Categories: Gameday 2009Posts

Gamenight: Dodgers (22-12) At Phillies (16-14)

Los Angeles Dodgers (22-12) at Philadelphia Phillies (16-14)
Randy Wolf (1-1, 2.95 ERA) vs. Jamie Moyer (3-2, 7.26 ERA)
Time: 7:05 p.m. at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia
Weather: Mostly sunny, 67
TV: Comcast SportsNet, ESPN
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Randy Wolf makes his second career start against his former longtime team as the Phillies meet the Dodgers for the second time in 2009.

The Phillies won game one yesterday, thanks to some slick clutch hitting by Jimmy Rollins and Raul Ibanez, and some even slicker baserunning by Jayson Werth, tying a franchise record with four steals in the game including a swipe of home plate. Now the Dodgers will get Jamie Moyer, searching for his 250th career win yet again.

Moyer hasn’t faced these young Dodgers too much, but of those with experience, Orlando Hudson is hitting .250, and Casey Blake is hitting just .091 since 2004.

The Phillies .498 slugging percentage with runners in scoring position is best in the National League. And on the power note, last night and Sunday marked the first time since August 2008 there were no home runs hit out of Citizens Bank Park in consecutive games.

The Phillies lead all major league teams in total attendance, and are second overall in average attendance (Red Sox are first, inexplicably over 100 percent for the season).

Your gamenight beer: I’ve been needing one of these for a while: Coffee Bender. It’s a beer by Surly that – you guessed it – tastes just like alcoholic coffee. Who wouldn’t like this? Okay, besides non-coffee drinkers … For dinner, turn it upside down and make an omelet. Western.

Go Phillies!

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.