Gameday: Cardinals (83-69) at Phillies (98-53)
Posted by Amanda Orr, Mon, September 19, 2011 05:30 PM | Comments: 10
2011 Gameday, Posts
St. Louis Cardinals (83-69) at Philadelphia Phillies (98-53)
Kyle Lohse (13-8, 3.62) vs Roy Halladay (18-5, 2.34)
Time: 7:05, Citizens Bank Park
Weather: Sunny, 64
TV:Comcast SportsNet, MLB Network
Media: Twitter and Facebook
A day after clinching the National League East, the Phillies weren’t able to do much against the Cardinals. Monday night is the fourth and final game of the series, and hopefully the Phillies have recovered from their “hangover” so they can focus on finishing the season on a strong note.
Roy Halladay, a favorite for the National League Cy Young, is going for win number 19. Halladay is coming off his first complete game shutout of the season. Halladay became the first pitcher since Steve Carlton in 1979-1980 to have back-to-back seasons with 18 wins or more.
The Cardinals are still fighting for a playoff spot, and they will send out Kyle Lohse to pitch. The former Phillie is having himself a decent season, and could be a candidate for the National League Comeback Player of the Year Award. Over the last five years, Lohse is 2-2 with a 4.15 ERA and 31 strikeouts against the Phillies.
The Phillies are two wins away from triple digits, and are closing in on the franchise record for most wins in a season (101 wins in 1976 and 1977). A win today would get them a step closer to breaking that franchise mark. A win would also decrease the magic number for home field advantage, which stands at two over the Milwaukee Brewers.
Lineup: Rollins SS, Victorino CF, Utley 2B, Pence RF, Ibanez LF, Polanco 3B, Gload 1B, Ruiz C, Halladay P
Your gameday beer:Hooray for Witbiers! This is St. Bernardus Witbier, from one of my favorite breweries in the world. Crisp and slightly citrusy, it tastes heavier than you’d think. Enjoy this with some barbecue wings. – By Tim
GO PHILLIES!
Posts: 369 Morris Buttermaker
Ok guys, we got a game with the Cardinals tonight. And that only means one thing. Bad news for the Cardinals!
Posted: 06:03 PM on September 19, 2011
Posts: 0 BART SHART
tonignt, I hope it is good news for the Phils. We have looked impotent recently. We need to score some runs.
Posted: 06:21 PM on September 19, 2011
Posts: 0 Original Jeff
Game over. Like the colts a few years ago we will be done after 1 roind
Posted: 07:19 PM on September 19, 2011
Posts: 0 DUMBO
Colts went to the Super Bowl a few years ago and lost to the Saints. Didn’t know the Super Bowl was in the first “roind.”
Posted: 08:39 PM on September 19, 2011
Posts: 0 Brooks
Looking pretty lame.
Posted: 08:26 PM on September 19, 2011
Posts: 0 Original Jeff
Year prior. They lost all momentum and decided not go for the 16 win season. Rested players. Similar
Posted: 08:45 PM on September 19, 2011
Posts: 0 Scott in D.C.
At this point, you can only hope the Braves hang onto the wildcard. I don’t want any part of this team after tonight.
Posted: 09:05 PM on September 19, 2011
Posts: 0 BART SHART
Utley needs a long rest as he really lookes spent. And Doc, as great as he is, will not win the Cy Young this year. He will win 19 — and that is real good. The Phils starters do need to rest up for the playoffs and we are seeing that now. It is not easy to keep the edge. Time to rest and resharpen the edge for the playoffs. Polanco , Victorino , Ruiz and Rollins should get some time off as well. Time to play the call-ups and bench players. We should start seeing this with Washington in town this week.
Posted: 09:08 PM on September 19, 2011
Posts: 0 Original Jeff
I live the phillies but want to see them get knocked out in first. Teach them.
Posted: 09:13 PM on September 19, 2011
Posts: 0 wxdavid
PHILLIES increasingly NOT likely to WIN the NLCS and NOT likely to get to the world series..
they continue to play AWFUL baseball in every sense of the word. Since the sweep of ATL in ATL and 3 or 4 in in MIL they have playesd well like … shit. 9 of last 10 games they have scored 3 run or less. The defense is terrible . They are hitting .216. On Sundays game thay hit into 3 DPs… numerous times with bases loaded with No outs or 2 out there are no runs are scored.
Halladay this evening threw 7 pitches in a row… ALL balls… Hamels getting hit hard his last 2 starts? I am not asking or suggesting the Phils have to win every game but only scpring MORE than 3 runs 1 time in last 10 games…. htting into numerous DPs ….ases laoaded and getting No runs out of it…
Posted: 11:12 PM on September 19, 2011