Break Dancing: Phillies 1, Reds 0
by dajafi on Jul 11, 2010 4:36 PM EDT
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PrintOn a day when, yet again, the Phillies lineup bore no resemblance other than what was on the uniforms to the league-devouring behemoth of 2007-2009, the team took a second straight 1-0 win from the NL Central leading Cincinnati Reds to finish out a four-game sweep. The heroes were Cole Hamels and the three relievers who followed him to get the final four outs, with a bit less drama than usual; this was the first game of the series not to last into extra innings.
That lineup managed just four hits and a run off former Phils farmhand Matt Maloney. As was the case Saturday night, a Carlos Ruiz double and a two-out Jimmy Rollins RBI single produced the run, albeit in the third inning rather than the 11th. The Phils threatened again in the fourth, as Jayson Werth led off with a deep drive to center that an imbecilic fan reached over the wall to catch; given the ricochet the ball would have taken off the wall and where outfielder Drew Stubbs was positioned, a triple or even inside-the-park home run was likely. But Werth anchored at second, and after hitting Ryan Howard with a pitch, Maloney escaped further trouble.
The lone run would have to hold up, and thanks to Hamels, it did. The lefty didn't fill up the strikeout column Sunday--in part because of the coin-flip strike zone artistically created by home plate ump Todd Tichenor--but mixed his pitches well and kept his composure throughout. He did perhaps his best work escaping a bases-loaded, no out jam in the fourth, after a seeming strikeout of Scott Rolen was deemed a walk. Hamels induced Jonny Gomes to ground to third, where Cody Ransom threw home for a force-out, and then caught a soft line drive off the bat of Jay Bruce which he flipped to Jimmy Rollins at second to double off Joey Votto. It was one of three double plays Hamels got on a day when he worked about a half-dozen full counts and saw the Reds foul off about two dozen offerings.
He finally gave way after 112 pitches with two outs in the eighth, when Votto doubled off the left-field wall on a full-count pitch. Charlie Manuel called on Jose Contreras to face Rolen, who again drew a walk after two beautiful pitches were inexplicably called balls. But the big Cuban got Gomes to ground softly to Wilson Valdez at second to end the threat. J.C. Romero started the ninth by striking out Bruce, then Brad Lidge came on to fan Drew Stubbs on a filthy slider before getting pinch-hitter Miguel Cairo to pop out to end it.
Now, let's not get too giddy here: excepting the 9th and 10th innings of Friday's comeback thriller, the Phillies scored a total of seven runs in 39 innings against the Reds, including two in their last 19 in games started by rookie left-handers with profiles somewhat lower than, say, Stephen Strasburg's. Still, a sweep is a sweep, and one of the four-game variety against a deep and talented Reds team provides a huge lift for the spirits as well as in the standings as the Phillies head into the all-star break.
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No Fangraph?
And what do you mean, “let’s not get too giddy here?”
We swept a 1st place team—the top scoring team in the NL was held to 10 runs in 42 innings.
Run differential was only +5 though. We were lucky to win all four. Probably only deserved to win three. Still, it was a good series for us.
At this point
I’ll take em however I can get em.
by sowhatifitisasportste on Jul 11, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
If one has a bet on the game based on how many runs the phillies win by?
by SportingFanaticism on Jul 11, 2010 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
“I gave that broad a black eye, she was giving me too much lip, BADA BING!”
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by WholeCamels on Jul 11, 2010 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Cubs next after the break. Hamels will have three days rest as of the first game of the series on Thursday, while Halladay will probably pitch one inning on Tuesday (which would, I think, be his throw day anyway).
Off the top of my head, I think I would go with:
Thu – Moyer
Fri – Halladay
Sat – Hamels
Sun/Mon – Kendrick/Blanton in any order
Sunday – Kendrick Monday have a public hangin of blanton at secound base after you reactavate Happ and tell the rest of the pitchers this is what happens when you shit the bed on a phillz staff.
All kiding asside I think Kendrick will give you a better start then Blanton.
by sowhatifitisasportste on Jul 11, 2010 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
In any event, David Murphy already got the scoop on this. It’s going to be:
Thu – Moyer
Fri – Blanton
Sat – Hamels
Sun – Halladay
Then, presumably, Kendrick on Monday in St. Louis (on ESPN).
Doesn’t look like the Cubs have set their rotation yet.
Oooh, I like that. I’m looking at tickets for Thu and Sun. Not sure if I want to go on Sat yet.
