Gamenight: Phillies (4-3) At Nationals (0-7)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Thu, April 16, 2009 06:06 PM | Comments: 65
Gameday 2009, Posts
Philadelphia Phillies (4-3) at Washington Nationals (0-7)
Joe Blanton (0-0, 15.75 ERA) vs. Shairon Martis (0-1, 9.00 ERA)
Time: 7:05 p.m. at Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.
Weather: Sunny, 59
TV: Comcast SportsNet
Twitter: Phillies Nation
It has been a trying 48 hours in Phillies Nation.
After defeating the Nationals Monday afternoon, the Phillies took to the task of proceeding without its famed voice. Harry Kalas passed away Monday afternoon at age 73, and a wealth of remembrances and eulogies caught the air immediately afterward. Since, the Phillies had a scheduled Wednesday night game, but an entire day and night of rainfall postponed that. Still no word on a makeup date.
The Nationals will toss out there Shairon Martis, a rookie would made his first appearance against the Phillies on Sept. 28, 2008, giving up a run in 2.1 innings. Also playing in the game: Lou Marson, who was playing his first major league game then. He recorded two hits including his first major league home run. And Marson gets the start behind the plate tonight.
Joe Blanton will be pitching to him – he had a rough last outing against Atlanta, though the Phils came back to win. He remains undefeated as a Phillie.
Your gamenight beer: Bell’s HopSlam Ale is the drink of choice tonight because I want the Phils to ring the bell tonight. Let’s go yard a few times to shake off the rust from the rest. This beer from the Michigan brewery is laced with caramel-laden hops, perfect for a cooling spring night such as this. Eat some light vegetarian chili with it.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 TJ
Let’s go Phils! I’m really excited for this one. I think we have an emotionally charged team that can get it rolling. Also, Marson. Enough said?
Posted: 06:20 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 sawaob12
TJ – It’ll be that extreme or the other. I tend to side with you but I think it’s also possible they come out and lay a total egg tonight. With the locker room the way it is though, I have a feeling we see a blowout tonight…also, i’m pumped for Marson. It’ll be interesting to see what happens should Marson really put up solid numbers while Ruiz is out
Posted: 06:33 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Phil
hop slam is my 2nd favorite beer behind kentucky breakfast stout by founders
Posted: 07:03 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
Jesus. Seriously?
Posted: 07:22 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
and both the gnats fans clapped
friggen retards
Posted: 07:23 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 John Fire
Our starting pitching sucks. Through and through. It’s like these guys forgot how to get guys out. Whenever we get guys on base, I’m not confident they’re coming home. However, I cringe everytime our opponents get ducks on the pond because it’s almost a guarantee now that someone’s going to jack one out of the park.
Posted: 07:24 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
am glad we are warming up with the special ed team
Posted: 07:26 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Matt
holy fucking shit…this is absurd. We cannot get through 3 innings without giving up at least 3 runs…this is pathetic
absolutely pathetic…
Posted: 07:30 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Brooks
Man, tonights game looks just the same as every other game so far. Starting pitching is dead, the Phils cannot snif a hit – 6 up and 6 down – this aint right.
Posted: 07:33 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
total park attendance: 35
Posted: 07:37 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Evan
Brooks, Utley walked.
How much do Nats tickets cost? Can’t they give these things away? Even homeless people can pony up a dime for a ballgame.
Posted: 07:38 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
hey guys … good to see you tonight. i think the phills will start their comeback around the 6th inning. some 60-70 percent of all their runs thus far have come right around there sooo, im not gonna worry just yet.
Posted: 07:39 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
Let’s go Phillies!
Posted: 07:40 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Brooks
Johnny, that is usually when they get their second base runner isn’t it? 6th inning or so?
Posted: 07:41 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 CT
Sweet Lou Marson with his first hit of the season! hopefully a sign of things to come.
Posted: 07:41 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
hah sure is brooks
Posted: 07:42 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Evan
I don’t agree with Vic bunting there.
