Lump of Cole: Mets 4, Phillies 2

by dajafi on Aug 21, 2009 11:44 PM EDT Comment 8 comments

From the first Mets batter of the game, you had the feeling this would be yet another one of those nights for Cole Hamels. The struggling lefty faced Angel Pagan in the bottom of the first inning, got ahead 1-2, saw Pagan foul off four straight pitches and then lace one just out of the reach of third baseman Greg Dobbs.

Hamels wasn't scored on in the first, but allowed two runs in the second and third innings each, lowlighted by hitting opposite number Mike Pelfrey on an 0-2 count in the second and a leadoff Jeff Francoeur homer an inning later, to put the Phils behind 4-1. He left after five innings and 92 pitches, allowing ten hits including the one home run, hitting two batters, and striking out six. The loss dropped Hamels to 7-8 on the year and 1-4 lifetime against the team he dismissed as "chokers" last winter. Hamels last won on July 28, against the Diamondbacks; since then, he's gone 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, and 5.0 innings, and the team has lost all four games.

The Phillies had chances against Mike Pelfrey and three relievers, but couldn't get the big hit when needed; they left 11 men on base, including the bases loaded against Pelfrey in the sixth and first and third against Francisco Rodriguez in the ninth. But the Mets closer struck out Chase Utley and Ryan Howard to end the game... and then celebrated like he'd done something remotely approaching what Hamels did last October.

The series continues Saturday night with J.A. Happ against New York's Tim Redding.

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Wow...

Another poor outing by Cole Hamels… I wonder if he’s the one that should’ve been demoted when Martinez came up?

by PhillyFan20XX on Aug 22, 2009 4:00 AM EDT reply actions

and the offense definitely supported that poor outing with wonderful run support

Don't frack with me or you'll get a punch in the kidneys...you've been warned

by jemagee on Aug 22, 2009 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions

I hope when the Phillies are as garbage as the mets are if one a pitchers will act like he won the world series when h wins one game.

I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.

by Christopher A on Aug 22, 2009 9:13 AM EDT reply actions

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by daddieo on Aug 22, 2009 2:39 PM EDT reply actions

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by WholeCamels on Aug 22, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Somebody woke up late and had three steaming cups o’ crazy.

by dajafi on Aug 22, 2009 3:18 PM EDT reply actions

How's the weather in Philly?

Are you guys battening down the hatches yet?

That ball hit deep! Way back! You can put it on the boooaaaard...YES!

Long drive into deep right center field! This ball is OUTTA HEEERRRREE!
R.I.P. Harry Kalas 4-13-09

by HappyHuman on Aug 22, 2009 4:45 PM EDT reply actions

Just read this on delaware online

Said Manuel, "He’s probably trying to do a little bit too much. I tell him to go out there and pitch the way he knows how."

In the fourth and fifth innings last night, Hamels did exactly that, and, wouldn’t you know it, he pitched two scoreless frames.

"I went back to how I pitched in ‘06, which was kind of not really worrying," Hamels said. "It was kind of just throwing the baseball, just knowing that there’s a reason I am where I am, and you have to go back to that sometimes. It was almost like not giving a care in the world."

And maybe, just maybe, that’s what Hamels has to do. Forget about the expectations. Just pitch.

"It’s all there," Manuel said. "You’ve just got to have some confidence in him. That’s what I’m pulling for."

Maybe, just maybe next time he will do it for 7 innings?

by DeanH on Aug 22, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions