Gameday: Phillies (37-32) At Rays (38-35)
Posted by Amanda Orr, Thu, June 25, 2009 06:00 PM | Comments: 263
Gameday 2009, Posts
Philadelphia Phillies (37-32) at Tampa Bay Rays (38-35)
Antonio Bastardo (2-2, 5.21 ERA) vs. Andy Sonnanstine (5-7, 6.60 ERA)
Time: 7:08 p.m at Tropicana Field
Weather: Dome
TV: Comcast Sportsnet, MLB Network
Twitter: Phillies Nation
The Phillies will send Antonio Bastardo on the mound for the rubber-match against the Rays. Like the World Series, the Phillies took game one, and the Rays took game two. The only difference is that the series is still in Tampa, which may not be a bad thing with most of the Phillies success coming away from Citizens Bank Park.
In his outing against the Baltimore Orioles, Bastardo was roughed up in the second inning, but he settled down. He was effective throwing 73 of 108 pitches for strikes. The rookie pitched a career high seven innings in his effort against the Orioles.
In the World Series, Sonnanstine earned the loss in game four. In four innings, he allowed five runs, three earned, on six hits and three walks. Ryan Howard homered off him.
Sonnanstine’s numbers may not be impressive, but he has pitched better in his last two starts. He was effective against the Mets in last start, however a three run home run hurt him. It also notable that he is 12-9 with a 5.01 ERA at Tropicana Field.
Charlie Manuel has benched Jimmy Rollins for tonight’s and Friday’s game. Manuel says Rollins will return to the leadoff spot when he returns, however he’ll ride the pine for the next two days.
Tonights Lineup: Victorino (CF)/ Dobbs (1B)/ Utley (2B)/ Howard (DH)/ Werth (RF)/ Stairs (LF)/ Feliz (3B)/ Bruntlett (SS)/ Ruiz (C).
Your Gameday Beer:The Phils are still in Florida so we’ll go with another local beer. Landshark is brewed by Anheuser Busch and the new king of Florida, Jimmy Buffet. It seems to be a direct competitor to Corona – the beers look similar in appearance and are really only palatable when they’re ice cold and you’re burning in the sun. So if you’re lucky enough to be in that climate, have some spicy Thai food tonight. -By Brian
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 A.J.
I see Eli is back.
Posted: 09:37 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Miles
I don’t like this move….I would have let Durbin fight out of it.
Posted: 09:38 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 DJ
Why do the Rays innings last so long and ours are so quick! Patience maybe
Posted: 09:38 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 cxl72
aaargh, at least the cow bell volume is down from last night.
Posted: 09:39 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 DJ
Well its looking like 8 out of 9 and 10 out of 12! Somethings gotta give Seriously!
Posted: 09:40 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
@DJ: Yeah, we keep swinging for the rafters on the first pitch. Makes for short ABs.
Posted: 09:40 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Damn….
Posted: 09:40 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 DJ
Man at least Vic made a good stop and great throw! Damn this is frustrating
Posted: 09:41 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
(sigh) Well, the Phils managed to get 6 runs from this team in one inning a couple of nights ago. They’ll just have to do it again.
Posted: 09:41 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 A.J.
No one can blame Jimmy tonight. Not sure what the heck is going on now
Posted: 09:41 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 cxl72
things im not proud of:
1) the 2009 phillies
2) my absolute hatred of the mets and their fans
3) my love of patrick swayze movies
Posted: 09:42 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Andrew
The mets arent even a threat. They arent even players at the trade deadline. The issue is we suck. Everyone be happy the NL least sucks. Because we will still be in first for awhile. The mental mistakes are highly pissing me off.
Posted: 09:42 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Mets
Can I get a score on your game?
Posted: 09:42 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
We are going to be in second place by the weekend, maybe that will wake this team up. They have been playing bad baseball for about 2 week now.
Posted: 09:43 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
Good point, AJ. So who gets the Jeltz tonight? Pedro’s certainly a contender for that rally-ending base-running error.
Posted: 09:43 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 DJ
Next time the ump squeezes a pitcher Ol Cholly needs to get tossed, a Lou Pinella toss! They need some fire
Posted: 09:44 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 lm
those 3 runs should have never happened because durbin threw TWO perfect pitches right down the middle of the plate to burrell which were called ball 3 and 4. wow, incosistent umps are seriously the story of the phillies.
Posted: 09:46 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
Charlie had a “talk” with Jimmy? What was that about?
Posted: 09:46 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Miles
@Tracey….Bastardo Bastardo Bastardo. This game was looking great until he threw a pitch.
Posted: 09:47 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Shitarino
Hahahahaha Andrew….how are the mets not a threat? They have three starters playing right now and are a 1/2 game behind you.
You guys are hysterical when you are losing! Priceless
Posted: 09:48 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 DJ
Can they just call the game! They look like they don’t even want to play! Their demeanor is just bad and I think this whole outage started and ends with the pitching! It’s horrible and needs to be addressed ASAP!
Posted: 09:49 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Miles
If the game wouldn’t have been so close I guarantee Utley gets tossed back in the bottom of the 6th. He wanted to keep himself in the game to help the team but he wanted to absolutely bite the umps head off. Terrible home plate ump tonight but you make your own breaks, people. Stairs had a ball that he easily could have caught that helped pad the Rays lead and Feliz made a horrible horrible play on the basepaths. And Bastardo….well he threw a lot of fastballs.
Posted: 09:49 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Georgie
I’m feeling a bit front-runnerish about this one, not going to watch anymore.
Posted: 09:49 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 A.J.
cxl72
I second all of that! Well, not a fan of movies, but #1 and #2 anyway
Posted: 09:49 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 lm
bastardo pretty much ruined the game from the 1st inning. i mean pedro made a huge mistake but if you have horrible pitching how do you expect to win a game?
Posted: 09:50 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Miles
@Arino….I personally think its hysterical that you never show your face on here except for when the Mets win and the Phillies lose. We try to use our WS championship as a comeback but you don’t seem to accept that.
Posted: 09:50 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
@Miles: Yeah, Bastardo didn’t have a good night. I liked him in his first start, but he just hasn’t been able to sustain it.
Posted: 09:51 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 cxl72
Thanks A.J. We may be proud of the Phils again. They just cant beat AL teams consistently.
Posted: 09:52 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Dan
Miles…why do you think its hysterical? Phillies fans troll just as much as mets boards….and you would think they wouldntt have to now that you are champions.
Posted: 09:52 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Miles
I’m outta here for the night….I’m gonna watch the rest of the game to embrace the pain of this moment but I have to do it on my own. The group negativity is not helping my emotional state.
Posted: 09:52 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Shitarino
Yeah you are correct, i do not accept that…One championship for all of your sport teams in 25 years does not impress me.
Posted: 09:53 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
I’ve got an OK Go song running thorugh my head…
Here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again… aw, here it goes again…
and not in a good way.
Posted: 09:53 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 DJ
Is anyone watching this on MLB network? Mitch Williams is talking crap Im still mad at him! And its time to cut Traschner!
Posted: 09:53 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Georgie… I’m about to do the same… but I gotta stay for the 8th inning with Utley, Howard and co due up
Posted: 09:53 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Miles
Dan I totally agree with you. But you have to realize that most of the fans who do this just like to piss you off and care more about making Mets fans mad then they do about the Phillies winning. Don’t get me wrong, I love moments like when Castillo made that error, but I don’t have to go rub it in anyone’s faces to make it any better for myself. I am just against trolling of any kind unless you are going to show your face during the down times as well.
Posted: 09:54 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 DJ
Shitarino- How can u claim Yankees championships if ur a Mets fan let me guess you bounce between yankees, mets, giants and Jets? Yea true New Yorker riding whoever you think is good!
Posted: 09:55 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Andrew
The mets are losers. when they have 9 game leads with 12 to play they lose. When they need to win on the last day the last game at shea ever. With every player from the past there. They lose.
Tom glavine has the worst game of his career in the last game of the season so the losers are not in the playoffs. Do I need to bring up yadier Molina and So Tagucchi homers for the cardinals?
The mets are not a factor. If they were up 9 games I would discount them. Do somethng. Dont be the biggest chokers in sports. then we will discuss considering the losers. How long ago was Castilla dropping that ball in the big game vs your cross town rivals? Losers are losers. You dont factor losers. At least I dont. I am worried about the Braves and Marlins.
Posted: 09:55 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
@Dan: So if somebody hits you, that gives you the right to hit somebody who never did anything to you? Is that they way it works in New York?
Posted: 09:55 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Did anyone else just see Charlie try to spit his gum out (and fail)?! hahaha Hilarious
Posted: 09:57 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 lm
can someone tell me why if the phillies never feel they’re out of a game even by 5 runs, why are they using TRASHner??
why is he even on the team??
Posted: 09:57 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
You’re a troll, Dan. You’re an @sshole. And you’re trying to defend your right to be an @sshole by pointing out that people have been @ssholes to you. Well, I’m sorry to hear that, but I never did anything to you, and I’m tired of you taking out your emotional problems on us.
Posted: 09:59 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 DJ
The worst thing about the way they are playing is my 5 year old son who is upset that they can’t win! And not to mention his favorite player who waved and signed his ball is benched!
Posted: 10:00 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
@DJ: You mean JRoll? Yeah, what’s up with that? I mean, I know he’s been slumping very badly, but he’s not exactly the only one.
Posted: 10:02 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Andrew
J roll is benched for his stupid play last night. So pedro Feliz should be benched tomorrow. Should stairs be?
Soon enough they will all be benched for stupid play.
Bruntlet is not a legitimate replacement at SS though. Dobbs can be at third.
Posted: 10:05 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 DJ
@ Tracey Why even bother Dan, Eli, MR immature Shitarino are here everytime the Phils lose and Muts win regardless! Thats just the way they are more worried about our team then their own! If the Phils win tomorrow and the Muts lose then they wont say anything!
Posted: 10:05 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
Ah, here’s a detailed article about the JRoll situation:
http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090625&content_id=5530736&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi
Posted: 10:05 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Runshouse
Did the Phils start stumbling once the Castillo picture went up at the top of the page?
Posted: 10:06 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 lm
to me, using trashner is basically saying the phillies dont even care and give up….he’s totally useless and cant even go ONE inning without giving up a run
Posted: 10:06 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Mark
this is so badddd. we are playing like the mets. god we are aweful. 4 runs in the first and thats it. Feliz is stupid. Stairs does not hustle. Bruntlett playing short, give me a break. Our pitching is scary aweful..We will be behind florida and the mets soon.
Posted: 10:07 PM on June 25, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
Oh, good grief, just finish the game
Posted: 10:07 PM on June 25, 2009