Gameday: Mets (62-79) at Phillies (80-59)
Posted by Amanda Orr, Sat, September 12, 2009 03:15 PM | Comments: 227
Gameday 2009, Posts
New York Mets (62-79) at Philadelphia Phillies (80-59)
Mike Pelfrey (10-10, 4.83 ERA) vs. Jamie Moyer (12-9, 4.98 ERA)
Time: 4:05 p.m at Citizens Bank Park
Weather: Cloudy, 68
TV: FOX
With tomorrow’s double header and J.A Happ’s oblique injury, Jamie Moyer will make his 23rd start of the year. On Monday, the crafty veteran filled in for Happ nicely, despite the short notice. Since his bullpen demotion, Moyer is 2-0 with a 1.41 ERA. However, Moyer is 1-1 with a 7.08 ERA in 20 innings against the Mets this season. Mets hitters have batted .342 against the lefty.
Moyer will be opposed by Mike Pelfrey. Pelfrey is 3-0 with a 3.70 ERA in four starts against the Phillies this season. Ryan Howard is batting .400 with a home run in his career against Pelfrey. Chase Utley has a .300 average and three homers off Pelfrey.
The Mets’ elimination number is four. The Phillies can officially eliminate the Mets from the division this weekend.
Your Gameday Beer- Drake’s Barrel Aged Olde Ale
Like a fine wine and Jamie Moyer, certain beers get better with age. This offering from Drakes is no exception, though it needs only 3 or 4 years in a brandy barrel to reach full maturation. In this amber-colored beer hops take a backseat to the woody apple, cherry taste. It is bottled in 6 oz. ponies but that’s really all you need when the beer weighs in at 10.24% ABV. Have it along side a light snack of apple slices and gouda. – By Brian
Go Phillies!
Posts: 0 Ken
How sweet would it be to officially eliminate the Mets this weekend and continue to add to the laundry list of suffering that the Fightens have done to Mets fans… Its fun being a thorn in these guys sides between the Mets choking it up, the injuries and the dysfunction of their organization! The triple play was icing on the cake last month but a 4 game sweep would be a cherry on top.
Posted: 03:25 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 gm-carson
Jamie Moyer is 2nd in the NL in wins since 2007 with 42. Ted Lilly and Adam Wainwright have 43 each. That’s nearly unbelievable.
By the way, your beer of the day packs a nice punch.
Posted: 03:33 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 mike
Did I just miss it or did TWIB completely blow off Philly and the Phillies?
Posted: 04:08 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Ed R.
So basically Moyer is only good when pitching long relief out of the pen because he blows as a starter.
Posted: 04:16 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Mike D.
Jamie’s got nothing today. Happ, please get well soon.
Posted: 04:16 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
Moyer gonna get bombed?
Posted: 04:16 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
take Moyer out now
Posted: 04:18 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff
WHAT A WASTE OF A GAME. Just cut him
Posted: 04:18 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Aaron
Lol and so many people thought moyer should start… cant even get an out right now.
Posted: 04:19 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff
4-0 with no outs. LOL. This is why you dont start you piece of crap.
Posted: 04:19 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Terri
Pull him! Pull him now!!
Posted: 04:20 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Ed R.
I never ever want to see Moyer in a Phillies uniform again. 5 batters, 4 runs, 5 hits…see ya. Can’t afford to have guys like this on the team when trying to win a division.
Posted: 04:20 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in TN
give me a freakin break
Posted: 04:20 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 PGD
and he wonders why he got pulled from the rotation
Posted: 04:20 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 jt
Moyer still sucks as a starter get him out of there before it is outta reach to come back hopefully he retires after this season.
Posted: 04:21 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 teejvee
whoops. Game over already.
Pelfrey owns them when even when they re going good. He’ll dominate them today.
See you tomorrow folks.
Posted: 04:21 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Grrrumpy Miner
great to see and hear the great Howie Rose calling the game.
Posted: 04:21 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff
you cant have guys like kendrik and moyer pitching with the division up in the air. this game is over and we havent even come to bat. moyer is a waste of human air. old piece of crap.
Posted: 04:22 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 David M
wtf. 4 runs already? come on Moyer. You can do better than that.
Posted: 04:23 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Aaron
that is the thing david, he cant lol
Posted: 04:25 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 PGD
i cant believe moyer is getting paid over 6 million this year for throwing meatballs to everyone
Posted: 04:25 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 jt
This is likely a loss and we still gotta face cy redding tommorrow so there’s another loss.
Posted: 04:26 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 NJ
you can afford spot-starting guys like Moyer and Kendrick because the division isn’t up in the air, have you heard a single analyst talking about the divisions with any other opinion than the divisions wrapped up?
Better throw Moyer out there and get beaten than put one of the arms we actually need on short rest.
Posted: 04:27 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 NJ
^Also the Phils suck in games Mike Pelfrey pitches, he doesn’t kill us but somehow we just stink against him.
Posted: 04:30 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff
thats how you do it moyer. 1 2 3. this game is over. back down to 5 games……….f u c
Posted: 04:32 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
how we back down to 5 games? Marlins haven’t won yet.
Posted: 04:34 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff
they will keith. they will not lose again to the Nats. I am hopeful but they wont. we will lose with Kendrik but win the late game. 2-2 against a AAA team is a joke.
Posted: 04:37 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 JasonB
Speaking of pieces of crap, I can’t stand listening to Tim McCarver. What a jackass. Yo Tim – Jayson Werth was an All-Star too.
Posted: 04:38 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in Tn
since the fricken game is blacked out for me in TN, I am doing gameday audio only.
no complaints here
Posted: 04:40 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 charlie
Anyone would have been better than Moyer Bring up a minor league arm to throw a fill in game The Mutts feast on Moyer’s meatballs ERA of 7.48 against Mutts WE CAnnot depend on the NATs
Posted: 04:40 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
NJ – pelfrey’s a sinkerballer and we typically play poorly against them. If a sinkierballer’s on that day, they not only have giood sink but can throw it for strikes, and the best approach is to hit for contact. That isn’t our strong suit.
Posted: 04:44 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
alright Feliz! :D
Posted: 04:48 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 NJ
j reed- what I meant is more along the lines of if you look at Pelfrey’s starts against the Phils, in all but one of those games has the Phils starter not got bombed or had a pretty poor game. Your very right the Phils don’t really hit him being the definition of that really average guy we just struggle against but somehow him being on the mound sends our pitchers into the fetal position.
Posted: 04:48 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
Well that’s 11 for feliz…thank’s for hanging that slider pelfrey
Posted: 04:48 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Rick The Marlins Fan
FELIZ…NOW GET MOYER OUT. WE ARE BACK IN.,
Posted: 04:49 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
no u’re not fake Marlins fan that is prolly Jeff
Posted: 04:54 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Ed R.
Lets just chip away at the lead, hold them and win the game. Ok great.
Posted: 04:57 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
NJ – I see. why that happens, I don’t know…maybe they psyche themselves out because they know they’ll get poor run support…also this year why they put moyer out there against the Mets i don’t know…they juggle the rotation so that he will face the marlins but not for teams that beat him up. I suppose you can only juggle so much. Granted the circumstances are different today with Happ shelved. But its better to have the big inning early as we just decreased the lead by 2 and have enough innings to win. I was wondering does the ball used in cricket have seams or is it smooth?
Posted: 05:00 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
now we’re only down by 1, with a solid Utley HR
Posted: 05:01 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
Wow Howard beats the shift….more of that please
Posted: 05:02 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff
10-6 Phillies win this one.
Posted: 05:03 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Sam
well what ever works
hell yea raul!
Posted: 05:03 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
and now we’re winning with a Rauuuuuuuuuul blast. take that Jeff!
Posted: 05:03 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 j reed
Pelfrey jinx on bats is gone!
Posted: 05:03 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 joedad
Jeff says: “they will keith. they will not lose again to the Nats. I am hopeful but they wont. we will lose with Kendrik but win the late game. 2-2 against a AAA team is a joke.”
Jeff, it would save everyone, including yourself, to just say that you are an idiot and slobber on your keyboard.
Posted: 05:04 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Phan in Tn
now dat’s what I’m talkin bout….
Posted: 05:04 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 JasonB
Nice to see the bats alive today!
Posted: 05:04 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Keith
red Jeff, not black Jeff
Posted: 05:04 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 NJ
the ball in cricket has a thick seam down the middle and the same one is used for a certain amount of time during games.
Love it, Moyer can be terrible but he can stick in a game if the offense can get back in it… Go Phils!
Posted: 05:05 PM on September 12, 2009
Posts: 0 Ed R.
I am sitting here with my dad who came to visit to watch the PSU game…he lives in Jersey and they don’t get the Big 10 Network, but I do. Anyway, we are sitting here watching the game and Ibanez came up and he asked, is he finally back to which I replied, ask me after he hits a home run here…and the rest is history.
Posted: 05:05 PM on September 12, 2009