Gameday: Phillies (58-40) At Diamondbacks (43-58)
Posted by Amanda Orr, Wed, July 29, 2009 09:16 PM | Comments: 227
Gameday 2009, Posts
Philadelphia Phillies (58-40) at Arizona Diamondbacks (43-58)
J.A Happ (7-1, 2.97) vs. Yusmeiro Petit (0-5, 7.68 ERA)
Time: 9:40 p.m at Chase Field
Weather: Partly Cloudy, 108
TV: Comcast Sportsnet
Twitter: Phillies Nation
It’s been a busy day for the Phillies and they haven’t even played a game yet. They’ll attempt to sweep the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight.
J.A Happ survived the trade rumors–for now. He is coming off his first loss of the season after allowing five earned runs against the Cardinals. Happ has had a solid season and looks to build a new win streak tonight against a Diamondbacks’ lineup that has scored only one run off a Phillies starter.
The Phillies have a good chance to score runs off Yusmeiro Petit, who has very bad numbers. In addition, if the Diamondbacks defense continues to play poorly, the Phillies could be looking at double-digits in the runs column.
Your Gameday Beer – Sawtooth Ale
Reader Chris recommends tonight’s beer, Sawtooth Ale from the Left Hand Brewing Company in Colorado. It comes in honor of the Phillies new look rotation – chock full of lefties. This medium-bodied amber ale is well balanced with nutty, caramel flavors. It’s also a bitter, so if you’re bummer about not getting Halladay this beer is for you. Left Hand recommends pairing it with grilled salmon. – By Brian
GO PHILLIES!
Posts: 0 Jeff Dowder
Jayson Stark is speculating that Happ will be the odd man out of the starting rotation…WTF?
Posted: 09:22 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 shag beta sigma delta
Stark is an idiot if he thinks Happ will be out of the rotation, Pedro has not even pitched more than an inning in rehab starts, I really think he was just a safety net, now they made a trade for an A pitcher, they will give him his Million dollars and send him on his way if he can not pitch in the pen. Any word on Lee first start in Phillies pinstrips
Posted: 09:26 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 shag beta sigma delta
Pete Happy has the night off, Dobbs at third base, Charlie really likes to load up on the lefties, and for all the crap about Dobbs he is batting .287 not to bad for a pinch hitter. GO PHILLIES
Posted: 09:34 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 shag beta sigma delta
and what is up with no one on here last night too late for you people to stay up or what. I love these late east coast starts I actually get to watch most of the game live instead of DVR.
Posted: 09:36 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
Jeff D. – Perhaps its the 200 inning rule with young pitchers (a line drawn probably out statisical coincidence) or that Charlie is loyal to his guys and that leave the newbie out of it unless moyer put ups horrible number for the rest of the season.
Posted: 10:10 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 shag beta sigma delta
another night with no one on here, what a bummer too late, or just exhausted from trade deadline, or partying because we got Lee
Posted: 10:11 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
jeff d.- that’s “probably out of statisical…”
Posted: 10:12 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
What happened with the 1st inning? 2 ER in 1 IP? WTF.
Posted: 10:18 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
Well at least it looks like he settled down. Lets hope for the stellar D-Backs defense to step up again, LOL (Sarcasm.)
Posted: 10:22 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Pat Gallen
light night on the Gameday chat, eh? These west coasters pushing people away?
Posted: 10:24 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Sean A
So.. if Lee does start on Saturday it would be against Tim Lincecum.. how great of a pitching match up would that be seriously?? Let’s hope we can get something going soon.. still plenty of game left
Posted: 10:25 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
How could we be shut out so far through 3 against this scrub?
Posted: 10:26 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
have we seen this d-back’s pitcher before?
Posted: 10:29 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Geoff
Im still jacked that we have Cliff Lee now without totally sacrificing our future. AND a RH power bat off the bench! Ruben really did some work on that one. That was slick.
Posted: 10:30 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Whenever the Phils face a guy pitching for his job, the pitcher turns into Cy Young. I don’t get it.
Posted: 10:30 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
There always seems to be one guy that we cant seem to get out. Looks like Upton will be a problem all night.
Posted: 10:34 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
I know a lot of people are peeved that Happ may end up back in the pen, but it may be for the best in the long run.
If RH Pedro ends up returning to form big if, then he has to go to the rotation, especially since he has crazy postseason experience.
Moyer could go to the pen, but not sure that would be best.
We shall see
Lets go boys give Happ some run support
Posted: 10:37 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
Ryan Howard should have a patent on swinging at sliders that far out of the strikezone.
Posted: 10:39 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Andrew
Thank god the Phillies dont face scrub pitchers in the playoffs. Wed be toast.
Posted: 10:42 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
Greg V. – pitcher vs. batter when the two have never met…advantage to the usually the pitcher…so if we haven’t seen him, it might 2or 3 line-up turnovers before we catch up with him…
Posted: 10:42 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
come on this guy has a 7+ ERA make something happen
Posted: 10:42 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
he used to play for the Marlins, we have seen him before
Posted: 10:44 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Brett
“What happens is, you jerk off the ball.”
-Sarge Matthews
Posted: 10:44 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
Brian of CO – so should jayson werth. did you check that link out about pitch mechanics
Posted: 10:44 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Andrew
I am privliged to have the D backs announcers tongiht. Seriously the best in baseball.
Posted: 10:45 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Seven strikeouts for this AZ pitcher? Seriously?????
Posted: 10:46 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
man 3 K’s that was pathetic
Posted: 10:46 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
Before the start the of the game his ERA was 7.68, his ERA will be under 7 in the next inning.
Posted: 10:47 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Miles
Yikes….this is starting to turn really ugly tonight. That was a terribly pathetic inning. Although I’m not sure why we even look at a guy’s ERA coming into the game. It obviously has no effect on whether this team can hit the guy or not. We just have these strikeout happy games every once in a while (that game against that Richmond dude on the Jays comes to mind).
Hopefully we can keep them close and knock a few out of the park.
Posted: 10:47 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
Well Manny, lets just hope that the strikeouts dont keep going at this pace. If they do, the D-Backs pitchers may end up striking the Phillies out almost 18 times tonight. (cringe)
Posted: 10:55 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 psujoe
Rough game. Phils are hitting like it’s tee ball. Inside and low to the lefties. Sit on it.
Posted: 10:56 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
psujoe, The problem is the Phils arent hitting at all. You know its a horrible night when people sigh in relief that Dobbs popped out and didnt strike out.
Posted: 10:59 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
This is shaping up to the be the quickest Phils game of the season.
Posted: 11:01 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 philsphan
When will we hear that the trade is offical? Right now all I read is “pending medical evaluations”
Posted: 11:01 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Miles
It doesn’t help that this guys zone is massive. The pitch to Howard in the first and that last pitch to Happ were not strikes. That pitch to Happ was at least 6 inches off the plate. The guy didn’t even frame it well.
Posted: 11:02 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
Well good news this guys will not go the distance he has 80 pitches
Posted: 11:04 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
so they will have to the pen maybe we can hit them
Posted: 11:06 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Miles
Oh Jimmy….I guess I can give you a pass since you have one of our two hits tonight.
Posted: 11:09 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Andrew
Petite opponents have a 378 batting average against 3rd time through the line up
Posted: 11:10 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
This is even pathetic, this is down right embarrasing.
Posted: 11:11 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
Great, do far through the 3rd time through our line up we are batting .000
Posted: 11:12 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Miles
I’m sure Cliff Lee is watching this game and just salivating at the heavy hitting offense he will be pitching for. Hahaha….ah only the Phils would turn in an offensive performance like this after making a big move. Definitely still in the game, though. We seem to score runs without even trying sometimes, so I’m sure we will get something across.
Posted: 11:13 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
Wow, this guy has completely shut down our offense. Can’t even get a hit.
Posted: 11:14 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
Did we even get an Earned run yesterday, or were they all off of errors?
Posted: 11:15 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Brian of CO
Wow I feel bad for Happ now. 6 IP 2 ER. Unless the offense decides to wake up and actually hit the little white thing they call a baseball, Happ will get the loss, and he really hasnt pitched that bad. Not so good in the first inning, since then, he has held them down.
Posted: 11:19 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
Happ made one mistake
Posted: 11:20 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
Ok guys, we got a game with the Diamondbacks tonight. And that only means one thing. Bad news for the Diamondbacks.
Posted: 11:21 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Yusmeiro needs to blow up sometime soon
Posted: 11:21 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of NoVa.
whohoo
Posted: 11:22 PM on July 29, 2009
Posts: 0 Dave
If I was an opposing ace, I would hate facing the Phillies. Not just because they can hit me, but because they can then turn around and make our scrub starter look like Nolan Ryan.
Posted: 11:22 PM on July 29, 2009