Get Off My Lawn! Pedro Martinez Dominates, Pins Loss on Lincecum: Phillies 2, Giants 1

by WholeCamels on Sep 3, 2009 9:20 PM EDT Comment 28 comments

It was a matchup of willowy right-handed flamethrowers, and for one night, the old man showed the kid how it's done.

Pedro Martinez put on an absolute clinic, striking out nine and walking none over seven innings pitched. He allowed one run -- a solo home run to Giants' leadoff man Eugenio Velez on the first pitch of the game. He threw 87 pitches, and only came out after seven innings for a pinch hitter with a runner on second base.

None of this is to say Tim Lincecum didn't fare well. Lincecum also went seven innings, striking out 11 Phillies and allowing just four hits, one of them being a mammoth Jayson Werth home run into the second deck in left field in the second inning for the Phillies first run. The Phillies scored their second run after Lincecum hit Chase Utley with a pitch, and then allowed a two out double to Ryan Howard in the sixth inning.

Ryan Madson pitched a sharp eighth inning, and Brad Lidge gave us another Cardiac Save, surrendering a two out single to Randy Winn and a walk before getting Fred Lewis to ground into a fielder's choice.

Tonight was billed as a terrific pitchers' duel, and it didn't disappoint. Unless you had to watch the MLB Network feed, and listen to the sanctimonious Bob Costas for two hours like I did.

So how many times has a team scored three runs and taken two games from a three game series?

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Wow

Good series. I would have liked more hitting, but if you had told me years ago that the Phillies would be winning with stellar starting pitching, I would have called you a crack head. My apologies to all the crack heads out there in the blogosphere.

by doubleh on Sep 3, 2009 9:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Crackheads already sold their stolen computers. You’re safe.

What about the brief case? You forgot the brief case! I'm going home! So clear a path, you motherf*ckers! Clear a path! I'M GOING HOME! -Bill Foster

by BudVugger on Sep 3, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

but if you had told me years ago that the Phillies would be winning with stellar starting pitching

shoot…if you’d told me that in April, I’d have said the same.

by Bilzo on Sep 3, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You have seen this Giant’s offense right?

For Who? My teammates.

For What? To Win.

How Much? Where do I sign?

by jonk on Sep 4, 2009 8:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it put up 4 on J.A. Happ which is not a minor accomplishment.

by Bilzo on Sep 4, 2009 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

At least once.

For Who? My teammates.

For What? To Win.

How Much? Where do I sign?

by jonk on Sep 3, 2009 9:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Fantastic game tonight. Was absolutely surprised by Pedro, who even already (in ridiculous baseball money) has earned the $1M.

by Wet Luzinski on Sep 3, 2009 9:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Pete 3-0, Phils 5-0 in his starts

by SmilingJPhilsPhan on Sep 3, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Manuel just tied Jim Fregosi

with 431 wins as Phils mgr.

by Wet Luzinski on Sep 3, 2009 9:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was shocked at how good Pedro looked. It gave me a lot of good feelings of things to come. We just have to get a steady hitting rythem down. It is weird now that I think about it, really how many times has a team won a three game series and only score 3 runs.

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 Sep 3, 2009 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

bob costas

i liked costas on the mlb network. who else would you want, joe buck?

by umdeagle on Sep 3, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

compared to the other network clowns I have to listen to (Buck, McCarver, Morgan) I’m quite happy with Costas. He’s not smarmy, stupid, or crotchety, but he can get a little blah.

by Bilzo on Sep 3, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just hate the age-ist “Boy, baseball was so much different back when I was young!” thing, which can easily be read as “Baseball used to be so much better!” Way to sell the sport, douchey.

http://www.thegoodphight.com

by WholeCamels on Sep 4, 2009 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got chills watching Pedro tonight

The Dude was DEALIN’. What a great game. These are the kinds of baseball games I drool over.

"It was almost like if Harry didn't call it, it wasn't real." - Jayson Stark

by Chris Haines on Sep 3, 2009 10:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Let us bear in mind

that this was the Giants lineup. They really aren’t any good. For the love of Pete, a Molina brother is hitting cleanup for them. Shutting them down isn’t quite on the same level as shutting down, uh… us, I guess, or the Yankees, or the Dodgers or Red Sox, or maybe the Rangers. Still, it’s really nice to see: this was in essence our #5 starter against their #1 starter, and we came out on top. That’s pretty sweet – even if 7ip 1r vs. SF = 6 ip 3 r vs LA.

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

by The Navigator on Sep 3, 2009 11:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Good Q

“So how many times has a team scored three runs and taken two games from a three game series?”

Add in the fact that the Giants scored 5 runs in the series, and it’s even weirder.

by ajay on Sep 4, 2009 1:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

try

listening to the game on 1210 instead. I’ve about given up watching, unless the situation is really dramatic or there’s a replay I just have to see.

by lpfist on Sep 4, 2009 6:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

the Frantzke/Andersen duo bugs me. I’ll take Sarge and whoever over them.

by Bilzo on Sep 4, 2009 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I love LA and Franzke, but I don’t know how well their shtick (read: alcoholic hijinks) would translate to radio.

http://www.thegoodphight.com

by WholeCamels on Sep 4, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

radio = television

I’m an idiot

http://www.thegoodphight.com

by WholeCamels on Sep 4, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

be kinder to yourself. Even when you are, you entertain.

I feel like Franzke and Anderson would be great on TV.

by Wet Luzinski on Sep 4, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Outside of the fact that you’d be able to visually confirm that LA actually is still hungover at 7 PM.

by Steve J on Sep 4, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well, it wouldn’t make it the first or last time that happened with a local broadcast legend.

by Wet Luzinski on Sep 5, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

But video killed the radio star.

by SJPhillyVT on Sep 4, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

1210

LA and franzke would be a nice change, they are more entertaining. it seems like wheels and t-mac are afraid to critize even if just a little, that is something LA is good for.

by #26HOF2B on Sep 4, 2009 2:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m not sure how this morphed into a Phillies broadcaster discussion, but I feel the radio team is much stronger than the TV team, and much more enjoyable. I’d like Franzke to at least get the midding innings – TMac has a tendency to get on my nerves for the full 9 …

by Philly_Mike_13 on Sep 4, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

uh, that would be "middle" innings

I guess that’s why they have a “preview” button here, huh??

by Philly_Mike_13 on Sep 4, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You should hear Wheels on the radio during a national broadcast. He’s arguably worse than LA – he gets so down on players you’d think he was Larry Bowa.

Plus he’s just plain awful at his job, so when the crutch of video is taken away and he’s forced to fill all the air time with conversation, he repeats himself about 4 times every half inning, instead of the usual 2.

Please don’t suggest the radio team be moved to television. They’re all we non-television crowd have.

by Steve J on Sep 4, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs