Gamenight: Blue Jays (34-31) At Phillies (36-25)
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Tue, June 16, 2009 05:45 PM | Comments: 258
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Toronto Blue Jays (34-31) at Philadelphia Phillies (36-25)
Ricky Romero (3-3, 3.71 ERA) vs. Cole Hamels (4-2, 4.62 ERA)
Time: 7:05 p.m. at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
Weather: Mostly sunny, 67
TV: Comcast SportsNet
Twitter: Phillies Nation
Sixteen years later: Revenge!
Okay, so Interleague play means some really hackneyed matchups, but the Phillies and Blue Jays are both good teams with high-powered offenses. They begin a three-game series tonight at the Bank.
The Blue Jays walked into Philly last year and took two of three in a series where Jayson Werth clubbed three home runs in a game and Roy Halladay pitched relief in a rain-delayed game that went to Toronto. This year the Jays are 34-31, but were much more potent earlier in the season, when their powerful offense bashed teams en route to baseball’s best record. Their pitching is scuffling now that Halladay will miss his start (which was supposed to be this week), so this set provides the Phils a chance to get some necessary home victories.
Cole Hamels brings his sub-5.00 ERA back home after having a tough outing against the Mets. Wednesday he only pitched five innings, giving up 11 hits but earning a no-decision. This will be his first start ever against Toronto, and he’s had very little experience against their hitters. Toronto starter Ricky Romero has never faced any of the hitters lining up against him tonight.
Your gamenight beer: “An honest beer makes its own friends” is the old slogan for Molson Canadian. I don’t know about you, but there’s a bar near my home, and sometimes I go in just wanting an honest lager. Seriously. And sometimes I’m jonesing for a Molson. Absolutely. So grab a Molson, partner, and drink it with ham and baked potato, a decent northern dish.
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
man our bullpen went from the best to suspect at best
Posted: 10:09 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
Morris Buttermaker – so is the bull pen
Posted: 10:10 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 tk
madson doesnt suck!!!
Posted: 10:11 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Ed R.
I am really tired of our bench minus Stairs. Not ready to give up on Dobbs yet but Coste, Bako and Bruntlett are all not even good enough to start in Reading let alone the bench of the Phillies.
Posted: 10:12 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
Kimmy the reason we are talking extras is that the best right handed option of the bench is Chris Coste
Posted: 10:13 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
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Posted: 10:13 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Mike C.
Hurry and get Howard up so he can k again.
Posted: 10:13 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
When was the last time the Phillies had a walk-off win? Was it the Sunday game against the Padres?
Posted: 10:14 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Kimmy
here we go again….
Posted: 10:14 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 The Little Guy
I think so morris..
Posted: 10:15 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
This whole playing like crap at home thing– it really needs to end. I am sick of it.
Posted: 10:17 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
don’t sweat it…the Jays don’t know about our right handed .236 secret weapon on the bench….PAUL fricking BACKO! How pissed are you guys when you see Jaramillo in the MLB highlights…2 older catchers from the minors…Bull Durham Effect
Posted: 10:18 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
And I have been to maybe 8 or 9 home games this year, and the crowd has seem pretty subdued each time.
Posted: 10:19 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
in regards to Jaramillo, it is hard to say how he would be playing here as opposed to playing in Pittsburgh. The Pirates are basically a AAA team, and there is no pressure on them.
Posted: 10:20 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Ed R.
I just dont understand why Bako is even here? He is another lefty and it’s not like he even gets a chance to catch. Who carries three catchers? There has to be someone out there better than Bako, heck I’d even take Jenkins over Bako.
Posted: 10:21 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
Just pray Wells doesn’t pick tonight to get hot
Posted: 10:21 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
ed r. – is he a lefty? if so then i’m really pissed
Posted: 10:22 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
Just please do not load the bases again.
Posted: 10:23 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 A.J.
I notice the Lidge haters are now silent
Posted: 10:23 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Ed R.
Yes Bako is a lefty.
Why would Lidge haters say anything? Lidge is on the DL. No need to even discuss him. And no one hates Lidge. They are all just tired of his poor performance, which I guess we can attribute to injury.
Posted: 10:26 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
I think it is a stupid reason, but the reason we have Bako is so that the Phillies can feel free to use Coste as a pinch hitter. It would make sense if either Bako or Coste could hit.
Posted: 10:26 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
F-ing Scott Rolen.
Posted: 10:27 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
morris b. – pirates are only 4.5 games behind the brewers…
Posted: 10:27 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 A.J.
Ed R. I saw a lot of people saying we should trade him a week ago. No support for him I have noted this week at all. A guy named Goeff always talks about how bad Lidge is and we need to trade him and J-Roll. I assume he is a writer because he has a lot of info on players.
Posted: 10:28 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
Maybe this game will make the Phillies realize that runs scored in innings 1-5 count the same as runs scored in 6-9. Maybe they will come out of the gate with a little more fire.
Posted: 10:28 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
The Phillies got infield singled to death tonight
Posted: 10:28 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Ed R.
I don’t know what Geoff does but he is very critical of the Phillies and their players on a fairly constant basis.
Posted: 10:29 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
morris b. – yeah, about Backo, that sounds reasonable albeit, as you said, stupid
Posted: 10:30 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 A.J.
He must be a Mutts fan then
Posted: 10:30 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
All these bases loaded?! This has to be some sort of record. Why can’t we find the strike zone. Most importantly, why can’t we win at home.
Posted: 10:31 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 tk
i really thought we were going to win this one..not so much now
Posted: 10:31 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Ed R.
The Jays will break through with the bases loaded at some point…they have to.
Posted: 10:33 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 A.J.
We have a nice road trip next week after playing the Os
Posted: 10:33 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 CT
this game sucks
Posted: 10:34 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
Man, I hope they’re not letting Condrey take one for the team …poor dude just looks looks like there is no gas in tank
Posted: 10:34 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 A.J.
Just trow a strike at the knees and end this inning. Walker had a real issue last year. He was great on the road, and awful at home. He’ll fit in just fine.
Posted: 10:34 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
This is a bad lost for the Phils. They should have won this one.
Posted: 10:35 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 SDO
unbelievable
Posted: 10:35 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 SDO
why do we play like scrubs at home?
Posted: 10:35 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
ed r. – agreed, so says the Law of Averages
Posted: 10:36 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 mg52
I don’t know why these pitchers keep running deep counts against the hitters. They need to be more efficient. Come to think of it, we might know: the bullpen has been overused. The entire staff has to be more attuned to the benefits of good command. That way, the starters can go deeper into games and the relievers need not be exhausted.
The offense has been weak again tonight and often a bit unlucky. The home plate umpire has also been very questionable at times. We’ll see how the end of this plays out and keep rooting on the guys.
Posted: 10:37 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Mike C.
Phillies pitching sucks tonight. There starters cant go 7 and it puts pressure every night. The only good team we beat are the yankees. Take away the Nationals and we suck.
Posted: 10:37 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Sam D
not over yet, but need to get out of this bases loaded jam
Posted: 10:37 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Dan
This is the most unlucky game for the phillies I have ever seen, and the most inconsistent strike zone i’ve ever seen
Posted: 10:37 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 tk
i cant stand to watch the phillies lose like this…it should have been their win though
Posted: 10:37 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Sam D
ok now its over
Posted: 10:38 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
If they were going to lose the game, I wish they didn’t do it in extra innings.
Posted: 10:39 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
This is just getting bad.
Posted: 10:40 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
SDO: only thing I can think is “hitter-park-itsis”…we get a little lax in the manufacturing runs department cause we believe the long ball will save us
Posted: 10:41 PM on June 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Sam D
what the ffffffff
Posted: 10:41 PM on June 16, 2009