Gameday: Cardinals (52-46) At Phillies (54-39)
Posted by Amanda Orr, Fri, July 24, 2009 05:45 PM | Comments: 192
Gameday 2009, Posts
St. Louis Cardinals (52-46) at Philadelphia Phillies (54-39)
Joel Pineiro (8-9, 3.09 ERA) vs. J.A Happ (7-0, 2.68)
Time: 7:05 p.m at Citizens Bank Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy, 81
TV:Comcast Sportsnet
Twitter: Phillies Nation
The Phillies open the weekend series with the St. Louis Cardinals, who just acquired Matt Holliday. Holliday will be in the lineup batting cleanup tonight. It should be a very close series as both these teams lead their divisions.
There is a very confident feeling with J.A Happ on the mound. Happ has one career start against the Cardinals. He pitched 6.1 innings and allowed two earned runs on five hits and four walks.
Both pitchers, Happ and Joel Pineiro, do not tally many strikeouts, but have had very successful seasons by relying on their defense. In three career starts against the Phillies, Pineiro is 1-0 with a 2.33 ERA.
The entire Phillies Nation staff will be in attendence, hopefully to witness yet another Phillies victory.
Your Gameday Beer - Yuengling Lager
Bartender, I’ll have a Lager. Everyone’s favorite hometown beer is on tap for tonight’s tailgate. We’ll be in Lot M having a liquid dinner… maybe a Schmitter later. -By Brian
GO PHILLIES!
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
Geoff what is Mad Disinfo?
Posted: 09:13 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Walter
0 runs, 3 hits, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts, 9 groundouts, 3 flyouts, 5 innings for Phillies
Posted: 09:13 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 The Dipsy
I agree that we’ll be surprised in a good way:
Knapp, Carrasco, Donald, Marson
The Dipsy
Posted: 09:14 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 NJ
Dipsy I hope your right…
Posted: 09:16 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
nice Rauuuul, but I don’t like this inning
Posted: 09:20 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
Okay I am really hating Holliday now
Posted: 09:20 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
ugh I hate bloop hits
Posted: 09:21 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
Well this is not good
Posted: 09:21 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff
This is one of those games were we wont score any runs. Lets get this deal done rubby. Get our Drabek and a 3rd pitcher out of here. Bye Mr. Happ.
Posted: 09:21 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Ed R.
I hope Happ gets a standing O after he gets lifted. Might not oh had his best outing ever but he has done a fantastic job for this club.
Posted: 09:21 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Bunch of bloop singles…ugh
Posted: 09:22 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 PGD
ridiculous inning
Posted: 09:23 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
Well maybe many should stop talking about where Happ stands in stats, cause his ERA is about to go over 3
Posted: 09:23 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
take Happ out
Posted: 09:23 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff
This game is over. We are not scoring any runs and happ is being a number 3 tonight.
Posted: 09:24 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Oh man what a horrible throw to home by Chase! CMon Happ!
Posted: 09:24 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Andrew
guess the rain delay didnt help JA
Posted: 09:24 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Ed R.
Just curious…if we get Halladay without giving up Happ then our rotation looks like this…Hamels, Halladay, Blanton, Happ, Moyer, Pedro, Lopez….who goes? Lopez probably but then what? Pedro or Moyer?
Posted: 09:24 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
Wow this is ugly. I guess Happ has come back down to reality. jk He has pitched well until today.
Posted: 09:24 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
yeah unless the bats wake up tonight this one is not looking good
Posted: 09:25 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 PGD
screw hitting the ball hard the new baseball philosophy is to get jammed
Posted: 09:25 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff
braves are hot. they will make a run at us. cardinals did a great job picking up some pieces. i wish we had albert and not howie baby. mr. k. thats all he does.
Posted: 09:25 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 NJ
Remember Pedro has incentives as a reliever…
Posted: 09:25 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Ed R.
Happ has pitched well, even this inning…its not like most of those hits are solid and hard hits…its mostly bloop singles. From time to time that will happen. Even against the best.
Posted: 09:26 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
“This game is over”.. seriously Jeff? 6th inning buddy
Posted: 09:26 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
alright offense here we go
Posted: 09:27 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Andrew
NLCS vs dodgers
Halladay game 1
hamils game 2
happ game 3
Posted: 09:28 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 repeat!
This game ain’t over! We still get 4 more chances. I never count the Phillies out until there last out. We’ll make this one a game. You’ll see.
Posted: 09:29 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
this is a make it or break it inning.
Vic
Utley
Howard
Posted: 09:29 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
There we go Vic
Posted: 09:31 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Andrew
Was it over when the germans bombed pearl harbor?
Posted: 09:32 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 pn
happ pitched well…only a few balls were hit really hard, but he had one bad inning – a lot of pitchers do.
Posted: 09:32 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Geoff
Ill bet Hallady is traded like tomorrrow or after the games tonight. the jays wanted him to make one last start to say goodbye – because he is an icon in that cit for baseball. after that hell go for a favorable price and hell come here.
also, if hallday came here he would wear no. 33 or 34. ill go with 34.
Posted: 09:34 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
we haven’t been able to get that run in from 3rd
Posted: 09:34 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
The offense has failed us tonight. The had a couple of chances to score.
Posted: 09:35 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
man our middle of the order has been horrible with runners in scoring position
Posted: 09:36 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
blah
Posted: 09:36 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Ed R.
Wow could the warning track be any more of an enemy to the Phillies tonight?
Posted: 09:37 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 repeat!
f@ck!
Posted: 09:38 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
Why do that?
Put Stairs in Left just so you can have a pitcher for maybe 2 innings.
Stairs is as good as a fielder as I am
Posted: 09:39 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
Walker to give up a couple runs?
Posted: 09:42 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
I really question Charlie’s predictable moves like this one, now we will have a 6 run deficit and no protection for Howard and argueably one of best hitters on the bench
Posted: 09:45 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 boxage
my heart stopped
Posted: 09:46 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 NJ
Just one of those games, Pinero’s having a pretty great year…
Posted: 09:47 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 repeat!
Phillies play Cards a whole lot better in St. Louis then vice versa. Weird
Posted: 09:49 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 pn
what’s up with walker?? can’t throw strikes…
Posted: 09:50 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
Man Walker sux send him back down
Posted: 09:51 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 repeat!
The D should blitz here. We need a turnover
Posted: 09:51 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
Okay Manuel your decision was a bad one! now you have to take Walker out and you still have Ibanez out, makes no sense
O sense
Posted: 09:53 PM on July 24, 2009
Posts: 0 Keeg
Yeah I never got the move to put Ibanez down late in the game either…maybe just used to it from Burrell.
it needs to stop…his groin is fine and doing it is just detrimental to the lineup.
speaking of which…sucks tonight…no W for the phils. we’re playing terribly.
Posted: 09:53 PM on July 24, 2009