The Panda's Revenge: Giants 7, Phillies 2
by WholeCamels on Jul 31, 2009 10:03 AM EDT
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Phillies' starter Rodrigo Lopez surely knew his fate, expendable now with the arrival of Cliff Lee and the (impending?) promotion of Pedro Martinez.
And like a pink-slipped cubicle jockey who is given "until the end of the week" to settle his affairs, Lopez's performance was as lackluster as could be expected. He wasn't helped by his defense -- particularly a misplayed line drive from Jayson Werth in the first, and a wide throw from Pedro Feliz in the fourth that opened the floodgates on a four run inning.
The big hit of the night, though, was Pablo Sandoval's solo home run into McCovey Cove, the 49th "splashdown" in the history of PacBell/AT&T Park. Sandoval had another hit and four RBIs total.
Things got a little tense in the top of the sixth, when Giants starter Jonathan Sanchez threw a fastball above Chase Utley's head. After a staredown, Utley worked a few pitches and then cranked a flyball over the right field wall for the Phillies' second and final run of the night. Tyler Walker retaliated in the seventh, plunking Ryan Garko with a pitch, after which both benches were warned.
Kyle Kendrick and Tyler Walker, two more likely lame duck pitchers, each worked two scoreless innings in relief.
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Put a fork in him
If he’s going to fold like a deck of cards knowing a slip-up could hasten his return to the minors, then good-bye. He needs to get tougher mentally.
by Boundforbeach on Jul 31, 2009 10:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think his fate was sealed the minute the Lee deal was finalized, unless he came out and pitched a shutout last night.
http://www.thegoodphight.com
by WholeCamels on Jul 31, 2009 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t normally put much stock in such things, but Lopez’ body language last night was that of a guy who knew his head was on the block, and he seemed to pitch like it.
by phatj on Jul 31, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kendrick
Almost cut his ERA in half :)
by philiafan14364 on Jul 31, 2009 11:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
his pitches actually seemed to have some bend in them.
by Wet Luzinski on Jul 31, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought he looked pretty sharp last night, but then again, the bar was set pretty low early on in the game.
by doubleh on Jul 31, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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