Game Two: Rockies at Phillies, 10/4/07
Lineups have been posted:
Colorado
2b Matsui
ss Tulowitzki
lf Holliday
1b Helton
3b Atkins
rf Hawpe
cf Spilborghs
c Torrealba
p Morales
PHILLIES
ss Rollines
2b Utley
lf Burrell
1b Howard
cf Rowand
rf Werth
3b Helms
c Ruiz
p Kendrick
Good news here, as noted, is that Werth is in and Burrell splits the lefties.
A bit about Colorado starter Franklin Morales: the 21 year-old lefty spent most of the season at AA and AAA, pitching well in hitter-friendly leagues; he made his major league debut Aug. 18 with 5 1/3 innings of no-decision ball versus the Dodgers. He went four, five, and three innings in his next three starts before notching his first win against the Phillies on Sept. 11. Morales finished 3-2 with a 3.43 ERA in 39.1 innings, allowing 34 hits and 14 walks and striking out 26. He surrendered just two homers. In the minors, he was a bit more wild, walking 13 in his 17.1 innings with Colorado Springs, but he's never been prone to the longball: Morales has allowed just 32 home runs in 428 minor-league innings.
Kyle Kendrick last pitched six days ago, against the Braves in a game almost as pressure-packed as this one promises to be: he went six innings, blanking Atlanta for the first five to earn his 10th victory. Kendrick is the first Phils rookie to win 10 games since Pat Combs in 1990. The team's hopes ride in no small part on his becoming the first Phillies rookie to win in the playoffs since Charles Hudson in 1983.
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by enterpsmith on Oct 4, 2007 2:39 PM EDT 0 recs
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- They won scoring 3 runs only 3 times this year.
- The last time they won scoring 2 runs was August 23, 2006 (Myers starting at Chicago).
- The last time they won scoring 1 run was April 16, 2006 (Myers starting at Colorado).
by David S. Cohen on Oct 4, 2007 2:41 PM EDT 0 recs
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by David S. Cohen on
Oct 4, 2007 3:13 PM EDT
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He's got the same kind of glare that Pappelbon has.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 3:11 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 3:11 PM EDT 0 recs
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I REALLY REALLY hate this ballpark.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 3:13 PM EDT 0 recs
these guys are good
by dajafi on Oct 4, 2007 3:15 PM EDT 0 recs
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by espo on Oct 4, 2007 3:16 PM EDT 0 recs
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by David S. Cohen on Oct 4, 2007 3:18 PM EDT 0 recs
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looks like Morales is not immune to the jitters.
Lots of runs today.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 3:18 PM EDT 0 recs
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by garyragel on Oct 4, 2007 3:19 PM EDT 0 recs
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5 ABs, 5 K's.
Platinum Sombrero so far.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 3:21 PM EDT 0 recs
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by garyragel on Oct 4, 2007 3:21 PM EDT 0 recs
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by David S. Cohen on
Oct 4, 2007 3:23 PM EDT
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P.S. I bet 20 bucks that howard strikes out here.
by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 3:24 PM EDT 0 recs
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Utley and Howard are struggling with the lefties, but let's remember that without them we're all doing something else on this too-hot Thursday afternoon.
Morales has pretty good stuff, it's also worth noting. Electric stuff.
by dajafi on Oct 4, 2007 3:27 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 3:32 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 3:32 PM EDT 0 recs
cool Kyle
Now he needs a little help.
by dajafi on Oct 4, 2007 3:39 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 3:45 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 3:46 PM EDT 0 recs
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by David S. Cohen on Oct 4, 2007 3:48 PM EDT 0 recs
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by enterpsmith on Oct 4, 2007 3:52 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 3:52 PM EDT 0 recs
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by enterpsmith on
Oct 4, 2007 3:54 PM EDT
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by David S. Cohen on Oct 4, 2007 3:56 PM EDT 0 recs
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by garyragel on Oct 4, 2007 3:58 PM EDT 0 recs
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Anyone have the stat on the last time the Phils had a cycle in the playoffs?
by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 3:58 PM EDT 0 recs
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by David S. Cohen on
Oct 4, 2007 3:59 PM EDT
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by espo on Oct 4, 2007 3:59 PM EDT 0 recs
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by garyragel on Oct 4, 2007 3:59 PM EDT 0 recs
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Great inning there--excellent at-bats from Helms, Chooch, and Good Jimmy. Even Utley's out was very encouraging--he drove that pitch, just didn't get quite enough of it. Probably he gets better from here.
Nice to have a lead. Now let's hold it!
by dajafi on Oct 4, 2007 3:59 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 4:03 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on
Oct 4, 2007 4:11 PM EDT
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beautiful
He's thrown 45 pitches, Morales 52. The Phils need to keep the pressure on and not let the kid get into a groove.
by dajafi on Oct 4, 2007 4:11 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 4:14 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on
Oct 4, 2007 4:15 PM EDT
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 4:18 PM EDT 0 recs
double ouch
Seven-pitch inning for Morales, and he's right back in the swing. Not good.
by dajafi on Oct 4, 2007 4:18 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 4:22 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 4:33 PM EDT 0 recs
Kendrick out
by dajafi on Oct 4, 2007 4:33 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on
Oct 4, 2007 4:38 PM EDT
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I've been wrong so often this year. Why couldn't this have been one of those times?
Not only did that backfire as badly as possible, we now lose Lohse for Game Three. I hate Gramps in that park as much as I hated the move to pull Kendrick.
We'd better come back and win this one.
by dajafi on
Oct 4, 2007 4:39 PM EDT
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SERIES...OVER...
by FuquaManuel on
Oct 4, 2007 4:41 PM EDT
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 4:36 PM EDT 0 recs
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by char6587 on Oct 4, 2007 4:37 PM EDT 0 recs
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by garyragel on Oct 4, 2007 4:38 PM EDT 0 recs
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Oct 4, 2007 4:38 PM EDT
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by espo on Oct 4, 2007 4:38 PM EDT 0 recs
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by foos05 on Oct 4, 2007 4:39 PM EDT 0 recs
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It was a bonehead move by Manuel. But the team doesn't suck.
by FuquaManuel on
Oct 4, 2007 4:42 PM EDT
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by foos05 on
Oct 4, 2007 4:48 PM EDT
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by foos05 on Oct 4, 2007 4:40 PM EDT 0 recs
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by char6587 on
Oct 4, 2007 4:47 PM EDT
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You guys are all a little overwrought here. I'm upset too. But Utley, Manuel, Lohse... they've all done a hell of a lot more good than harm this season.
Besides, think of it this way: Lohse giving up that bomb probably cost him a couple million bucks, and ten percent of that was for Bora$s...
by dajafi on
Oct 4, 2007 4:48 PM EDT
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by espo on Oct 4, 2007 4:47 PM EDT 0 recs
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by enterpsmith on Oct 4, 2007 4:48 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 4:53 PM EDT 0 recs
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by foos05 on Oct 4, 2007 4:55 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 4:58 PM EDT 0 recs
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by char6587 on Oct 4, 2007 5:00 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 5:01 PM EDT 0 recs
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by FuquaManuel on Oct 4, 2007 5:02 PM EDT 0 recs
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by enterpsmith on
Oct 4, 2007 5:06 PM EDT
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I guess I still think he should get a new deal. That is just me venting out loud.
P.S. Mesa needs to be taken out before we end up down double digits.
by FuquaManuel on
Oct 4, 2007 5:11 PM EDT
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mesa
Thinking about it a little more, the Kendrick decision wasn't indefensible. He'd left some pitches up and Matsui had gotten him last time. But Lohse isn't a reliever by trade and bringing him into a bad jam mid-inning just wasn't likely to work out well.
Then having him ignore the scouting report... 'nuff said.
by dajafi on Oct 4, 2007 5:09 PM EDT 0 recs
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I really effing hate Mesa. Hate everything about him. Garbage pitcher, garbage human being, and the fact that he walked the first two actually didn't even bother me because I knew what was coming as soon as Colorado put one in play.
It's tough to get out-managed by Clint Hurdle, but Manuel's done it in these two games.
by dajafi on
Oct 4, 2007 5:17 PM EDT
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I would ask him something along the lines of: "Considering Mesa's complete ineffectiveness throughout the season, what was your thought process in bringing him into a must win game where your team was already down 3?"
by FuquaManuel on
Oct 4, 2007 5:22 PM EDT
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The only answer to that, the only semi-rational answer, is "experience." And that's crap. Kane Davis has no command but at least can throw it past someone. Fabio Castro, same deal. Hell, John freakin' Ennis has more stuff than Mesa.
Mesa was marginally effective even a few years ago because he still had enough velocity and movement on his fastball to retire bad hitters. Now he has a straight-as-string 90 mph fastball, and a flat slider that's the equivalent to batters of Paris Hilton on roofies. It's borderline-miraculous that he ever records an out.
As Dave Cohen noted, it's indefensible that he's on the roster, and much worse that he was in this must-win game.
by dajafi on
Oct 4, 2007 5:25 PM EDT
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I knew that Castro wasn't going to make the post-season roster cuz Chollie doesn't trust him. When Mesa walked the first two hitters, I was thinking, "Hell, Chuck, Fabio could do THAT" But at least Castro might throw the ball BY somebody. Which is more than you could say for Joe Table.
Actually, before that, when they said that Mesa was coming in, all I could think of were white flags.
by Dalton Bouchee on
Oct 4, 2007 9:41 PM EDT
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Oct 5, 2007 1:17 AM EDT
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by David S. Cohen on Oct 4, 2007 5:09 PM EDT 0 recs
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by foos05 on Oct 4, 2007 5:10 PM EDT 0 recs
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by char6587 on Oct 4, 2007 5:12 PM EDT 0 recs
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I think we would have a down year next year if Manuel wasn't resigned. I don't see any manager they could bring in that the players would play as well under as they do Manuel.
The players seem unanimous in their support for Manuel.
by FuquaManuel on
Oct 4, 2007 5:15 PM EDT
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I didn't criticize Manuel for pulling kendrick, but bringing in Mesa is inexcusable. He really shouldn't have even been on the roster. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm progressing through the stages of grief pretty rapidly.
by enterpsmith on
Oct 4, 2007 5:17 PM EDT
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by David S. Cohen on Oct 4, 2007 5:14 PM EDT 0 recs
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2 walks. Did anyone expect anything different?
We still have to see the grand finale: the 3-run bomb.
by FuquaManuel on
Oct 4, 2007 5:15 PM EDT
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Oct 4, 2007 5:18 PM EDT
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