Gameday: Pirates (38-48) At Phillies (46-38)
Posted by Amanda Orr, Sat, July 11, 2009 06:15 PM | Comments: 305
Gameday 2009, Posts
Pittsburgh Pirates (38-48) at Philadelphia Phillies (46-38)
Ross Ohlendorf (7-7, 4.63 ERA) vs. Cole Hamels (5-5, 4.70 ERA)
Time: 7:05 p.m at Citizens Bank Park
Weather: Cloudy, 81
TV: MY PHL 17
Twitter: Phillies Nation
The Phillies turned it around during this homestand, winning seven of eight. Tonight, Cole Hamels and Ross Ohlendorf matchup. Both have been inconsistent his season.
Hamels hopes he can get half of the run support he received in his last start; 22 runs. That game he kept his pitch count low with 92 in seven innings. He did not walk a batter and gave up one run on three hits. Back-to-back great outings is important for Hamels. He faced the Pirates once in his career – in five innings, he allowed three runs.
Ohlendorf has also been inconsistent. He has fared well at times, only to follow it up with a subpar performance. He allowed five runs in his last start, which followed a seven inning shutout and a career high eight strikeouts. If the pattern continues, Ohlendorf should be good tonight. The Phillies don’t want that.
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GO PHILLIES!
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Oh my god Wheels! Can you just marry Jack Wilson and be done with it? Why is it every team we play, there’s a player Muffin is in love with?
Posted: 09:40 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 DJ
Its better to Ignore Ignorance! They always leave
Posted: 09:41 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Little Guy
Wheels is the worst, him and his fake hair.
Posted: 09:41 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
by “any player” I meant since they started web gems… I think the Pirates are shoping Wilson but are apparently asking too much. And Sanchez as well as but then again who isn’t on the Pirates. Andy LaRouche looks like he could be David Wright’s brother…I think its safe to say Eyre is rusty…isn’t he retiring after this year?
Posted: 09:42 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Greg V.
It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it. Good inning Mr. Eyre!
Posted: 09:43 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
Little Guy, does MLB 2K9 have a franchise mode?
Posted: 09:43 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
@Keith: Yeah, this is still salvageable. We got three runs in one inning; we can get 5 in 2.
Posted: 09:43 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Yeah Eyre has said this is his last year.
Posted: 09:44 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Little Guy
Keith…
Yeahhh, it’s pretty good i guess.
Posted: 09:45 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Big Dipper
Do the Phillies go after Duke? We could give up less than we would have to in a Doc trade and he has been great this year.
The Big Dipper
Posted: 09:45 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Little Guy
Dukes LH, I dunno..
Hamels Duke Happ Moyer all LH?
Posted: 09:47 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Little Guy
Feliz is theeeee most frustrating hitter on the team, Jesus.
Act like your trying at the plate sometimes.
Posted: 09:48 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Greg V.
I’ve been saying that half the season Big D! Especially seeing as the Pirates seem to be having a fire sale! I think Zach Duke would come cheaper and be a good arm. And we could quit the chat about Pedro Martinez! Hamels-Duke-Blanton-Happ-Moyer is a nice rotation!
Posted: 09:48 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
(sigh!) OK, picking up 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th at the bottom of our order is going to be tough…
Posted: 09:49 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
well maybe we’ll have a fun 9th
Posted: 09:50 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Big Dipper
The 9th will be pitchers spot then top of the order there champ.
And Bastardo was a LH and we were fine with that. Duke would be easier to get and much younger.
The Big Dipper
Posted: 09:52 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Little Guy
I still think the rotation needs another RH pitcher
Posted: 09:54 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Hollywood Hamels
Relax dudes. Stop getting nuts. I had a bad game. Oh man atleast I married a that girl that gets naked for peanut butter. Hey I got my money dudes. Chill.
Posted: 09:55 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Big Dipper
Some rotations have 4 RHs and we would have 4 LHs its not a disadvantage, it could benefit us really.
The Big Dipper
Posted: 09:56 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
Um… yeah, actually a grand slam would tie the game … 3 + 4 = 7.
Posted: 09:57 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
u know we could’ve used Stairs instead of Mayberry . . .
Posted: 09:57 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
little guy- Agreed – too many lefties…maybe I’d bend for Cliff Lee but I still think in a 5 or 7 game playoff series 4 lefties could prove problematic if not disasterous unless we were playing ourselves. How about Haren, he’s a righty? I’d like that as much as Halladay and maybe we wouldn’t have to give up as much for him as we might for Halladay
Posted: 09:58 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Greg V.
T-Mac and Wheels need to stop spanking it to Jack Wilson’s DP! Last I checked, he wasn’t a Phillie!
Posted: 09:59 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Big Dipper
Haren would cost more than Halladay, he is literally their only good player and they do not want to lose him.
My wish list goes
Haren
Halladay
Duke
Lee
The Big Dipper
Posted: 10:00 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
Stairs bomb
Posted: 10:01 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Greg V.
STAIRS 3:16!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 10:01 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Big Dipper
God Damn I love Matt Stairs swing
The Big Dipper
Posted: 10:01 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
WOO HOO!!! And that turns over the order… there’s still a chance…
Posted: 10:01 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
Haren, Halladay, Hamels, Happ, Blanton
^sick?
Posted: 10:02 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
thank you canada
Posted: 10:02 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Little Guy
4 LH starters vs the Cardinals, or Dodgers in the Post season…they would have a field day, unless the Phillies plan on playing themselves, 4 LH in a 5 Man wouldn’t be beneficial, unless the other LH is a stud.
Posted: 10:04 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
owie
Posted: 10:04 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
so close.
Posted: 10:04 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
ugh poor Victorino
Posted: 10:05 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Big Dipper
Seriously the only good thing Canada has ever produced Matt Stairs!
Im just praying for a HHH rotation at August 1st.
Haren or Halladay, Hamels, Happ, Blanton, Moyer
The Big Dipper
Posted: 10:06 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Big Dipper
Duke is a stud and it would be 3 LH and a RH in the Postseason.
If teams can play and succeed with 4 RH they can do it with 4 LH.
The Big Dipper
Posted: 10:08 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
CHASE!!!!
Posted: 10:08 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
alright Utley!
Posted: 10:08 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Greg V.
Don’t get this far and not do it!
Posted: 10:09 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Big Dipper
A rotation of Hamels, Duke, Blanton and Happ in the postseason or regular season would be in the top 3 in the NL.
Hamels handled the Dodgers fine last year.
The Big Dipper
Posted: 10:09 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Greg V.
HOWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 10:10 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
HOWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 10:10 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
YEE HAH!!!!! TIED GAME!!!!
Posted: 10:10 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
OMG!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 10:10 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
RAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL!
Posted: 10:11 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
RAUUUUUUUUUUUUL
Posted: 10:11 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 The Big Dipper
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who was saying he was shit before? Go F yourself.
God Damn I Love this Game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Big Dipper
Posted: 10:12 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
dipper – good point about Haren. Curious why Duke over Lee? Age or match-up issue, i.e. better to have an NL pitcher against an AL WS opponent than an AL pitcher who said opponent is familiar with…
Posted: 10:12 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
alright Feliz!
Posted: 10:13 PM on July 11, 2009
Posts: 0 Georgie
Amazing!!!!!
Posted: 10:13 PM on July 11, 2009