Ahhh jeeeeeez... 9/19/08 recap: Marlins 14, Phillies 8

by WholeCamels on Sep 19, 2008 11:52 PM EDT Comment 5 comments

Awful, disspiriting, and a little scary, the Philadelphia Phillies saw their seven game win streak come to an end, suffering a 14-8 defeat at the hand of the Florida Marlins, now winners of nine straight.

Things started bad, with starter Brett Myers coughing up five runs in the first inning. The Phillies briefly took a 6-5 lead in the 5th on Ryan Howard's 46th homer, only to see the Marlins retake the lead for good in the bottom of the 5th, putting six runs on the board and never looking back. Myers was tagged for 10 earned runs over four innings pitched.

In other meaningful playoff games, the Milwaukee Brewers were slain by the Cincinnati Reds, 11-2, and the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves, 9-5.

At this moment, the Mets sit atop the NL East by a half game over the Phillies, and the Phillies lead the Brewers in the Wild Card race by two games. The surging Marlins now sit 4 1/2 games behind the Phillies in the Wild Card race.

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Yeah, it’s kinda important that we stop the Marlins NOW. Don’t want them pulling a Rockies at our expense.

by FuquaManuel on Sep 20, 2008 1:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

there were a few positives from last nights game….
The phils used 0 pitchers that are in Chollies “good bullpen rotation” including Madson, Durbin, Eyre, Romero, Lidge.
The offense still put up 8 runs.
Howard still appears to be killing the ball.
Kendrick pitched one inning and only gave up one run, when Cantu was swinging for the fences and happened to get a hold of one.

The bad:
Chad Durbin did not get used.
Werth got 4 K’s
Myers looked awful.
The Phils gave up in the 9th inning (they made some awful swings).
Manuel didn’t give bench warmers like Marson and Golson a shot to go play in a game the phils were unlikely to win.
Maybin appears to be the Marlins version of Jose Reyes without the power and the cockiness.

by Bilzo on Sep 20, 2008 10:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

highlighting a great point

The phils used 0 pitchers that are in Chollies "good bullpen rotation" including Madson, Durbin, Eyre, Romero, Lidge.

Given that he somehow got the four guys of this group to put up zeroes tonight, tough to overstate how important this probably was.

by dajafi on Sep 20, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

After the loss last night, I’m concerned—more about the nature of the loss (Myers getting clobbered, Marlins batters running wild) than the fact of it. I didn’t think they were going to finish the season on a 16-game win streak, nice as that would have been.

If they lose tonight, ratchet that up to worried. Suffer the sweep, and I probably go to full-blown panic.

(And if the Marlins then fail to win the series against the Mets that weekend, I’ll be pretty much confirmed in my longtime suspicion that the two teams actually collude.)

by dajafi on Sep 20, 2008 4:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I already have this sort of nervous feeling about this series. I hate our chances with Blanton on the hill tonight and I share your worries about Moyer finally getting shelled by the Marlins after many dominant performances. Let’s just hope one of them can step up. I would be happy with 1 win out of this series…2 would just be beautiful.

by FuquaManuel on Sep 20, 2008 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs