Gameday: Boston Red Sox (22-20) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (25-15)
Posted by R.C. Cowie, Fri, May 21, 2010 05:00 PM | Comments: 293
Gameday 2010, Posts
Boston Red Sox (22-20) at Philadelphia Phillies (25-15)
John Lackey, RHP (4-2, 4.86 ERA) vs. Cole Hamels, LHP (1-2, 4.29 ERA)
Time: 7:05, Citizens Bank Park
Weather: Mostly Sunny, 60
TV:Comcast SportsNet
Twitter: @philliesnation
It’s that time of year again. Where the continuity of autonomous league scheduling is altered for an alleged attendance boost in the pursuit of capital revenue gains.
Welcome to Inter-league Play 2010.
Red Sox Nation® (and the Delaware Valley’s bandwagon fans, circa 2004) will be on hand for the final series of this seven game home stand. The Phils have a total of four wins against the Red Sox spanning the last four years. But, this isn’t your ‘Bloody Sock’ or ‘Cowboy Up’ teams from the past. Boston has been plagued by injuries, inconsistency on offense and a lot of bad starting pitching performances.
A model of pitching consistency takes the mound tonight in John Lackey. He won’t over power you, but the veteran has been apt at forcing batted outs away from the strike zone. Lackey is a winner in two of his last three starts despite getting shellacked around in the early innings by Detroit and Toronto. He has been terrific all season and there is no reason to believe he won’t continue to keep the Red Sox in this game tonight.
For the Phillies, Colbert Hamels is looking to build on three stellar outings and continue the clubs successes in May . Pitching more to contact and limiting base runners, the club has been victorious in his last four outings (Hamels 2-0 in that span). Hamels is coming off a 6.2 inning performance in Milwaukee where he scattered two runs on six hits. Hamels pitching to contact has negatively affected him in the later innings in Milwaukee. With the lineup rolled over, a tired Hamels left pitches up resulting in homeruns by Casey McGhee and Corey Hart. While inconsistant throughout the season thus far, the duo of Youkilis and Martinez are riding offense hot streaks coming into this series. They will not miss any mistake Hamels throws at them.
The history of the Phils-Red Sox series has been completely one sided. The Phils need two wins to guarantee a winning home stand while not being able to take two from the Sox since 2003. A sweep? Not out of the question with this version of the Red Sox; the team hasn’t sweep the Sox since 2000. In that series at Veterans Stadium, two walk off doubles by Alex Arias and Kevin Jordan in extra innings sealed those contests.
Ah, memories…
Red Sox Nation is a ® of the ESPN hype machine.
Today’s Lineup: Rollins, Polanco, Utley, Howard, Werth, Ibañez, Victorino, Ruiz, Hamels.
Your Gameday Beer – Green Monsta
A feature of the Wachusett Brewing Compnay, Green Monsta is a strong Ale (6.4 % abv) with medium body and a variety of flavor. It pours a copper color getting darker as it settles from bottle to glass. It’s malty, medium-hoppy taste and silky texture make this beer a slow drinker. With its hints of background citris, it is a perfect beer for a perfect night for baseball. Order a cheesesteak stromboli and pour yourself a glass. – By RC
GO PHILLIES!
Posts: 0 Repeat!
top of the 5th. still 1-0 Sox. I’m calling it now.
Posted: 08:18 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 ChuckS
Big Brown Delivery time!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 08:19 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 ChuckS
Called it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 08:20 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
DID I CALL IT BOYS. I said howard would go BOOM. And he is not done.
Posted: 08:20 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Tracey
RYAN!!!!
Posted: 08:20 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Ed R.
Jeff called it.
Posted: 08:20 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Brian Sr. of CO
Repeat! it is my distinct pleasure to say EAT YOUR FREAKIN CROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 08:20 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
hey chuck i called it ten minutes ago. read above. lol
Posted: 08:21 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Brian Sr. of CO
I was waiting for the that. Lets kick this into gear.
Posted: 08:21 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
Lets kick this team butt. come on jw
Posted: 08:22 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Repeat!
the reverse black-cat strikes again….
Posted: 08:22 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Ed R.
Repeat…playing the Show as we speak. What was up with the new patch? My network is being ridiculous so I can’t connect at the moment.
Posted: 08:22 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
GREAT JOB BATTERY BOY
Posted: 08:22 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 ChuckS
Sweet
Posted: 08:22 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Repeat!
blame that on the d-batteries
Posted: 08:22 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
ED they just put the new patch up on operations sports. its to fix the two bugs from last weeks patch.
Posted: 08:23 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Brian Sr. of CO
Werth is a beast.
Posted: 08:23 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Brian Sr. of CO
I was hoping to at least see Werth move up. Damn.
Posted: 08:24 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Brian Sr. of CO
Well if thats what it was Repeat!, then try again. Lets see if it really works. :)
Posted: 08:24 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Repeat!
edr i don’t have the game.
Posted: 08:25 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
the new patch from last week caused a bad bad bug. if the pc had a runner on third with 2 outs the run counted when the 3 rd out was recored. they fixed it today.
Posted: 08:25 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Tracey
OH BABY!!!
Posted: 08:25 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
OH BABY. Thats my flyin haw……lets put this bum away.
Posted: 08:26 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
steal vic. lets get back on second. we need to run more. lets go baby.
Posted: 08:26 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Repeat!
nah, you gotta pick your spots. 1-1 is good enough for me. wink, wink
Posted: 08:27 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Ed R.
Sorry Repeat, for some reason I confused your and Jeff’s posts. My bad.
Thanks Jeff.
Well done Shane…now maybe you can bring back some of that Flyin to your Hawaiian and steal a base.
Posted: 08:28 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
there making slackey work in this inning…
Posted: 08:30 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
ruiz looks like he is pushing to hard. think the injury screwed him up a little. he was on fire.
Posted: 08:30 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
cole looking great tonight.
Posted: 08:31 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Repeat!
no promblem edr. i live in Cuba. we are not allowed to have such things. someday… jeff if they had listened to you we’d be up 3-1
Posted: 08:31 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Brian Sr. of CO
Hmm, Chooch isnt having a very good day offensively huh. 0-2 both strike outs. Oh well, we still love ya Chooch.
Posted: 08:31 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Ed R.
Exactly why you have Shane steal with Ruiz up…would have been 3-1.
Posted: 08:32 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Brian Sr. of CO
holy hell Cole. Maybe JRoll can prove why he was sent back to lead off?
Posted: 08:32 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
i just dont understand why they dont play small ball. vic has speed. steal second.
Posted: 08:32 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 BurrGundy
Great to see Big Brown hit one. He must have had a couple of cheesesteaks for lunch. I hope he doesn’t become anorexic.
Posted: 08:32 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
now they steal third. strange move. runners in scoring postion on second. what do i know.
Posted: 08:33 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Brian Sr. of CO
Single scores a run Jimmy. Come on buddy.
Posted: 08:33 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 ChuckS
Lets Go
Posted: 08:33 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
subway burrgundy
Posted: 08:33 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
COME ON PP…LETS DO IT BABBBBBBBYYY. slackey is at 83 pitches. oh baby….
Posted: 08:34 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Repeat!
huge spot plad
Posted: 08:34 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Ed R.
So wait…they will steal 3rd with 2 outs but not 2nd with 1 out? WTF is going on?
Posted: 08:35 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Ed R.
Polly want a rbi?
Posted: 08:35 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
thats what i said ed r…very strange.
Posted: 08:35 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 ChuckS
This umps a joke
Posted: 08:36 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Brian Sr. of CO
I wouldnt have expected him to steal with Jimmy batting left. I would have expected it if he was batting right. Its harder to throw to thrid with a Right handed batter. Oh well lets hope this isnt wasted.
Posted: 08:36 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
Im calling it. grand slam…come on pp
Posted: 08:36 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Repeat!
this ump is nuts
Posted: 08:36 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Repeat!
horrible ab plad. jeeze
Posted: 08:37 PM on May 21, 2010
Posts: 0 Jeff
oh well. im not a vegas guy. got to do better then that. vic should of been on second with ruiz up. run scores and we move forward.
Posted: 08:37 PM on May 21, 2010