Gameday: Orioles (31-37) At Phillies (36-30)
Posted by Amanda Orr, Sun, June 21, 2009 12:37 PM | Comments: 121
Gameday 2009, Posts
Tim is on vacation this weekend, so Amanda’s doing the gameday post and Brian is making the beer selection.
Baltimore Orioles (31-37) at Philadelphia Phillies (36-30)
Jeremy Guthrie (4-7, 5.42 ERA) vs. Cole Hamels (4-2, 4.48 ERA)
Time: 1:35 p.m at Citizens Bank Park
Weather: Cloudy, 71
TV:MyPHL 17
Twitter: Phillies Nation
The Phillies look to get back on track and avoid the sweep. They have the right guy on the mound to do that. Many times this season, Cole Hamels has had high pitch counts. He’ll have to work ahead in the count, and keep the pitch count down to work late into the game.
Jermey Guthrie is coming off a tough outing against the New York Mets. He allowed five runs (3 earned) in 6.1 innings, including a three run first inning.
Shane Victorino is batting .429 with a home run in seven at bats against Guthrie. Brian Roberts, the hero for the Orioles last night, is 2-2 with a home run off Cole Hamels.
The Phillies are once again without Ryan Howard, who still has a high fever. Greg Dobbs will get the start.
Your Gameday Beer: This afternoon we need something strong, so we’re going with Innis & Gunn from Scotland. This beer is aged in oak barrels previously used to mature bourbon – a novel concept. Think vanilla, toffee and orange aromas, with a malty, lightly oaked palate; soothing and warm in the finish. Have some pepperjack cheese fries with bacon with dad today.
Happy Father’s Day and Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
Ok guys, we got a game with the Orioles today. And that only means one thing. Bad news for the Orioles!
Posted: 01:20 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
That being said, with what has transpired this week, I think we can all agree, today’s drink is whisky straight up.
Posted: 01:22 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Randall
Baltimore fans, get the brooms out cuz there is going to be a sweep in philly, great game last night!!
Posted: 01:34 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 The Little Guy
8-3 Phils today, watch.
Posted: 01:37 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 PGD
good call on the whisky
Posted: 01:39 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Georgie
Little Guy, if you get that right again it’s going to creep me out a little.
Posted: 01:42 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 The Little Guy
Haha seriously. If i do, im going to Atlantic City.
Posted: 01:44 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 The Little Guy
After 1 inning, that was an abnormal amount of Curve Balls thrown by Colbert.
Posted: 01:45 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Joshua
Where did Hamels get this velocity
Posted: 02:04 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 The Little Guy
His mother.
Posted: 02:05 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
little guy – i like seeing the curveball, i think he needs that third pitch, however i don’t like seeing our staff learning new pitches in the game…this is what spring training is for or if in your in the minors that’s when the work should be done….I was listening on the radio and didn’t see him pitch. How did the curve look?
Posted: 02:07 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Joshua
seems like everyone is trying to hit homeruns
Posted: 02:10 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
and his father
joshua- last few times out, Hamels was pitching in colder temps. – air denser, more drag, decelerates ball
Posted: 02:11 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
joshua – this is the Phillies -we live and die by the long ball
Posted: 02:13 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
good boy chase
Posted: 02:23 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Mike D.
Morris, are you taking to my drinking games?
Can Jim Moyer replace Wheels? His commentary was better.
Posted: 02:32 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Mike D.
Cole seems to be using his breaking ball a lot more. Should be a good compliment to his fastball and changeup.
Posted: 02:42 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 551 Brian Michael
Have no fear, your beer is here.
Happy Father’s Day, dads!
Posted: 02:43 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
OK, guys, I know we’re winning, but we need more of a cushion the way the relief has been playing lately…
Posted: 02:48 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Mike D.
Agreed, Tracey. Anyone else notice the empty comment section after last night?
Posted: 02:51 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
I think 2 shots of whiskey is more like it
Posted: 02:53 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
Oh, that’s awful.
Posted: 02:54 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
Re comments last night: what I needed last night was some of that whiskey. I had a bit of whiskey-tango-foxtrot last night.
Posted: 02:55 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
Dobbs almost had a close-encounter with the camera there.
Posted: 02:56 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
Hamels is really having a good day. And he’s only at 77 pitches. Think we could get a CG out of him?
Posted: 02:58 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
(sigh) I spoke too soon.
Posted: 02:59 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Mike D.
We might go into extras with our JV lineup out there.
Posted: 03:03 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
OK, we haven’t given up the lead yet, it’s time to get serious about hitting!
Posted: 03:03 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
Hey Shane! Thanks for taking my advice!
Posted: 03:05 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
Its time for Charlie to get Rollins out of the lead off spot.
Posted: 03:08 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
(sigh!) Better luck next inning…
Posted: 03:09 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 jeff
do we ever think about stealing. shane has speed. i fear when baby ahole from the mets gets on. why cant we make things happen. watching stairs hit is like watching the guy at wawa make me my sub.
Posted: 03:09 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
We used to get a lot more stealing action. Rollins and Abreu used to get about 30 steals a year each.
Posted: 03:12 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 jeff
mets are losing again. they suck. got we could be up by ten games. they are horrible.
Posted: 03:12 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
YES!!! NICE PLAY!!! That’s what you get for being greedy!
Posted: 03:13 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
@Jeff: The only reason I pay attention to the Mets games is because I want to know if their loser fans are going to be here harassing us. Not much chance of that when they’re getting whipped.
Posted: 03:14 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
Mets are losing again where are the Philly haters today
Posted: 03:14 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
Wow. I didn’t think there was any way of getting that DP the way Utley fumbled it.
Posted: 03:15 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
Sadly, they are losing to a team with a winning record, and if we dont start hitting alot, we may get swept by a team with a losing record. Why is it whenever Cole Hamels pitches, the Offense looks horrible. The last week of baseball has been very depressing.
Posted: 03:19 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
Brian
Our offense has looked like crap for over a week
Posted: 03:21 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
Yes, that blonde fan at last night’s game in the World Series hoodie summed it all up
Posted: 03:22 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
I know, but I was trying to not get overly pissed off with how bad this team has looked lately. Thanks for the reminder Jeff of NoVa. LOL
Posted: 03:22 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
When the best hit of the week is a guy who took a few hours away from the hospital to PH, you know you’ve got an offense problem.
Posted: 03:23 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 joedad
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Posted: 03:24 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
Dobbs who was hitting close to .180 a few weeks ago, not had a better batting average the Rollins.
Posted: 03:25 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
Now has a better average then rollins it should have said.
Posted: 03:25 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Mike D.
Ugh that commercial just depressed me even more. Come to think of it, I think I started seeing it when the Phillies started this awful homestand. So that’s a double whammy.
Three hits in seven innings against Jeremy Guthrie? Amazing.
With our JV offense out there, this will go to extras. With our bullpen and how they’ve been pitching, that’s if we’re lucky.
Posted: 03:25 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
You think we could roll Howard’s hospital bed out to the park for another big hit? :)
Posted: 03:25 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
Nevemind, it dropped again from .219 to .215 after his last at bat.
Posted: 03:26 PM on June 21, 2009
Posts: 0 Mike D.
And after I said that, a leadoff double. Jee-ZUS!
Posted: 03:26 PM on June 21, 2009