Gameday: Marlins (63-78) at Phillies (69-71)
Posted by Amanda Orr, Mon, September 10, 2012 06:19 PM | Comments: 41
2012 Gameday, News, Posts
Miami Marlins (63-78) at Philadelphia Phillies (69-71)
Wade LeBlanc (2-3, 2.72) vs. Kyle Kendrick (8-10, 3.96)
Time: 7:05 PM, Citizens Bank Park
TV: CSN
Weather: Mostly Sunny, 75
Media: Twitter and Facebook
The Phillies are coming off a huge sweep of the Colorado Rockies. They’re six games out of the Wild Card, two games below .500, and 8-2 in their last 10 games. The Phillies will play two last place teams in their next two series: the Marlins and the Astros.
The Phillies aren’t where we expected them to be, and some are counting them out, but for Phillies fans there is still that glimmer of hope.
I don’t know what has gotten into Kyle Kendrick, but he has been on a roll lately. Since August 14, Krazy K is 4-1 with a 1.53 ERA. He has 25 strikeouts and 4 walks during that span. Here’s another stat that Phillies Nation’s Corey Seidman tweeted: Kendrick is 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA in last six starts against the Marlins.
LINEUP: Rollins SS, Mayberry CF, Utley 2B, Howard 1B, Wigginton LF, Brown RF, Kratz C, Martinez 3B, Kendrick P
Your Gameday Beer: Innis and Gunn Rum Cask Oak Finish Beer
This excellent make from Innis and Gunn will knock your socks off. It’s not for the faint of heart at 7.4% ABV, but if you relax with a few you’ll enjoy it without the nasty hangover tomorrow. It has a deep red color with notes of fruit, spice, toffee, and oak. This beer was discovered accidentally – they set out to make an ale-flavored whiskey 2002 and instead came up with a Scottish beer. Funny how things work. - By Pat
GO PHILLIES!
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
Need this game.
Kenny baseball and Chuck and myself are making plans for the parade.
Haters need not apply here.
You know who you are.
Posted: 06:49 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Brooks
You enjoy the parade – I’ll be in my seat at CBP perhaps with my last helping of Crab Fries for the year
Posted: 07:15 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Joey Spagna
I SEE YOUR HINEY SO BLACK AND SHINEY
YOU BETTER HIDE IT BEFROE I BITE IT.
Posted: 07:09 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
Now we are talking baseball!
Posted: 07:29 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 1931 Brooks
Where can you find this Innis beer? Scottish beer actually sounds good
Posted: 07:20 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 3449 Lefty
It ain’t gonna happen Andrew, but If for some strange reason your party is on, big Mike and I are crashing it dude. I’ll wear a mask, or phanatic suit, or something.
Posted: 07:27 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
Why start Howard vs a leftie?
When you have numerous right handed options?
Sorry I want to win the game.
Thats all and ghangis kahn or charles manson can play first for me if you win.
Ill never get this esp with expanded rosters.
Posted: 07:28 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 DCmikey
No AFW, you shouldn’t be asking about RH. But asking about the rest of our lineup!!! Where is Juan Pierre?? OUR BEST PLAYER THIS SEASON!!
I don’t care of Orr is decent at 3B, start him over Mary Mart. And how much worse is anyone at LF compared to Ty?!?
Sorry, I should be positive…..it’s frustrating now bc we are CLOSE!!! I believe…
Posted: 07:38 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
DC
Why would you play someone with a .350 sluging average?
And furthur compoud it by hitting him 4th?
Sorry Id like to win and dont care about stars or contracts.
Posted: 07:54 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 1931 Brooks
I really don’t want to jinx this game but KK with 6 strike outs and its not the end of the 4th?
Smoking
Posted: 08:02 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
Positive Brooks!
Utley may yet be salvagable but needs to be in left next year not 2b.
Posted: 08:09 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
Obviously, the Phils have to win this game, but the Reds aren’t helping. Bucs have ‘em, 3 zip.
Posted: 08:19 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
Bucs are in free fall
I am 100% discounting them like I did the mets when they had a 9 game lead.
Dodgers Brewers Cardinals are the opposition
Posted: 08:23 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
Free fall’s not too far from precisely right.
They REALLY need a win tonight.
Posted: 08:28 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
Brown would have played every game of 2011 and 2012 if I was running the team.
Posted: 08:25 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
Why do I have this feeling that KK is now impossibly gonna pitch even better now with a lead.
Because the guy can drive you to complete delusion.
Posted: 08:26 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
If the phils win
I am watching the Cardinals padres game too
Anyone else in?
Posted: 08:32 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
Doubtful for me, but thx for still another invite.
Posted: 08:34 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
Ken if the phillies ever cut this to 2 games Ill do one of my long posts abotu why walks damage a pitcher more than a home run.
Posted: 08:40 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
Along those lines, sometimes I root for just an extra base hit instead of a homer because the pitcher has to continue to work harder. Like a double with ‘em loaded, as opposed to a grand dinger.
2 games out is my new goal.
Posted: 08:52 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
See if a little jinx works here, powerful jinx artist that I am. The Crew’s Willy Peralta with a no-no, top 3 V the Braves
Posted: 08:55 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 504 \"Big Ed\" Delahanty
@Brooks: Canals liquor store in Mt. Ephraim, NJ sells it. It is delicious.
- Big Ed
Posted: 08:56 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 1931 Brooks
I’ll be at the one in Cherry Hill tomorrow (before the game). I love Scotch and love beer. Sounds like a good mix to me! Thanks Big Ed
Posted: 09:04 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 1931 Brooks
KK with a career high in strike outs too – as Howard continues to sink!
Posted: 08:57 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
Can you blame howard?
Its poor managing
Who hits a guy with a 325 slugging 4th?
this is by far charlies biggest weakness
And 99% of managers would indeed sit howard vs a left handed starter esp with expanded rosters
Posted: 09:03 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 schmenkman
Evidence, please, on the last sentence.
Posted: 10:08 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 861 The Original Chuck P
I can’t believe people are bashing Howard… you project out what he has done right now over 162 and you’re talking about 120 RBI and +30 HR. That is what he is paid to do. Forget the batting average… you give me 120 RBI and 30 HR every year and I’m happier than a kid in a candy store. Short-term memory loss, I suppose… maybe you cannot recall the time not so long ago when runs were tougher to come by then Eagles Super Bowl rings.
See ya at sea level… I like it. Keep the Phaith.
Posted: 09:26 AM on September 11, 2012
Posts: 2519 Chuck A.
Consider the source of the comment.
Posted: 09:40 AM on September 11, 2012
Posts: 1931 Brooks
Good at bat Nate – way to make him work.
Posted: 09:19 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 DCmikey
I agree w all of you especially AFW. RH DOES have 40rbi s though. And if anyone says we would be where we are now (improved play) without RH is being silly. But yes AFW he is frustrating. $25 million- WOWWW.
And yes the Cards are not helping us, but if we win, that’s one game closer to .500.
And last note: Cloyd pitching on Wednesday on 3 days rest, ummm…
Posted: 09:22 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
Think you mean Thursday, versus Houston.
Maybe not, but that’s what I thought I read a couple days ago. Matter of fact, it has to be Thurs, he “pitched” Sunday, if we can call it that.
He’ll be fine.
Reds tied the Bucs. 3-3. Votto, Ludwick-Bruce part of the order Good as the Phils used to have. Braves remain scoreless.
Hasn’t Paps pitched 3 in a row? Could Aumont get the 9th?
Posted: 09:32 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
“Could Aumont get the 9th?”
That is thee stupid thought of the night. Totally forgot Bastardo.
Put em down, Antonio. Let’s wrap this sucker up. Specially since Giancarlo can’t be the tieing or lead run.
Posted: 09:43 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
I loved Shane and Pence.
IMO Shane and Ruiz are the 2 most important players the Phillies have had the last 5 years.
that said
losing ANYONE from this stale line up was a positive.
And something Ive been begging for since 2009
Posted: 09:34 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
Start chopping. Braves take a 1-0 lead, T5.
Course the big game the Phils need help in is the Cards V SD, but every little bit helps.
Posted: 09:37 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
basterd
oh boy
Posted: 09:44 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
niiiiiiiiiiiiiice
Posted: 09:44 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
Mini playing a good game tonight.
Everybody contributes the rest of the way, however far it might be…start of the parade, middle of it, or end.
Hell, they grab the 2card, and there SHOULD be a parade.
Posted: 09:47 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Andrew from Waldorf
Winner winner chicken dinner
now lets go padres
Posted: 09:48 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Ken Bland
Next stop, sea level.
Next goal, within taking care of the club’s own business, season high watermark of 4 over, which if memory serves, hasn’t been neighborly since 28-25, when they were 1.5 back of the lead wild card end of May.
Hard to believe as inept as they were early on (9-14 in April) that they were that close, and then the bottom dropped out after Doc got hurt.
But the change is solid, and it rools, and rolls, and rolls on.
See ya at sea level tomorrow night.
GO PHILS, and GO KK!!!!!!!!
Posted: 09:51 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 DCmikey
@ Ken Bland, yes sorry about that- Cloyd is going Thursday. You were correct.
I love this feeling, at least it’s exciting!! Last year we were cocky at this time even though our bats were bad. This season we are HUNGRY and playing a heart. KK!!- wow wow wow
Posted: 10:11 PM on September 10, 2012
Posts: 0 Ryne Duren
we’re like the water level creeping up the decks of the unsinkable titanic fellas. slow and steady! just hoping the bilge pumps don’t kick in! GO FIGHTENS
Posted: 11:01 PM on September 10, 2012