That's all they got, one God-&$%@ed hit?: Phillies 4, Marlins 0

by WholeCamels on Jul 17, 2009 8:02 AM EDT

On a muggy night in south Florida, Jamie Moyer continued his dominance of the Florida Marlins, allowing just one hit -- a leadoff single by Jorge Cantu in the fifth inning -- and walking just one batter in seven innings pitched, as the Phillies cruised to an easy 4-0 victory over the second place Marlins.

All four of the Phillies runs came by the home run off Marlins starter Chris Volstad -- two by Raul Ibanez, and one from Ryan Howard, the 200th of his career.

Not all of the returning All-Stars fared as well; Jayson Werth took the Golden Sombrero, striking out four times.

The Phillies have now won six in a row overall, and sit five games ahead of the Marlins in the standings.

via www.fangraphs.com

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by EastFallowfield on Jul 17, 2009 10:51 AM EDT reply actions

Moyer had as many hits as the Marlins

by sports00fan00 on Jul 17, 2009 11:32 AM EDT reply actions

I posted a note on the other blog, after yesterday’s game. I said, I think the team should keep Moyer in the rotation, but just give him about 10 days between starts.

by fan since late 40's on Jul 17, 2009 11:36 AM EDT reply actions

so have him & lopez rotate every start?

maybe throw pedro in there two, so you have 3 men rotating in 2 spots of the rotation (that would be a interesting way to go about it)

(if we don’t trade for anyone else)

by sports00fan00 on Jul 17, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions

The “fastest to 200 homers” thing is amazing. Number two was Ralph Kiner, who took something like 48 more games to get there than Howard has. Number three, Juan Gonzalez, needed something like 760 games.

I guess the fact that Howard didn’t get to the majors until he’d finished filling out physically and pretty much had his offensive game where it’s been ever since helped, compared to guys who reached the big leagues while still developing. Even so, what an accomplishment.

by dajafi on Jul 17, 2009 11:58 AM EDT reply actions

Something's wrong with that Fangraphs chart

Why would the Marlins’ odds of victory improve slightly immediately after each Phils’ homer, while the Phils’ margin improved directly after a Cantu single? Yo no entiendo.

Does the actual event occur a little bit further earlier, slightly to the left along the green line, while the red dots indicate how the odds have changed after the event has taken place? That obviously would make sense of the dots, but …. ah, whatever. Blame me and my trite, hackneyed approach to reading timelines wherein events are noted when they occur, not when their effects are felt. This newfangled approach seems like a timeline with a note saying NEW PRESIDENT ELECTED and an arrow pointing to a dot in early 2001, 2005, 2009, etc.

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

by The Navigator on Jul 17, 2009 2:05 PM EDT reply actions