Phillies lose, Mets win, it ain't over yet.

by WholeCamels on Sep 23, 2008 10:06 PM EDT Comment 2 comments

Despite another gutty performance from a clearly gassed Cole Hamels, the Phillies yet again failed to score runs for the young lefthander, and the Braves prevailed over the Phils by a score of 3-2. A promising scoring opportunity in the bottom of the 6th petered out for the Phils with Pat Burrell getting caught in a rundown with no outs, and Shane Victorino getting caught stealing. Giving up outs of the basepaths = recipe for FAILURE.

Meanwhile in Flushing, Mets shortstop and Chris Wheeler spank bank Hall of Famer Jose Reyes smacked a bases clearing triple in the 6th and the Mets held on to beat the Cubs 6-2.

The Brewers are still in action in Milwaukee, currently trailing the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2. For what it's worth, the resemblance between Eric Gagne 2008 and Seth Rogen is uncanny.

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The Brewers won their game. So we’re exactly where we were, in terms of magic numbers, before play tonight: 3 to clinch a playoff berth, 4 for the division. Maybe the best way to think about it is that we’re also about where we were 48 hours ago (the Brewers are a half-game closer), with that much less time left to be caught.

A Phillies win tomorrow would go a long way toward assuring a non-stressful weekend, particularly if Carlos Zambrano can handle the Mets. He was absolutely mauled in his last start, I think by St. Louis, so he should be motivated.

If Pittsburgh manages to beat Milwaukee once in that series, I’ll be surprised. It’s remarkable how much emotionally I’ve got invested in the Cubs these next five days…

by dajafi on Sep 24, 2008 12:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Something else that really annoyed me about last night’s game, which I don’t think we’ve mentioned in any of the threads since then:

Rollins came up with two out, none on in the 7th, team trailing by a run. He got ahead 3-0. Utley, Werth and Howard were to follow. You have to take one, maybe two strikes in that situation, just to get on base… and he swung and hit a lazy fly ball to center.

Maybe that’s on Manuel for giving him the green light, rather than Jimmy. But either way, that’s inexcusable.

by dajafi on Sep 24, 2008 1:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs