July 2008
Phillies stand ‘Pat’ again, who cares about Manny ??
The Phillies seemed like they may make a move, there was some
indication from GM Pat Gillick, but that ended up to be all smoke and
mirrors as the Phillies didn’t make any moves at the end of the trade
deadline. Does this team have what it takes to go to the next level?
The way they are playing now it sure seems like it, but they missed a
chance to go further into a position that will take them deeper in the
playoffs, if they make it in.
Plans were announced that the
Phillies were looking, but nothing came of this in the final day of the
trading bonanza that some teams participated in.
Who
would want a guy like Manny Ramirez? He shows no class to a city and
team that paid him millions to play baseball only to act like a total
a$$hole and embarrass himself in the process. I don’t care if the guy
hits 50 homeruns a year, he’s got no class and I hope Phillies fans
greet him with a round of boos to let him know what kind of a guy he
really is!
He may have Hall of Fame numbers, but no one with
that kind of stats should go around and try to be bigger than baseball,
he’s got no class and it shows! Booooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phils outlast the Braves and a terrible storm today
I enjoy my Sunday trips to see the Phillies. Today, it was more of an
adventure than just going to a ballgame. I knew the weather forecast
spoke of a chance of thundershowers later in the afternoon, today…
but what happened shortly after the game got underway at Citizens Bank
Park was really scary. I listen to the game on the radio as I am
watching the play on the field, the radio announcers said that it was
very dark over Center City and it looked like the weather was heading
toward the stadium. In the next few minutes, the weather changed
dramatically. The wind tore at the flags out in center field, you could
hear the flags whipping in the wind really loudly, and about 25 hotdog
wrappers took to the air as well as many of other papers and cups and
then came the very cool temperatures and finally the storm. PA
announcer Dan Baker at the stadium advised fans right after it started
pouring rain to ‘take cover, the National Weather service has advised that anyone in a open area take cover immediately’
this should have been announced a couple of minutes sooner as the skies
angrily spouted buckets of rain and lighting and thunder were all over
the stadium area almost immediately after Baker made his announcement.
Fans scrambled for cover as vicious lightning, and roars of thunder
claps made the storm even more violent.
Fans on the third deck
almost had no time to react, many were still in the upper decks long
into the storm which as I said was very violent with thick bolts of
lightning and thunder so loud it sounded as it the Vet were being
imploded again just in the parking area of the stadium. The Phillies
should have given more advanced warning to what was about to engulf the
stadium and the fans in it.
Fast forward 1 hour and 57 minutes worth of rain delay, or storm delay we should call it!
There was baseball today despite all the weather! The Phillies started
this game terribly as newcomer Joe Blanton was getting rocked with
every pitch he was throwing before the storm hit. The rain saved him
for the day, but after the violent storm, Adam Eaton almost pitched
exactly like Blanton and gave up 5 hits and 3 runs with a wild pitch.
Two of the five hits were for homeruns (back to back) and the crowd let
Eaton know what they think of him with a chorus of boos from about
every area of the stadium. He is about the most unpopular Phillie
player at this moment for sure.
Going into the Phillies at bats
for the bottom of the 4th, the team was down 5-0 and it looked bleak
that they would be able to overcome yet another 5 runs down game. No
problem, the bottom of the fourth, the Phillies would just pound 5 runs
out themselves to tie this thing, and give some new hope to the fans
who stayed for the rest of the game. This game seemed like it never
would end. By the end of the game, the Phillies would have posted 12
runs on 14 hits, but the Braves wouldn’t die quietly and almost came
back in the bottom of the ninth, only to fall short losing 12-10. The
rock solid Phillies bullpen would have some gaping holes today as did
the starting pitching, but in the end a win is all that counts and the
Phillies stay just 1 game out of first and the NY Mets who occupy the
top spot.
The Fightin’s take the series from the Braves, who fought right up to the end, but came up short. Phillies fans even took delight by doing a fake Braves chant like you see them do in Atlanta with the famous “Ohhhhhh… ohhhhh Ohhhhhhhh…… and a tomahawk chop…. when the Phillies pulled ahead today. The boo meter reached an all time high for Adam Eaton, he’s just not a fan favorite in Philly.
Why Oliver Perez looks like Cy Young against the Phillies…
I want to know the answer to the question: Why does Oliver Perez look like Cy Young when he faces the Phillies? The Phillies used to have problems with left handed pitching, it appears they still do with today’s performance against Perez and the NY Mets. Perez went 15-10 for the Mets last year but prior to that he wasn’t in anyone’s radar as being a good pitcher. Why does he look so good against the Phillies then?
One reason is that he’s had some success against the Phils already, so he’s in the heads of Phillies batters. The batters have to overcome this, and try not to focus on the past with him and try to figure out how to get hits off of his pitching. Ryan Howard looked particularly terrible, there is no reason for this, and Ryan needs to get more confidence about facing lefties and stop flailing at change ups way out of the strike zone. With two strikes perhaps choke up on the bat a little and protect the plate more, don’t just stand up there and invite a pitcher to make you look foolish.
