NLCS Gameday: Phillies at Dodgers, Game 2
Posted by Pat Gallen, Fri, October 16, 2009 02:40 PM | Comments: 332
Gameday 2009, Posts
Philadelphia Phillies (1-0) at Los Angeles Dodgers (0-1)
Pedro Martinez, RHP vs. Vicente Padilla, RHP
Time: 4:07 p.m at Dodger Stadium
Weather: Sunny, 85
TV: TBS
Twitter: Phillies Nation
A couple of old horses face off today in L.A. Just about 14 hours after the conclusion of Game 1, the Phillies and Dodgers will do battle once again with Pedro Martinez taking the hill against ex-Phil Vicente Padilla.
Pedro has not pitched since September 30 against Houston, so lets hope there isn’t too much rust. He has tossed only seven innings since throwing 130 pitches against the New York Mets back on September 13. There is some pressure on Martinez to come out of the gate quickly, without incident, because he has a penchant for giving up early runs. Opponents hit three home runs in nine first-innings against Pedro this season with the Phillies. He’s given up a total of six runs in those nine starts. After that, he normally calms down, as he has proven with his four runs allowed from the fourth to the sixth innings of his starts.
Vicente Padilla is a surprising start in Game 2 for the Dodgers. The guess here is that Joe Torre did not want Padilla pitching in Philly on a cold night with hostile fans berating him. Smart move. Padilla has been nothing short of brilliant since being picked up, going 4-0 through seven starts. However, he struggles mightily in the middle innings, something the Phillies offense will surely pick up on. The Phillies have scored 18 runs between the fourth and sixth innings in five playoff games in ’09. Look for the trend to continue, although a few early on couldn’t hurt either.
The Good: Brad Lidge coming in and nailing it down for yet another save. Is he back to his old ways? Also, Ryan Howard now has 8 RBI in five games this postseason. Look out, Reggie Jackson.
Tonight’s Lineup: Rollins (SS), Victorino (CF), Utley (2B), Howard (1B), Werth (RF), Ibanez (LF), Feliz (3B), Ruiz (C), Hamels (P).
Your Gameday Beer – Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
While enjoying this afternoon game, grab some delicious Dogfish 120. It’ll make you hop, for sure. It is continuously hopped with high-alpha American hops, then dry-hopped daily in the fermenter for a month & aged for another month on whole-leaf hops. The 20% ABV make this more like jungle juice than beer, but it should give you a nice dayload as the Phils look to take Game 2. Enjoy with some charred burgers and beans, but prepare for a rough Saturday morning. Hop to it. – By Pat
GO PHILLIES!
Posts: 0 John
First?!
I wish I could make it to Ventor this afternoon, but I have a 6:00 flight out of Reagan National :(
If there are any get-togethers for game 4 please make some sort of announcement! I’ll do my best to get to the pre-determined watering hole for the Washington-based Phaithful.
GO PHILLIES
Posted: 02:53 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Georgie
dang Pat, that’s a whole lot of hoppin’ going on!
Posted: 02:56 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 chuckS
lets go phil
Posted: 02:56 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Keystone
Is Hamels pinch hitting for Martinez already or should the lineup end with Martinez?
Posted: 03:01 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 FillyP
Let’s go Fightins!!!
Posted: 03:08 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Steve-o
I think of all the games, this is the one that’s most difficult to call. I have no idea what we’re going to get from Pedro, and I don’t think the Dodgers know what they are going to get with Padilla. That said, we’re playing with house money today. I’ll take the 1-1 split heading to Philly, but boy would a 2-0 lead be amazing.
Posted: 03:13 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Danny Devito
I’m wearing clothes now bitch!
Posted: 03:27 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Jeff of Nova
Lets get this started
Posted: 03:31 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Scott
Here’s hopin’ Pedro’s got the stuff. But I’m bracing myself: the Phils can’t seem to stand too much prosperity.
Posted: 03:33 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 TrappedInNYC
It’s starting already…the TBS pre game is just an LA love fest…
Posted: 03:37 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Harry Kalas
I don’t know what’s going to happen today, but this game sure is “made for t.v.”
I picked Phillies in 5 or six games tops… But if we win today with Pedro on the mound this will be a 4 game sweep!
Sweep LA! Sweep LA! Sweep LA!
Russell Martin is a straight up little b*tch…. Stop wasting your time arguing with him Victorino.
Go Phils! Beat that drunnk f*cktard Padilla…
Posted: 03:38 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 chris wheeler
I tell you this team plays so many goofy games we should change their name to the philadelphia goofies
Posted: 03:44 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 T Mac
Phillies’ starting lineup career playoff OPS numbers:
Rollins .684
Victorino .850
Utley .830
Howard .912
Werth 1.029
Ibanez .724
Feliz .548
Ruiz .819
What’s interesting is that all of their starters have played in at least 3 years of playoff series, with Ibanez, Werth, and Feliz having prior playoff experience with other teams.
The two figures that really jump out at you are Werth, who has one of the highest playoff OPS numbers of all time, and Rollins, who has been very poor and who has no business leading off, as he has just one walk versus 8 strikeouts in his last 10 playoff games.
Ruiz also has been mister clutch in the playoffs, and with Howard’s surge this year, his playoff numbers are very close to his career regular season figures.
Posted: 03:52 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Georgie
If we had home field advantage for this series we’d have 2 postponements already, the weather is suck, suck, sucking in SE Pa.
Posted: 03:55 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Mark B
Go Phils!! And those TBS idiots – let’s add to their depression with another win.
Posted: 03:56 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Andrew
I guess Manny got the big box of roids for this series.
According to the announcers his homer was magical last night. It is also the only replay from last night I have seen so far.
Posted: 04:00 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 GWFightinsFan
ughh yes you are right, they’re all busting a nut over the Dodgers
Posted: 04:01 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Stuart
LETS GO BOYS!
Posted: 04:01 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Andrew
Poll
Who would you rather have a foul ball strike and injure?
a. Buck Martinez
b. Ron Darling
c. Chip Carey
Posted: 04:03 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Stuart
I am really hoping pedro can come out and be sharp right away. even when he was pitching during the season he often let up some first inning runs. hopefully after 26 or 27 days off i forget which he can start sharp.
Posted: 04:03 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
Hey! It looks like MLB’s Postseason TV is working today. Maybe it’s not a complete rip-off…. we’ll see if it’s still working when the game starts.
Posted: 04:05 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Georgie
Jeez, where does that guy get his suits?
Posted: 04:08 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
2 crappy ABs to start the game.
Posted: 04:09 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Harry Kalas
Fashion Bug….
Posted: 04:10 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Ed R.
All those empty seats…pathetic.
Posted: 04:10 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
I guess we’re not working the count today?
Posted: 04:12 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Harry Kalas
Figgins’ o’fer against Boston is the only thing saving J-Roll from being the worst lead-off guy left standing( p-off stat wise) in the Final Four… J-Roll/Vic have to get on base often and early for this O to be consist. productive….
Posted: 04:14 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 ray
griffin he was looking for a pitch to drive, he got it, he missed it. He’ll be up again unless you have him traded before his next ab
Posted: 04:14 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
Ok guys, we got a game with the Dodgers today. And that only means one thing. Bad news for the Dodgers!
Posted: 04:17 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 lupus
You got it coach
Posted: 04:19 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
Is it just me, or is the TBS pitch track thing totally useless?
Posted: 04:20 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 ray
That pitch track thing is useless and inaccurate
Posted: 04:21 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
wow, talk about an overreaction there Ray.
Posted: 04:23 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
According to movies and TV, Pedro pitches a perfect game today.
Posted: 04:23 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Andrew
Padilla is a true skell.
dont know if that is good or bad. normally the worst pitchers are best vs the phils.
Posted: 04:23 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
I think Padilla will look fine one time through the lineup and then start to fall apart.
Posted: 04:25 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 ray
I was overreacting to your overreaction griffin
Posted: 04:29 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
TBS needs to get some more commercials. It feels like it is the same 5 commercials. Also, can anybody explain the George Lopez “public option” joke? Or is it just not funny?
Posted: 04:29 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 joedad
Padilla throws one pitch, a fastball. The Phils will have him timed next time around. Both pitchers are painting some corners so far.
Posted: 04:29 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Andrew
The Marquee matchup
I dont want to hate Manny but TBS and these 3 morons make it impossible to not.
Posted: 04:31 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 hotstove
Go Pedro!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 04:32 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 ray
the announcer said big night by ramirez last night. Maybe you could say a good night. he did have a 2 run homer, but didn’t he go 1-5 and had two rbi situations where he made the last out of the inning? A big night would’ve been if he could’ve come through on at least another occasion, beings that they lost and all
Posted: 04:33 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 ron darling
How about pedro and his perfect game so far?
Posted: 04:35 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
@Ron: Don’t jinx it!!!
Posted: 04:36 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
According to Love of the Game, not only will Pedro throw a perfect game, his wife will fall back in love with him, and he will win back the respect and admiration of his daughter.
Posted: 04:37 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Tracey
@Morris: I like it!
Posted: 04:39 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Morris Buttermaker
Choochtober continues.
Posted: 04:39 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 joedad
Manny is the premier “superstar” in the series so they need to promote him to draw attention to the series. Its business. I don’t care if they start chanting “Phillies suck” in the booth along with the classless fans so long as the Phils win the game.
Posted: 04:39 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 ray
So he’s more worried about changing the scouting report on chooch? Does he work for the dodgers? lol
Posted: 04:40 PM on October 16, 2009
Posts: 0 Andrew
I kind of hope Ruiz goes 0 for 150 at some point next year so I can come here and explain baseball to alot of you people.
Ruiz is team MVP every year if he hits .150. Never mind how clutch he is.
We contend because of Ruiz, Utley and Victorino and Rollins defense.
Not your mashers.
Posted: 04:42 PM on October 16, 2009