a hit for the first four innings. Young is capable of that type of pitching. The Phils will need to be patient.
Of course, if they get behind, they’ll be in trouble. Only once in the first eight games have the Phils escaped the first inning without giving up a run. That’s poor. Luckily the bullpen has been phenomenal, sans Jack Taschner and Chad Durbin. Both pitched last night and allowed five runs in the final few innings. That let the Nationals beat the Phils, 8-2.
Your gamenight drink: In honor of Harry Kalas, pour a glass of Glenlivet 15 Year Single Malt scotch. On the rocks, please.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 Evan
I so despise Glenlivet. Was that Harry’s drink?
Posted: 05:37 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Doug
Hey, does anyone have a stream w/ sound to this game tonight? Verizon Fios doesn’t provide this channel. (CN8) :(
Posted: 05:42 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Greg V.
How do you despise Glenlivet? That’s the drink of champions! Isn’t that a bitch about that Doug? Drives me up a wall! Put the damn Flyers on CN8! They’re going to lose anyway!
Posted: 06:04 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
I hate stacking the lefties. Werth should be hitting 5th between Howard and Ibanez.
Posted: 06:30 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Georgie
Looks like I don’t have the game on cable OR satellite, CRAP!
Posted: 06:38 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Doug
This blows.. I really want to see this game.
Posted: 06:42 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
It’s on CNP, whatever CN8 used to be.
Posted: 06:44 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
Rojadirecta.org is a great streaming site but the Phils game is not listed on there tonight.
Posted: 06:47 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Matt
To those who don’t already have it, and need to follow tonights game, the MLB.COM audio package is fairly cheap (I think it’s $14.95 for the year) and is really a good value.
Posted: 06:54 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
and the audio package never gets blacked out, unlike the TV package where Saturday afternoon games are blacked out.
Posted: 06:55 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
its classy to go without speaking this first inning
Posted: 07:15 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
I hope we’ll get to see the tribute Video Dan made somehow. Hopefully they put it on the Phillies site.
Posted: 07:16 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 NEPA
Finally, through the first inning without a run.
Ibanez looked extremely shaky running for that last fly-out.
Posted: 07:17 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
I agree, the first inning with no announcing was a nice touch.
Posted: 07:17 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
I didn’t realize that the Padres didn’t have a lefty in the pen, now it makes sense to not have to split up the lefties.
By the way, how do the Padres have 13 pitchers on the team and have no lefties in the pen?
Posted: 07:19 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 NEPA
There we go Jimmy.
Posted: 07:20 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Way to go Chase
Posted: 07:25 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
Yes!
Posted: 07:25 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 NEPA
YES! Utley baby, what a bomb,
Posted: 07:26 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
i forget…are the pads any good?
Posted: 07:27 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Rick
I really like Ibanez as a hitter though. He really seems to make pitchers work.
Posted: 07:30 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Georgie
What happened? I’m watching the Flyers, as I have them on BOTH cable and satellite!
Posted: 07:31 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 NEPA
Phan – They aren’t supposed to be, but they’re a surprising 7-3 to start the season.
Georgie – Utley hit a three run bomb to right field after both Jimmy and Vic singled.
Posted: 07:32 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
raul on the bases…better than burrell
Posted: 07:33 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 SJ Mike
Rick, Ibanez does seem very disciplined at the plate, yeah.
Georgie, Chase blasted a near upper deck 3-run homer to right
Posted: 07:34 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Matt
Phan – Well, it’s hard to say. Chris Young is absolutely horrible at keeping runners close.
Posted: 07:35 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Georgie
Sweet! Thanks, NEPA.
Posted: 07:35 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
breaking open a can of whoopass…oh how sweet it is
Posted: 07:37 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 NEPA
Yes, big hit by Coste.
That ball was horribly played in LF.
Posted: 07:38 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
this is new this year…is this thread moderated?
Posted: 07:41 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Kyle
How is Chase’s velo tonight?
Posted: 07:42 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Kyle
Oops, Cole’s velo.
Posted: 07:44 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Matt
Kyle – He’s hovering around 88-89. I think he might have hit 90 once or twice.
Posted: 07:45 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Kyle
So, throwing harder than his last outing at Coors.
Posted: 07:46 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Matt
Yeah, he looks much better tonight.
Posted: 07:58 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 reddeath
im definetly on the ibanez bandwagon.
Posted: 08:07 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Matt
Looks like Marson might have lit a spark under Coste. Coste’s 2/2 with 2B’s and 2 RBI’s.
Posted: 08:07 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Matt
Reddeath – my only concern is year 3 of the deal, but you’re right, I’m on board with his signing now also. Everyone said coming in he’s a team/hustle guy and with this team full of those kind of guys, he fits right in.
Posted: 08:09 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Matt
Is anyone else muting the TV and listening to Franskie/LA tonight on the radio/mlb.com feed? I think I’ll be doing this a lot this year with the McCarthy/Wheels/Sarge combo.
Posted: 08:10 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
Franskie is growing on me. I’ll be listening to the gameday audio in the morning. i listen to the games between 6-9 each morning
Posted: 08:21 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 tim mccarver sucks
Crosby got a pently lol but franske/la are a great radio team
Posted: 08:26 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
looks like chase was doing some acting on that fielding play
Posted: 08:35 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Metsfan46years
hahaha philly fans
Posted: 08:38 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Metsfan46years
You guys do have a good team though.. whats the score right now?
Posted: 08:38 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Metsfan46years
but Mets are much better
Posted: 08:39 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Matt
7-3 Phils, Bottom of the 5th.
Posted: 08:42 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Travis
hamels will return to his dominance by the 4th or 5th start. For this start and next one he just needs to be solid and keep the phils in the game.
Posted: 08:45 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Hotstove
Brewers 4 fighting madoffs 3
Posted: 08:55 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Georgie
Does Cole look ok, how’d he give up the 3 runs?
Posted: 09:00 PM on April 17, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
Giving up the Homers this year is killing us so far. Luckily Chase and a few others came through with the bats tonight. Still a few innings left though. Hopefully we can hang on and give Cole his win tonight.
Posted: 09:08 PM on April 17, 2009