The Phillies had a runner on third late in the game, there is no excuse not to score him! No can do though for the Phillies, they just strand him out there and no one can bring him home. Drag a bunt down the first base line in a close game, dig, claw, and muscle your way to victory if you have to, I don’t see the Phillies acting this way.
Perez was 3-13 in 2006 for two different teams, there’s a reason for this. Go back to those days and view the video tapes, see his weaknesses because there must be plenty if he used to be a 3-13 pitcher. So my main point of this post is, Perez isn’t that good so treat him that way, go up to the plate and expose his weeknesses, make him throw strikes, don’t chase after his junk balls and the Phillies would have more success against him. Swing when you have two strikes, protect the plate, and make contact.
Ryan Howard needs desperate help at the plate, the batting coach should be working with him tirelessly to solve the problem of his many strikeouts. I know he has a billion rbi’s and many homeruns, but it’s the simple things that win many ballgames. Being able to move a runner with a deep sacrifice, things like this that Ryan is failing at. Ryan is a double edged sword, he’s great with homeruns at times but his all around game really suffers otherwise. I want to see him mature into a better all around player.
Phillies face rival NY Mets, and trade deadline
The Phillies started the month of July red hot, sweeping the
Braves at home for the second time in the season, then they went up to New York and won the
first game there to make it 4 wins in a row to start off July then lost 3
straight games of the series against NY to lose that series only taking the 1
win and losing 3. The Phillies then won 2 games out of 3 with both the St Louis
Cardinals at home and the Dbacks, leading them into a much needed All Star
Break.
The Phillies will now play the Mets for a three game series
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoon with a 12:10 pm start for the
businessman’s special. The Phillies then
go home for a brief homestand, only 3 games – then an off day next Monday and
down to Washington to visit the Nationals to end the month of July and onto St Louis for the first couple days of
August.
The Phillies have been getting pretty good pitching out of
the starters except for Kyle Kendrick’s outing on Saturday against the Marlins,
but they can’t seem to score in situations they should be scoring to take the
lead and put the opposing team out of the game.
For game one against the Mets on Tuesday, we see the
Phillies newest pickup, pitcher Joe Blanton. Blanton was with the Oakland A’s
and this year his record and era have merited the A’s to want to trade him. His
record is 5-12 with a 4.69 era. He wore the number 55 in Oakland which is worn
by the Phillies Clay Condrey currently, a lot of Phillies players thought
Blanton might offer Condrey a gift for him taking the number from him, a lot of
times this is the way veteran players keep their numbers, they may offer a
watch, ring, or a car to the other player to give up the number, but Blanton
didn’t see that to be necessary and he will wear the number 56 for the Phillies
when he takes the mound.
Blanton had been mentioned a lot in trade rumors over the
last year, but it didn’t happen until a couple of days ago. Blanton writes a
blog on MLB blogs called Big Joe’s Bluegrass Blog and in that blog Joe stated
that his outings in Texas and Arizona were the reason his era is so high, so
maybe we’ll see a brand new “Joe Blanton” pitch on Tuesday night for the
Phillies. It will be interesting to see what Joe has to say about the trade in
his blog, so check it out.
Phillies closer Brad Lidge is on the way to tying a Phillies
record, he has converted 21 of 21 save opportunities for the Phillies, the
record for the Phillies is 22 in a row set by Billy Wagner in 2005 – so one
more save ties the record and another will break it according to the Elias
Sports Bureau and the Phillies Press notes.
The Phillies are 12-18 in their day games this season, not
too good there, last year they finished with a record of 27 wins with 23 losses
so they have a lot of ground to make up to equal last year’s record.
The Phillies will bring their 53-46 record in against the
Mets who have the same record on Tuesday – the difference is the Mets have gone
13-4 in July so far and the Phillies just 9-7 – that has been the reason that
the Mets have found themselves in a tie for first with the Fightin Phillies.
The Phillies are 26-23 losses on the road this year and they have been tough in
the bullpen on the road with only a 2.51 era by the bullpen- they are also
tough against left hand pitchers – the last time the Phillies faced Johann
Santana, they beat him and the Mets 3-2 on July 4th at Citizens Bank
Park.
There is about 10 days left in the season before the trade
deadline and trade rumors are still swirling – one sports columnist in Philly
says the Phillies should trade the barn in and do whatever is necessary to get
Roy Halladay from the Jays, but I think that is an outside chance- unless a big
name or two get moved out of Philly and that somebody may be Pat Burrell. I don’t
think I would like to see Burrell go especially the way he is playing- he’s
been a Philly a long time, and one more contract extension would make him a
Phillie for his whole career. So we’ll have to see what if anything will happen
at the trade deadline concerning the Phillies, I think they stand “Pat” here
and do nothing more.
Phillies can’t reel in the Marlins
The Phillies were in a great spot down in Florida to get the job done,
and tell the Florida Marlins who was in control of the National League
East this weekend in Miami. That did not happen, the Phillies let the
series slip away and lost the weekend series 2-1 against the younger,
and more hungry Marlins.
After the win on Friday night, the
Phillies stood to command the next two games and they stayed in the
ball games on both Saturday and Sunday, but didn’t do what they had to
do to win. Now the Phillies find themselves in a tie with the Mets for
first, and the Marlins breathing right down their necks only 1/2 game
out of first.
Is this Phillies team the team to beat? They
didn’t play like it this weekend down in Florida! The former NL MVP,
Jimmy Rollins, had a chance to score in the late innings on Sunday’s
game, but for some reason ran at half speed and only ended up a third,
instead of scoring the go ahead run that would have been the win for
the Phillies. I don’t know how this could happen? How could a player
like Rollins just pull up on a two out sure hit to center? Even the
announcers for the game said the same thing, and on the replay they
showed us why. Rollins wasn’t giving it his all, this isn’t the Jimmy
Rollins we know.
Cole Hamels has had now three straight
starts where the Phillies can’t score runs to get him the win. Three
games where they are struggling to produce. Pedro Feliz was a big 0-5
in this game, and he can’t seem to get in sync with this offense
despite him being one of the best third baseman of the last three years
when it is all added up. He is hurting the Phillies offense, and
Rollins just doens’t have that spark in him that he had last year with
his fervent, “We are the team to beat” attitude, if anything he’s
playing like he is beat. What has happened to Jimmy, perhaps he feels
unappreciated by the Phillies in some manner, he was the MVP and yet
doesn’t really get featured that way by the team. Could this be the
reason? Something has changed with Jimmy since his ankle injury and the
Phillies should find out what that is and fix it.
Now the
Phillies face those Mets again, with Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
games. I am anxious to see Blanton pitch for the Phillies, if he goes
out there and gets batted around, the Phillies could be in deep trouble
as they play they have been producing lately hasn’t been too good. Adam
Eaton went to the bullpen, and that’s a good thing, he’s been terrible
all year despite people saying early on that he has had quality starts
this year. The only quality start in my book is a win. That is what
matters and that is what the Phillies need to start doing consistently
again in order that they make the playoffs!
Rich Baxter – Fightin Phillies
Every Homerun Ryan Howard has hit up to today!
Stats Summary for matching Plate Appearances
G PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP BA OBP SLG OPS Warning
+----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+
141 158 158 158 0 0 158 272 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.0002004
Car# Yr# G# Date Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+----+---+-------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
1 1 1 2004-09-11 PHI @NYM Bartolome Fortun down 3-6 t 7 -2- 0 2-0 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Pratt Scores
2 2 1 2004-09-18 PHI MON T.J. Tucker down 4-5 b 7 --- 1 2-2 7 1 Home Run (Line Drive)2005
Car# Yr# G# Date Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+----+---+-------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
3 1 1 2005-05-17 PHI STL Jeff Suppan ahead 2-1 b 2 --- 0 1-2 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
4 2 1 2005-07-03 PHI ATL Jorge Sosa tied 0-0 b 4 12- 2 0-0 1 3 Home Run (Fly Ball); Abreu Scores; Burrell Scores
5 3 1 2005-07-10 PHI WSN Gary Majewski down 2-4 b 8 1-- 1 1-0 2 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores
6 4 1 2005-07-14 PHI FLA A.J. Burnett down 2-3 b 2 --- 0 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
7 5 1 2005-07-19 PHI LAD Yhency Brazoban down 3-4 b10 --3 0 0-0 1 2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Sandoval Scores
8 6 1 2005-07-22 PHI SDP Tim Stauffer tied 0-0 b 2 -2- 1 1-1 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Burrell Scores
9 7 1 2005-08-09 PHI @LAD Steve Schmoll ahead 4-2 t 8 --- 2 3-0 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
10 8 1 2005-08-10 PHI @LAD Yhency Brazoban tied 5-5 t 9 123 0 0-0 1 4 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores; Abreu Scores; Burrell Scores
11 9 1 2005-08-23 PHI @SFG Brett Tomko ahead 4-1 t 3 --- 2 0-1 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
12 10 1 2005-08-28 PHI @ARI Claudio Vargas tied 0-0 t 2 --- 0 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
13 11 1 2005-08-31 PHI @NYM Pedro Martinez down 0-2 t 4 --- 2 1-0 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
14 12 1 2005-09-01 PHI @NYM Braden Looper ahead 2-1 t 9 --- 1 2-0 3 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
15 13 1 2005-09-03 PHI @WSN Chad Cordero down 1-4 t 9 1-- 0 2-1 4 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Victorino Scores
16 14 1 2005-09-06 PHI HOU Roy Oswalt down 0-1 b 5 --- 0 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
17 15 1 2005-09-07 PHI HOU Brandon Backe down 0-1 b 2 1-- 1 0-1 2 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Burrell Scores
18 16 1 2005-09-09 PHI FLA Brian Moehler tied 4-4 b 3 -2- 1 2-0 3 2 Home Run (Line Drive); Burrell Scores
19 17 1 2005-09-13 PHI ATL John Thomson ahead 1-0 b 2 --- 0 3-2 6 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
20 18 1 2005-09-15 PHI ATL Kyle Farnsworth down 3-6 b 9 --- 2 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
21 19 1 2005-09-21 PHI @ATL John Foster tied 6-6 t10 123 1 2-0 3 4 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores; Bell Scores; Victorino Scores
22 20 1 2005-09-23 PHI @CIN Aaron Harang ahead 4-1 t 5 1-- 1 2-2 5 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Burrell Scores
23 21 1 2005-09-30 PHI @WSN Livan Hernandez down 0-1 t 2 --- 1 2-2 5 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
24 22 1 2005-10-01 PHI @WSN John Patterson ahead 6-2 t 6 --- 0 1-0 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)2006
Car# Yr# G# Date Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+----+---+-------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
25 1 1 2006-04-03 PHI STL Chris Carpenter down 2-13 b 6 --- 0 3-2 6 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
26 2 1 2006-04-16 PHI @COL Aaron Cook tied 0-0 t 7 --- 1 0-1 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
27 3 1 2006-04-19 PHI WSN Livan Hernandez down 0-1 b 2 1-- 1 1-2 4 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores
28 4 1 2006-04-23 PHI FLA Sergio Mitre tied 0-0 b 2 --- 0 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
29 5 2 PHI FLA Sergio Mitre ahead 2-0 b 3 1-- 2 1-0 2 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Bell Scores
30 6 1 2006-05-04 PHI ATL John Thomson ahead 4-3 b 6 --- 0 3-1 5 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
31 7 1 2006-05-05 PHI SFG Matt Cain tied 1-1 b 1 1-- 2 0-0 1 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Abreu Scores
32 8 2 PHI SFG Matt Cain tied 3-3 b 3 --- 0 2-2 5 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
33 9 1 2006-05-10 PHI NYM Tom Glavine down 2-12 b 7 --- 0 2-2 6 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
34 10 1 2006-05-12 PHI @CIN Elizardo Ramirez tied 0-0 t 4 1-- 1 0-1 2 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Burrell Scores
35 11 1 2006-05-14 PHI @CIN Brandon Claussen down 0-1 t 8 --- 2 1-2 4 1 Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF)
36 12 2 PHI @CIN Chris Hammond tied 1-1 t12 --- 1 1-1 3 1 Home Run (Line Drive)
37 13 1 2006-05-20 PHI BOS Josh Beckett down 1-8 b 8 12- 0 0-0 1 3 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores/unER; Abreu Scores
38 14 1 2006-05-21 PHI BOS Abe Alvarez ahead 4-2 b 5 --- 0 1-1 3 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
39 15 1 2006-05-25 PHI @NYM Geremi Gonzalez ahead 2-0 t 1 --- 2 1-2 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
40 16 1 2006-05-27 PHI MIL Matt Wise down 4-6 b 7 --3 2 1-1 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores
41 17 1 2006-05-28 PHI MIL Dana Eveland tied 2-2 b 5 1-- 2 1-0 2 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores
42 18 1 2006-05-29 PHI WSN Gary Majewski tied 2-2 b 6 12- 1 1-2 4 3 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores; Burrell Scores
43 19 1 2006-06-02 PHI @LAD Jae Weong Seo ahead 2-0 t 4 --- 0 2-2 5 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
44 20 1 2006-06-05 PHI @ARI Brandon Webb down 1-3 t 6 --- 2 2-0 3 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
45 21 1 2006-06-07 PHI @ARI Dustin Nippert ahead 1-0 t 3 1-- 2 0-0 1 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Abreu Scores
46 22 1 2006-06-09 PHI @WSN Tony Armas down 2-3 t 3 --- 2 2-2 8 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
47 23 1 2006-06-18 PHI TBD Seth McClung tied 3-3 b 5 12- 2 0-0 1 3 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores; Abreu Scores
48 24 1 2006-06-20 PHI NYY Mike Mussina tied 0-0 b 1 12- 2 0-0 1 3 Home Run (Fly Ball); Abreu Scores; Burrell Scores
49 25 2 PHI NYY Mike Mussina tied 3-3 b 4 1-- 0 1-2 4 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Burrell Scores
50 26 1 2006-06-28(2) PHI @BAL Kris Benson down 2-5 t 4 --- 1 2-0 3 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
51 27 2 PHI @BAL Sendy Rleal down 4-12 t 8 --- 2 3-2 6 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
52 28 1 2006-07-02 PHI @TOR A.J. Burnett down 2-3 t 3 --- 0 2-2 5 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
53 29 1 2006-07-14 PHI @SFG Matt Morris ahead 1-0 t 4 1-- 0 0-0 1 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Burrell Scores
54 30 1 2006-07-15 PHI @SFG Brad Hennessey ahead 7-5 t 6 1-- 1 3-2 6 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Burrell Scores
55 31 1 2006-07-17 PHI @SDP Woody Williams tied 2-2 t 6 1-- 1 0-1 2 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Abreu Scores
56 32 1 2006-07-24 PHI ATL Tyler Yates down 6-9 b 8 1-- 2 1-1 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores
57 33 1 2006-07-28 PHI FLA Logan Kensing down 0-4 b 9 --- 0 3-2 9 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
58 34 1 2006-07-29 PHI FLA Dontrelle Willis ahead 4-1 b 3 12- 1 0-0 1 3 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores; Burrell Scores
59 35 1 2006-07-30(2) PHI FLA Renyel Pinto ahead 3-2 b 6 1-- 1 3-2 6 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores
60 36 1 2006-08-01 PHI @STL Jeff Suppan tied 3-3 t 5 --- 0 1-1 3 1 Home Run (Line Drive)
61 37 1 2006-08-04 PHI @NYM Pedro Feliciano ahead 4-3 t 9 --- 1 1-0 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
62 38 1 2006-08-05 PHI @NYM Tom Glavine tied 0-0 t 1 12- 1 3-2 6 3 Home Run (Fly Ball); Rowand Scores; Rollins Scores
63 39 1 2006-08-07 PHI @ATL Horacio Ramirez tied 0-0 t 4 1-- 1 0-0 1 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores
64 40 1 2006-08-12 PHI CIN Chris Michalak down 5-6 b 8 --- 0 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Line Drive)
65 41 1 2006-08-13 PHI CIN Eric Milton down 1-5 b 6 1-- 1 1-1 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Victorino Scores
66 42 1 2006-08-17 PHI NYM John Maine down 0-4 b 4 -2- 0 0-1 2 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores
67 43 1 2006-08-19 PHI WSN Ramon Ortiz ahead 5-0 b 2 12- 1 0-1 2 3 Home Run (Fly Ball); Victorino Scores; Utley Scores
68 44 1 2006-08-23 PHI @CHC Angel Guzman tied 0-0 t 6 --- 0 3-1 5 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
69 45 1 2006-08-25 PHI @NYM Brian Bannister ahead 2-0 t 3 1-- 1 3-2 7 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Utley Scores
70 46 1 2006-08-26 PHI @NYM Oliver Perez down 1-2 t 5 123 2 0-2 3 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Rollins Scores; Victorino Scores; Utley Scores
71 47 1 2006-08-28 PHI @NYM Guillermo Mota down 2-8 t 8 --- 2 3-2 9 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
72 48 1 2006-08-29 PHI @WSN Kevin Gryboski ahead 6-3 t 6 12- 2 2-2 5 3 Home Run (Fly Ball); Rollins Scores; Victorino Scores
73 49 1 2006-08-31 PHI @WSN Pedro Astacio down 1-2 t 4 --- 1 2-2 5 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
74 50 1 2006-09-03(1) PHI ATL Tim Hudson down 0-1 b 2 --- 0 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
75 51 2 PHI ATL Tim Hudson ahead 3-1 b 3 1-- 2 2-1 4 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Victorino Scores
76 52 3 PHI ATL Tim Hudson ahead 5-1 b 6 --- 0 1-2 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
77 53 1 2006-09-04 PHI HOU Russ Springer tied 1-1 b 6 --- 2 3-1 5 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
78 54 1 2006-09-07 PHI @FLA Josh Johnson tied 3-3 t 3 --- 1 2-2 5 1 Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF)
79 55 1 2006-09-08 PHI @FLA Scott Olsen down 0-1 t 6 1-- 1 2-0 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Victorino Scores
80 56 2 PHI @FLA Scott Olsen ahead 2-1 t 8 --- 1 0-1 2 1 Home Run (Line Drive)
81 57 1 2006-09-17 PHI @HOU Wandy Rodriguez ahead 2-0 t 3 --- 2 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Fly Ball)
82 58 1 2006-09-22 PHI FLA Ricky Nolasco ahead 1-0 b 3 12- 1 3-1 5 3 Home Run (Line Drive); Rollins Scores; Utley Scores2007
Car# Yr# G# Date Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+----+---+-------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
83 1 1 2007-04-09 PHI @NYM Ambiorix Burgos down 2-3 t 6 -23 2 2-2 7 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Rollins Scores; Victorino Scores
84 2 1 2007-04-22 PHI @CIN Mike Stanton ahead 5-2 t 9 1- - 0 0-2 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Utley Scores
85 3 1 2007-04-25 PHI WSN John Patterson ahead 1-0 b 3 -2- 2 1-0 2 2 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Utley Scores
86 4 1 2007-05-02 PHI @ATL Chuck James down 0-3 t 6 -23 0 0-1 2 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Rowand Scores; Utley Scores
87 5 1 2007-05-06 PHI @SFG Tim Lincecum down 2-3 t 3 1-- 2 1-0 2 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Utley Scores
88 6 1 2007-05-09 PHI @ARI Brandon Medders down 0-3 t 7 123 0 0-0 1 4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Rowand Scores; Utley Scores; Burrell Scores
89 7 1 2007-05-27 PHI @ATL Kyle Davies tied 0-0 t 1 --3 2 1-1 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Rollins Scores
90 8 2 PHI @ATL Chad Paronto ahead 11-3 t 8 1-- 1 2-0 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Victorino Scores
91 9 1 2007-05-28 PHI ARI Doug Davis down 0-3 b 7 --- 0 3-2 7 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
92 10 1 2007-06-03 PHI SFG Jack Taschner down 5-7 b 7 1-3 2 1-2 4 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Helms Scores; Utley Scores
93 11 1 2007-06-08 PHI @KCR Scott Elarton tied 0-0 t 1 -2- 2 2-2 5 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Rollins Scores
94 12 1 2007-06-10 PHI @KCR Brandon Duckwort down 3-6 t 5 1-- 0 0-0 1 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Rowand Scores
95 13 1 2007-06-11 PHI CHW Javier Vazquez ahead 1-0 b 4 --- 2 1-0 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
96 14 1 2007-06-15 PHI DET Jeremy Bonderman ahead 1-0 b 1 --- 2 0-1 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
97 15 1 2007-06-18 PHI @CLE Cliff Lee down 0-6 t 6 --- 1 2-1 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
98 16 1 2007-06-19 PHI @CLE Jason Stanford ahead 3-1 t 3 --- 1 0-2 3 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
99 17 1 2007-06-26 PHI CIN Homer Bailey down 0-1 b 1 --3 2 1-1 3 2 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Rollins Scores
100 18 1 2007-06-27 PHI CIN Aaron Harang tied 0-0 b 5 12- 2 0-0 1 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Dobbs Scores; Utley Scores
101 19 1 2007-06-30 PHI NYM Jorge Sosa down 2-3 b 4 --- 0 1-2 5 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
102 20 1 2007-07-04 PHI @HOU Mark McLemore ahead 4-1 t 8 --3 0 3-2 6 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Utley Scores
103 21 1 2007-07-07 PHI @COL Rodrigo Lopez ahead 1-0 t 1 -2- 1 3-2 6 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Utley Scores
104 22 1 2007-07-14 PHI STL Mike Maroth ahead 1-0 b 1 --- 2 2-2 5 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
105 23 1 2007-07-17 PHI @LAD Eric Stults ahead 6-0 t 4 1-- 0 0-0 1 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Utley Scores
106 24 2 PHI @LAD Eric Stults ahead 9-1 t 5 -2- 2 0-1 2 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Utley Scores
107 25 1 2007-07-18 PHI @LAD Chad Billingsley down 0-1 t 2 --- 0 1-0 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
108 26 1 2007-07-21 PHI @SDP David Wells tied 0-0 t 1 12- 1 2-2 6 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Rollins Scores; Utley Scores
109 27 2 PHI @S DP David Wells ahead 3-1 t 4 --- 0 3-2 6 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
110 28 1 2007-07-25 PHI WSN Chris Booker tied 5-5 b14 1-- 0 2-2 5 2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Utley Scores
111 29 1 2007-07-26 PHI WSN John Lannan down 1-2 b 3 1-- 2 3-2 7 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Utley Scores
112 30 1 2007-08-04 PHI @MIL David Bush down 0-1 t 2 --- 0 2-2 5 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
113 31 1 2007-08-07 PHI FLA Carlos Martinez ahead 6-1 b 4 --- 1 0-1 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
114 32 2 PHI FLA Mauro Zarate ahead 8-1 b 6 --- 0 2-1 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
115 33 1 2007-08-12 PHI ATL Buddy Carlyle down 1-2 b 5 12- 1 1-0 2 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Rollins Scores/unER; Iguchi Scores
116 34 1 2007-08-26 PHI SDP Tim Stauffer ahead 3-0 b 2 12- 2 2-0 3 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Kendrick Scores; Burrell Scores
117 35 1 2007-08-28 PHI NYM Guillermo Mota tied 2-2 b10 1-- 0 1-2 4 2 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Victorino Scores
118 36 1 2007-08-30 PHI NYM Orlando Hernande tied 0-0 b 1 -2- 2 2-1 4 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Rollins Scores
119 37 1 2007-09-04 PHI @ATL Buddy Carlyle tied 0-0 t 1 1-- 2 2-1 4 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Burrell Scores
120 38 1 2007-09-10 PHI COL Ubaldo Jimenez down 1-3 b 6 --- 1 1-2 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
121 39 1 2007-09-17 PHI @STL Brad Thompson tied 0-0 t 2 --- 0 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
122 40 2 PHI @STL Anthony Reyes ahead 7-0 t 6 123 2 1-2 5 4 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Kendrick Scores; Rollins Scores; Burrell Scores
123 41 1 2007-09-20 PHI @WSN Jay Bergmann tied 0-0 t 1 --3 2 0-0 1 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Utley Scores