Posted: 07:44 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Matt
what the hell is victorino thinking….
go for the hit…he’s clearly good enough to do it
Posted: 07:45 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Matt
and he’s a switch hitter for a reason
Posted: 07:45 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
guess he didnt count on it goin right back to the box matt
Posted: 07:51 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
that was a nice quick inning.
Posted: 08:02 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 CT
Marson with another!
Posted: 08:06 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 reddeath302
sweet lou with another hit
Posted: 08:07 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 reddeath302
i say he hits for the cycle tonight. lol
Posted: 08:08 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 CT
and a run! if J-Roll can’t give us a hit, at least he can get the sac fly out there. i’ll take it.
Posted: 08:08 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Evan
For the love of god get an RBI Jimmy!
Posted: 08:09 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
alright … blanton with 4 k’s and marson! 2nd hit and a run
Posted: 08:12 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 TJ
Im liking this Lou Marson character. Shows some hustle, speed, and smart base running. Just to put a silver lining on the guy. He also chased on an 0-1 pitch out of the zone but then stayed away from the same pitch that followed. If he can get his defense up to par with Ruiz then we have something special. He also hasnt pulled anything which means he’s seeing the ball a little late but that will improve.
Posted: 08:18 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
how can we be losing this game??
Posted: 08:47 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
hey phan … even bushleaguers get lucky sometimes
Posted: 08:50 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 CT
dammit durbin
Posted: 08:52 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
i watch the game at night and then listen the next morning thanks to MLB TV
i know we will have our off days…
Posted: 08:56 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
when i said the 6th inning earlier haha i totally meant the 8th
Posted: 08:57 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 CT
nice throw out by Marson! this kid is stepping up!
Posted: 08:58 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
that’s just heads up baseball by marson
Posted: 08:59 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 CT
nice punch out by Taschner there. still perfect with the Phillies.
Posted: 09:03 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Johnny Snowden
to more effectively answer your question Phan TN … we’re losing this game b/c of rollins’ .111 and victorino’s .219 clips. those guys get on base and we’re good. they dont and a team that couldn’t buy a win has a chance to beat you.
Posted: 09:11 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Kyle
The offense: Rollins and Vic, they are hurting. The team is lucky to be .500. The top 2 in your lineup are hitting .100 and .200. That is awful, and that is what is wrong with the team: 2 runs against a pitcher with an ERA of 9?
Posted: 09:14 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 CT
i just jinxed Taschner, sorry. they know he sucks against righties, why the hell did they leave him in?
Posted: 09:16 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 TJ
Way to jinx him CT! haha
Posted: 09:17 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 CT
i didn’t think they’d leave him in for the 8th
Posted: 09:18 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 CT
ok, this is a sign here. taschner should be used as a LOOGY only!
Posted: 09:20 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 GK
Rollins and Vic probably should not have gone to the World Baseball Classic. That woeful experience left them out of Spring Training, and now unprepared for the season. When will these guys learn ??
Posted: 09:22 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
SD is next…are we warmed up yet?
Posted: 09:27 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
If we ponied up a million more we could have had Beimel instead of Taschner.
Posted: 09:28 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Geogg
Im not going to blame that on the WBC thats garbage.
Joe Blanton pitched well tonight, alarm can be put away for him. He had a quality start and only made one big mistake. Jack Tascher is really bad out there tonight. He came back to earth, and harshly too.
Posted: 09:29 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Jason B.
What. The. Hell? This is not good. Why Taschner was kept in that long is way beyond me. Start the bus. This one’s over.
Posted: 09:30 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Geogg
have to wonder if taschner will get released. he couldnt even get lefties out tonight.
meanwhile, lou marson had a great debut tonight.
Posted: 09:30 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 mike
Tascher stinks we could have sign Beimel who is much better and use the money saved from romano suspension to pay him.
Posted: 09:34 PM on April 16, 2009
Posts: 0 cxl72
There was no reason to leave Taschner in there. There were 4 straight righties to start the bottom of the 8th. Righties kill him. Tom McCarthy said they tried to ride him because they had some lefties coming up.
I’m glad to see other people posted the same thing and I’m not going crazy. Would that have happened last year when Jimy Williams was the bench coach??
Posted: 09:36 PM on April 16, 2009