Phillies’ bats go cold, end home win streak
Posted by Kieran Carobine, Sun, August 08, 2010 01:42 AM | Comments: 12
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Not really much to say about a loss like this. Johan Santana and Cole Hamels pitched incredibly tonight. It really had a playoff atmosphere feel to it. Unfortunately for the Phillies, it was Hamels who made that ‘one’ mistake in a tight ball game. It turned out to be the deciding factor lifting the Mets to a 1-0 victory.
That mistake came in the form of a Jeff Francoeur home run in the top of the seventh inning. Aside from the solo shot, Hamels was nearly unhittable going seven innings allowing only the one run on six hits and striking out 11.
Santana, meanwhile, was having his own kind of something special for the first five innings. The Phillies hitters were unable to get on base via the hit until a Placido Polanco single with two outs in the sixth. Santana went 7 1/3 innings, gave up five hits and walked three batters.
The Phillies did threaten in the eighth inning loading the bases with two outs but pinch hitter Ross Gload grounded out to second to end the inning. Francisco Rodriguez was called on in the eighth to get the five out save. Which he did.
This is the 13th time Hamels has pitched into the seventh inning or later this year. The Phillies have won only seven of those games.
Raul Ibanez extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a single in the eighth inning. This loss ended the current Phillies winning streak and their streak of 12 straight wins at home. The last time the Phillies had lost at home was July 7th against the Braves.
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Posted: 02:42 AM on August 8, 2010
Posts: 0 bacardipr05
Cole pitched a fine excellent game…His one Achilles heel is the long ball…I can safely say Cole is back…Hopefully when Utley, Howard come back we will see more run support…
Posted: 03:18 AM on August 8, 2010
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
The homer barely got over the fence. Need to win Sunday.
D Brown should be back in the lineup
Posted: 04:03 AM on August 8, 2010
Posts: 0 Brooks
The positives – what a game by Cole Hamels. He is on fire and he needs to stay that way (or damn close to it).
I fully expected another 8th inning outburst – but, the streak always ends, time to start another one.
Posted: 08:28 AM on August 8, 2010
Posts: 0 The Dipsy
Lousy homer. Thats where CBP hurts you. Cole was incredible. In some ways it was the best game I’ve ever seen him pitch. Pinpoint control. On another note, Jayson Werth is so non clutch this year its unbelievable. Since June 16 with RISP/2 outs: 0-34. Thats just a mindblowing stat. Nice steal of third, too. AND way to try to get to third on a ball hit in front of you. Aggressiveness, trying to hard, or just plain stupid? You decide. Remember, though: Stupid is as stupid does.
The Dipsy
Posted: 08:45 AM on August 8, 2010
Posts: 0 jeremy
Cole has is a change up pitcher, its main most devistating pitch, but being a change up, occasionaly a spot will be missed a hitter will time it perfectly and crush it. What im saying is that the long ball is something that is expected when Cole’s on the mound.
Posted: 09:28 AM on August 8, 2010
Posts: 0 Ted Bell
The Phillies have been shut out in four of their last five games against the Mets.
Realistically, Jayson Werth’s value is probably more in the Corey Hart range (3/$26M) than the Matt Holliday range, but strange things happen when a player hits the open market. I still worry about this lineup without a formidable righthanded bat in 2011.
I’m Ted Bell.
Posted: 09:52 AM on August 8, 2010
Posts: 0 The Dipsy
Jayson Werth is going to get a rude awakening when he hits the market unless he has a huge last two months. That said, as we sit here now, and I was another team, my offer would be 3y/28.5m. But he will want a five year deal, so: 5y/40m.
The Dipsy
Posted: 09:57 AM on August 8, 2010
Posts: 0 Manny
King Cole is now striking out OVER 1 batter per inning. Insane.
Posted: 12:02 PM on August 8, 2010
Posts: 0 Chuck
5y/45.
or….
4y/40 with a club option for a 5th year at 10M or a 2M buy out.
Posted: 01:08 PM on August 8, 2010
Posts: 0 George
Werth supposedly is already a target of the Red Sox. There’s no telling who else might go after him, because the only other real free agent outfielder will be Carl Crawford, who most likely will go to the Yanks. That would leave the Rays looking for help, too.
Even if he’s not “clutch” this year, he is hitting close to .300, has a ton of doubles, and plays better than average defense. He’s also been better with runners in scoring position in prior years. Some team will surely go more than a paltry 3 years/$28.5 million.
Posted: 05:02 PM on August 8, 2010
Posts: 0 shag beta sigma delta
The one thing many of you are missing is that he is showing he can not be the center piece to you line up, when he has not hitters around him he does not do so well, like the Mets learned of Bay, he can not be “the Man” in your line up. Even if they Sox want him, they are not going to over pay him. And if the Phillies sign him before he goes on the open market it does not matter what they might be offering. But if they do make and offer it has to be more than 10 million a year. I think you go 12-13 average over 4 years with option for a fifth year Make if 11-12-12-13 something like that. So you get four years 48 million, and with that off his mind he will start stroking the ball for those four years. He is worth that. Even if you have to go 4 years 50 million, or 5 years 60 million as long as you keep him around 11-12 million for the first two years.
Posted: 10:26 PM on August 8, 2010