Philadelphia @ Arizona GameThread, May 8, 2008 3:40 PM EDT

Game 36: Myers vs. Webb

by dajafi on May 8, 2008 3:30 PM EDT

Philadelphia @ Arizona

The finale of this entertaining four-game set in Phoenix comes this afternoon, as Diamondbacks ace Brandon Webb faces the Phillies' Brett Myers. If the Phils are to leave Arizona with a series win, they'll have to snap a streak of nine straight victorious starts by Webb, including seven this season. He does not, however, have great career numbers against Philadelphia: 2-3, 3.99 in eight career starts. Myers, who took a no-decision after a seven-inning, ten-strikeout performance on Saturday, is 2-1, 3.00 in five games against the D'backs, including four starts.

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well, this is different...

I’m working at a client’s office, intermittently following the game via Gameday rather than mlb.tv. With the D’bags announcers, this is probably a plus, but it does mean that I’ll be playing catch-up all day in terms of what happens.

by dajafi on May 8, 2008 3:52 PM EDT 0 recs

Gameday has Myers’ fastball coming in consistently low/mid-90s—a good sign, if accurate.

by dajafi on May 8, 2008 3:54 PM EDT 0 recs

crap

Young 2-run homer. 2-1 AZ. Bad Brett today?

by dajafi on May 8, 2008 3:55 PM EDT 0 recs

I just noticed that Burrell has the day off, but it’s Taguchi playing, not Werth. Bit questionable there…

by dajafi on May 8, 2008 4:03 PM EDT 0 recs

Myers escapes trouble in the second: two singles, 6-4-3 DP, swinging K of Webb.

by dajafi on May 8, 2008 4:12 PM EDT 0 recs

Bad Brett today

5-1 bottom of 4th

"I am the Walrus?..... I am the Walrus." - Donny Kerabatsos

by The Navigator on May 8, 2008 4:45 PM EDT 0 recs

that’s just based on glancing at espn.com, nothing more.
I mean, maybe he’s being unconscionably squeezed by the ump, but what I saw was the score was 2-1, bases were loaded with none out, and he went to a 2-0 count before a 3-run double. That bespeaks a certain difficulty throwing strikes.

"I am the Walrus?..... I am the Walrus." - Donny Kerabatsos

by The Navigator on May 8, 2008 4:48 PM EDT up 0 recs

His walk rate and strikeout rate appear to be in his normal range, despite his struggles this year. His problem is that he’s just giving up a lot of home runs, which suggests that his location in the strike zone is off.

by taco pal on May 9, 2008 12:27 PM EDT up 0 recs

Or just really bad luck.

For Who? My teammates.

For What? To Win.

How Much? Where do I sign?

by jonk on May 9, 2008 1:54 PM EDT up 0 recs

I’ve kind of turned it off… will keep checking in, but now it’s 6-1 and, well, it doesn’t look good for the boys. Split in Arizona isn’t the worst possible outcome.

by dajafi on May 8, 2008 4:51 PM EDT 0 recs