124 42 1 2007-09-21 PHI @WSN Shawn Hill down 0-1 t 2 --- 0 2-1 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
125 43 1 2007-09-25 PHI ATL Chuck James down 1-4 b 4 1-- 1 2-0 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Burrell Scores
126 44 1 2007-09-27 PHI ATL John Smoltz ahead 2-0 b 1 1-- 0 2-2 5 2 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Utley Scores/unER
127 45 1 2007-09-28 PHI WSN Arnie Munoz ahead 4-0 b 7 1-- 1 1-1 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Utley Scores
128 46 1 2007-09-29 PHI WSN Jon Rauch down 1-4 b 8 --- 2 2-1 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
129 47 1 2007-09-30 PHI WSN Mike Bacsik ahead 5-1 b 7 --- 1 1-2 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)2008
Car# Yr# G# Date Tm Opp Pitcher Score Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
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130 1 1 2008-04-05 PHI @CIN Kent Mercker tied 2-2 t 8 --- 1 0-1 2 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
131 2 1 2008-04-10 PHI @NYM Aaron Heilman down 1-3 t 8 --- 0 1-1 3 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
132 3 1 2008-04-12 PHI CHC Ted Lilly ahead 3-0 b 5 --3 1 3-2 6 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Utley Scores
133 4 1 2008-04-17 PHI HOU Oscar Villarreal ahead 6-1 b 6 --- 0 3-2 6 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
134 5 1 2008-04-26 PHI @PIT Matt Morris tied 0-0 t 1 1-- 2 1-2 5 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Utley Scores
135 6 1 2008-05-01 PHI SDP Joe Thatcher tied 2-2 b 8 --- 0 2-0 3 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
136 7 1 2008-05-10 PHI @SFG Tim Lincecum tied 0-0 t 2 --- 0 1-0 2 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
137 8 1 2008-05-14 PHI ATL Royce Ring down 4-8 b 8 --- 2 2-1 4 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
138 9 1 2008-05-15 PHI ATL Chuck James ahead 1-0 b 3 --- 1 2-2 6 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
139 10 1 2008-05-18 PHI TOR Shaun Marcum tied 0-0 b 1 -2- 2 1-1 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Rollins Scores
140 11 1 2008-05-21 PHI @WSN Matt Chico ahead 3-0 t 5 --- 2 0-2 3 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
141 12 2 PHI @WSN Chris Schroder ahead 9-0 t 6 -2- 1 0-0 1 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Utley Scores
142 13 1 2008-05-22 PHI @HOU Roy Oswalt ahead 4-2 t 5 --- 0 2-1 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
143 14 1 2008-05-24 PHI @HOU Brian Moehler down 1-2 t 3 1-- 1 1-0 2 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Utley Scores
144 15 1 2008-05-30 PHI FLA Burke Badenhop ahead 8-3 b 4 1-3 2 0-1 2 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Victorino Scores; Utley Scores
145 16 1 2008-06-13 PHI @STL Todd Wellemeyer ahead 1-0 t 1 --- 2 1-0 2 1 Home Run (F ly Ball to Deep LF Line)
146 17 2 PHI @STL Mark Worrell ahead 14-1 t 6 12- 1 1-1 3 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Victorino Scores; Bruntlett Scores
147 18 1 2008-06-16 PHI BOS Bartolo Colon ahead 1-0 b 1 -2- 1 1-0 2 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Victorino Scores
148 19 2 PHI BOS Bartolo Colon ahead 3-0 b 3 --- 0 2-1 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
149 20 1 2008-06-28 PHI @TEX Vicente Padilla ahead 4-2 t 3 1-- 1 1-1 3 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Burrell Scores
150 21 1 2008-07-02 PHI @ATL Jorge Campillo ahead 1-0 t 3 12- 1 2-1 4 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Rollins Scores; Utley Scores
151 22 1 2008-07-03 PHI @ATL Jair Jurrjens ahead 2-0 t 6 --- 1 2-1 4 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
152 23 1 2008-07-05 PHI NYM John Maine down 0-3 b 4 12- 1 2-1 4 3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Victorino Scores; Utley Scores
153 24 1 2008-07-07 PHI NYM Tony Armas down 3-10 b 7 --3 2 0-0 1 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Victorino Scores
154 25 1 2008-07-09 PHI STL Kyle McClellan tied 2-2 b 8 --- 0 0-2 3 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
155 26 1 2008-07-10 PHI STL Braden Looper tied 0-0 b 1 1-- 2 3-2 10 2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Utley Scores
156 27 2 PHI STL Braden Looper ahead 3-1 b 6 --- 0 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
157 28 1 2008-07-11 PHI ARI Doug Davis tied 0-0 b 2 --- 0 0-0 1 1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
158 29 1 2008-07-18 PHI @FLA Ricky Nolasco tied 0-0 t 2 --- 0 1-0 2 1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
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Ryan Howard needs to take a break from strikeouts!
I used a great tool tonight to answer a burning question that I had. How many games in a row has Ryan Howard had without a strikeout? Now thanks to baseball reference, here’s the answer! Ryan really needs to break this record if he can…
StreakStart Streak End Games AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Teams
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2006-05-24 2006-05-28 5 18 4 8 1 0 3 9 0 2 0 0 .444 .500 1.000 1.500 PHI
2006-05-02 2006-05-05 4 15 3 7 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 .467 .412 1.067 1.479 PHI
2007-07-21 2007-07-24 3 9 3 5 1 0 2 7 0 4 0 0 .556 .643 1.333 1.976 PHI
2007-06-05 2007-06-07 3 10 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .500 .643 .500 1.143 PHI
2006-09-08 2006-09-10 3 9 2 7 2 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 .778 .846 1.667 2.513 PHI
2006-04-10 2006-04-13 3 11 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .545 .583 .545 1.128 PHI
2005-10-02 2006-04-05 3 12 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 .333 .429 .583 1.012 PHI
2008-07-08 2008-07-09 2 6 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 .500 .625 1.000 1.625 PHI
2008-05-26 2008-05-27 2 5 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 .400 .600 .400 1.000 PHI
2007-09-25 2007-09-26 2 5 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 .400 .625 1.000 1.625 PHI
2007-08-27 2007-08-28 2 9 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 .556 .600 1.000 1.600 PHI
2007-08-24 2007-08-25 2 8 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 .375 .444 .500 .944 PHI
2007-08-21 2007-08-22 2 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .286 .286 .429 .715 PHI
2007-06-22 2007-06-23 2 8 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .625 1.125 PHI
2007-05-07 2007-05-09 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.666 PHI
2006-08-26 2006-08-28 2 8 3 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 1.125 1.500 PHI
2006-08-19 2006-08-20 2 7 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 .286 .500 .714 1.214 PHI
2006-06-05 2006-06-06 2 8 2 4 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 .500 .556 1.125 1.681 PHI
2006-05-14 2006-05-16 2 6 2 3 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 .500 .571 1.500 2.071 PHI
2006-04-21 2006-04-23 2 6 3 4 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 .667 .750 1.833 2.583 PHI
2006-04-15 2006-04-16 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .167 .286 .667 .953 PHI
2005-09-21 2005-09-22 2 6 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 PHI
2005-07-24 2005-07-25 2 8 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 PHI
2005-07-10 2005-07-14 2 9 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 .333 .455 1.000 1.455 PHI
2005-05-15 2005-05-17 2 7 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 1.143 1.714 PHI
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Phils and Marlins down in Florida
The Phillies came back off the All Star Break with a rest and a great win down in Florida for the first game of the three game series on Friday night. The Mets have briefly tied the Phillies for first place and now are only 1/2 games behind the Phils as the Phillies were unable to win Saturday’s game down in Florida 9-5. The Mets can still be tied for first with a win with their game being played later tonight.
The Phils had some offensive power in Saturday’s game and even had the bases loaded in the last of the ninth with a chance to tie the game and send it into extra innings. They went lost struggling at least and were unable to get that hit or hits that would have tied the game. The pesky Marlins will not go away quietly. On the Fox Saturday broadcast of the game, the broadcasters spoke of the young guys on that Marlins team being hungry and they don’t care who they play, they think they can go out there and beat any team on any given game.
The Phillies play division teams for the rest of the year for the most part, they will face the Marlins 10 more times, hopefully they can learn the secret of winning against them because each loss from now till the end of the season could be a painful one when it comes down to making it into the playoffs.
The Phillies at the All Star Break 2008 (52-44)
The Philles at the All Star Break 2008
One of the things I noticed about the team coming up to the
All Star Break is that they’ve showed a lot of heart through the season leading
up to the All Star Game. We are 96 games into the season that leaves only 66
games to go till the end of the regular season. It’s funny how fast the All
Star break comes around and the Phillies could be in a worse situation than
they are now. For now they are in first place by the slimmest of margins ½ game
ahead of the Mets who have put on a run of 9 games won in a row to get to the
All Star break almost over throwing the Phillies out of first place for the
time being.
The one Phillie player who has played everyday in every game
has been Ryan Howard, he has logged play in all the games so far for the Phils,
next to him the Utley and Burrell combo has each played in 94 games for the
fightins. Utley has been the offensive leader of the team without a doubt
although you have the double edged sword of Ryan Howard of 28 HR’s and 84 RBI’s
so far despite having an incredible 129 strikeouts through the first 96 games.
Look maybe for Howard to get a day off here and there in the next couple of
weeks, he may need a couple days off especially if he keeps on striking out -
but his 84 RBI’s is an amazing amount of rbi’s to have up to the All Star
Break.
Utley leads the team in the following catagories:
BA: 291
Runs: 68
Hits: 106
Runs Created: 84
Slugging Pct. : .584
Cole Hamels has been the Ace of the staff despite getting a
couple of no decisions in his last couple starts that were pretty good.
In the last ten games the Phillies are 5-5 – in contrast the
Mets have been 9-1 as they charge for first themselves. If the Phillies are going to stay in first
they are going to have to go out and start the next 66 games as if they are all
important and they need to win them all. The Mets are going to be there at the end,
near the top and they have been surging in the last couple of weeks.
The Phillies have already had 2 million fans through the
turnstiles at Citizens Bank Park, they should have 3 million by the time the
season is over, so the fan support is there although vocal support can go a
long way for the players, where the booing can wear on a player, just ask Chase
Utley.
Joe Blanton was added to the staff on Thursday July 17 -
what pitcher will be replace by Blanton, because Joe hasn’t had such a great
year himself lately Hopefully, this will change but until we see this, it
could be another bad pitching pickup by the Phillies.
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