Gameday: Phillies (37-33) At Blue Jays (40-34)
Posted by Amanda Orr, Fri, June 26, 2009 05:45 PM | Comments: 192
Gameday 2009, Posts
Philadelphia Phillies (37-33) at Toronto Blue Jays (40-34)
Cole Hamels (4-3, 4.24 ERA) vs. Ricky Romero (4-3, 3.59 ERA)
Time: 7:07 p.m at Rogers Centre
Weather: Dome
TV:Comcast Sportsnet
Twitter: Phillies Nation
The Phillies seek revenge on the Toronto Blue Jays after last week’s three game sweep. The Phillies hope to stay in first place as their lead in the National League East was cut to a half game.
The match-up, Cole Hamels and Ricky Romero, is an exact rematch of game one at Citizens Bank Park, a ten inning Blue Jays victory.
In his start against the Blue Jays, Hamels allowed two runs over six innings. He did not pitch as deep as he would have liked as his pitch count exceeded 110 pitches. Against the Phillies, Ricky Romero pitched seven innings and gave up three runs in the no decision. He struck out nine Phillies, a career high for Romero.
Alex Rios and Vernon Wells are probably the two most feared hitters in the Jays’ lineup. However, former Phillies Rod Barajas and Scott Rolen destroyed Phillies pitching last week. Barajas was 4-for-9 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI. Rolen was 6-for-14 with 4 RBI and a home run.
Jimmy Rollins will find himself on the bench once again even though he is batting .500 against Romero.
Your 
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Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 John Russo
Let’s get this win train rolling. I’m tired of the losing and the offense’s inconsistency.
They scored 15 runs in the Rays series and the innings looked like this:
Tues: 6, 4
Wed: 1
Thurs: 4
Posted: 06:22 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Alex
CF Victorino
2B Utley
RF Werth
1B Howard
LF Mayberry
3B Feliz
DH Coste
SS Bruntlett
C Ruiz
Posted: 06:36 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Nick
God wheeler is terrible. Romero throws a 84 mph changeup to strikeout mayberry and goes on to say “he just threw that fastball right by him, and he couldn’t catch up” terrible.
Posted: 07:33 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Wheels is as lame as they get!
Posted: 07:43 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Bill
Wheeler has me more and more listening to the games on the radio. I wish they would put Franske and Andersen on the radio for at least 3 innings to give us a break!
Posted: 07:44 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 The Dipsy
Wheeler is a monument to horrible journalism and broadcasting.
The Dipsy
Posted: 07:49 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
(sigh) Well, at least it’s a quick game.
Posted: 07:51 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Mark
Leave Wheels alone. Why would you put the guy down. My god. Put down Charlie if anyone. Keeps Rollins out. All you are doing is hurting the team. Stick him in the 6th hole and be done with it. Better then Bruntlett. The bottom of the order is pathetic. The only people that thinks he should be batting one is you and rollins. He is not patient and does not walk. This team needs to be displined and grow some balls.
Posted: 08:00 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Mark
good victoriono. keep swinging at that 2-2 outside pitch. he is horrible…
Posted: 08:01 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Geoff
Rollins is useless as a leadoff hitter if he cant get on base.
Posted: 08:03 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
OK, let’s make that baserunner pay off…
Posted: 08:10 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
Rats.
Posted: 08:10 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Mark
come on…we are making baby taco bell look like john smoltz..
Posted: 08:12 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
argh
Posted: 08:20 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
No, you don’t have to keep an eye on the guy on first, you just have to get the batter OUT!
Posted: 08:21 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
OK, now let’s slam them back with two runs of our own…
Posted: 08:23 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
ugh, can we get a hit now? that’d be fun.
Posted: 08:23 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
@Keith: Oh, is that the objective of the game? I thought the idea was to flail at the ball futilely.
Posted: 08:28 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Ok, so if we can’t get Halladay, can we try to get Romero??
Posted: 08:29 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
(sigh!)
Posted: 08:29 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 joedad
Cy Rubio is kicking some butt tonite
Posted: 08:31 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
at least the Mets are making errors galore
Posted: 08:31 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 joedad
Sorry Cy Romero
Posted: 08:32 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 A.J.
Mets = 3 errors in 2nd inning NYY 4 MYM 0
Posted: 08:35 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Mazinman
I really don’t feel like I am much in a position to enjoy the Mets fielding woes when our team hasn’t even gotten a hit yet.
Posted: 08:36 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
blah
Posted: 08:38 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Yup, right now we need to worry about our team… this offense is looking pathetic today and the Jays could have a big inning here…
Posted: 08:39 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
Phillies suck at interleague
Posted: 08:40 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 A.J.
I do not care at this point. I am sick of the Mets trolls here. As long as they lose I am giving up on what we do. We have time to come back. Damn the Karma, I am rooting all Yankees and Phillies tonight LOL
Posted: 08:40 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
ugh what is going on with the Phils.
Posted: 08:41 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 nm
cole’s rising pitch count = not good
can the offense show up at some point? that would be much appreciated
Posted: 08:43 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
What’s up with Cole’s fastball? It’s in the high 80s! Can’t recall seeing it above 90! (nervous)
Posted: 08:43 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 A.J.
At this point, if we are down, I hope the Marlins take it for a bit then we can compete with them. The trolls on this site have ruined this game for me. Now that Tim is going I question my own relationship at PN
Posted: 08:44 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
Chan Ho is warming up. Not a good sign. Might be Cole’s last inning.
Posted: 08:44 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff
GAME OVER. Hamels looks horrilbe. We cant hit. After Howard our lineup is like watching the Trenton Thunder. This team is aweful now. No heart this year no displine and Charlie is still a horrible manager.
Posted: 08:46 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
Wow, this team just can’t catch a break.
Posted: 08:46 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Sam D
I hope we get no hit, might knock some sense into these people we call baseball players. NO ENERGY, NO LEADERSHIP, maybe getting NO HIT will do the trick. Extreme maybe, effective? Hell yes
Posted: 08:46 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
j reed- was listening on the radio till this inning…has Hamels been throwing his curve…wow an NL team getting small balled by an AL East team.
Posted: 08:47 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Can we PLEASE have a hit? This is unbearable… It’s a no-hitter and Cole isn’t looking sharp anymore.
Posted: 08:48 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Mazinman
Just ignore the trolls A.J. Honestly, nothing they say bothers me nearly as much as how the Phils are playing right now.
Posted: 08:48 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
If losing eight games at HOME do not wake you up, I don’t know what will.
Posted: 08:49 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Sam D
heres an idea, send the whole team down to lehigh valley and bring that team up here and see if we can’t do better haha
Posted: 08:49 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
umps are babies, I’m fed up with them. can we please eliminate them with robots?
Posted: 08:50 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 A.J.
True, but you cannot reason with them at all.
Posted: 08:51 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff
dont be mad hollywood you got your stinking money,,,,you waste.
Posted: 08:51 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Sam D, you definitely have a good point… It’s building up right now, we just need something bad/embarrassing to happen to shock this team and start from scratch.
Posted: 08:51 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Sam D
see valley iron pigs are winning again wow, maybe that would be cruel to the mlb players, but we are desperate right now haha
Posted: 08:51 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 A.J.
Ron Darling just said the Phillies are destined to get swept in Toronto. I was mad, but his reason makes sense… It is in our heads at this point. He is not saying his Mets will win though… LOL
Posted: 08:53 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
Jeff, u’re kidding with that post. so I’ll ignore that.
Posted: 08:53 PM on June 26, 2009
Posts: 0 Sam D
Manny -it would be extremely painful for the players and the fans, but once they get no hit and see their pitiful performances on the field on ESPN highlight reels, somethings gotta snap into place
Posted: 08:53 PM on June 26, 2009