Cubs website has:
Thur – Dempster
Fri – Lilly
Sat – Wells
Sun – Gorzelanny
but who knows if that will stay the same.
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Hallady pitching in ASG
Interesting that it will push him back to Sunday, because that would mean Halladay would miss pitching in a four-game series vs. the Cardinals and Hamels would get the day game on Thursday vs. the Cardinals. With the way Halladay is it seems hard to believe he would require normal rest after pitching a couple of innings on Tuesday. Also, this rotation is not listed on the MLB website, although the Cubs pitchers do show up. Makes you wonder if that’s some misinformation that Charlie’s putting out there.
by phillyinportland on Jul 11, 2010 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
That doesn't make any sense.
I much prefer the rotation you listed above.
Move Doc to Saturday if he really needs the rest or something (as in, ASG goes to 86 innings), but I just don’t get him on Sunday.
Seriously, not worth it.
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by WholeCamels on Jul 11, 2010 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
And pistol-whip your African-American zombies.
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by WholeCamels on Jul 11, 2010 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Brown up 1 out, men on second and third
by SportingFanaticism on Jul 11, 2010 6:23 PM EDT reply actions
Legs out an 0-1 pitch he hit to deep short, RBI
by SportingFanaticism on Jul 11, 2010 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Does Brown usually play right field in Lehigh Valley?
by SportingFanaticism on Jul 11, 2010 6:25 PM EDT reply actions
Thanks, didn’t know and the way the announcers said right field today I thought maybe it wasn’t his normal position.
by SportingFanaticism on Jul 11, 2010 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
It is really weird to see a Phillie at the very top of the top prospects lists. But in a good way, of course.
Castro head Brown picked off but he hesitated
by SportingFanaticism on Jul 11, 2010 6:28 PM EDT reply actions
And then he almost gets nailed rounding second on a single to shallow left
by SportingFanaticism on Jul 11, 2010 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Base running is not his strength, I guess.
He needs to correct that before he gets here, or the fans will turn on him quick. Young players who come to Philadelphia with high expectations are rarely treated well.
Brown pulled out for a pinch runner after advancing to third on a passed ball. Uh Oh
by SportingFanaticism on Jul 11, 2010 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s the report they’re giving during the game, he claims he’s ok to play but they want a trainer to look at him.
by SportingFanaticism on Jul 11, 2010 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
brown says his leg hurt getting out of box on IF hit; recall he dove into 2 bases later. says it’s not serious
by SportingFanaticism on Jul 11, 2010 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions
If it keeps the Phillies from calling him up, can it be a bad thing?
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 11, 2010 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Hoping to hear something about Brown at this point
by SportingFanaticism on Jul 11, 2010 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah
There are two teams with five players on the list:
Braves (6, 20, HM, HM, HM)
Royals (12, 13, 18, HM, HM)
The numbers are their rankings – “HM” stands for honorable mention, or 26-50.
After that, we’re tied four other teams that have three guys on the list:
Phillies (1, HM, HM)
Twins (9, 22, HM)
Rockies (21, HM, HM)
Blue Jays (23, HM, HM)
Dodgers (HM, HM, HM)
But two of the Blue Jays’ guys were guys we drafted. So if we had kept them, we would be tied with the Braves and Royals.
Six teams have two guys on the list. Thirteen teams have one. Four teams have zero.
Amusingly, one of the teams with zero is the Mets. Sucks to be them.
kelly dugan
I was wondering what was up with Kelly Dugan, our top pick last year, because I hadn’t seen his name anywhere for a while, and I found this article:
STILL OUT: Outfielder Kelly Dugan, the Phillies’ second-round draft choice in 2009, was officially placed on the 7-day disabled list on Friday. Dugan had an infection surgically removed from an undisclosed part of his body a couple weeks ago and is currently recovering at his home in California.
Weird.
Yes, I deleted Tree Man, I literally gagged.
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by WholeCamels on Jul 11, 2010 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I saw the original post. I think this is a more aesthetically pleasing version of a treeman...
granted, his name is Wood Man. ahhhh Mega Man 2 memories.
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by soman319 on Jul 11, 2010 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
ba dadadadadada daaahhhhhh… da da, da da, da daaaaaa, da DA!
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by WholeCamels on Jul 11, 2010 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry about that. I didn’t think people would gag. I forgot that not everyone could spend all day in the medical oddity museum.
Oh I’ve been the the Mutter Museum, but that’s one thing. Coming on here and going scrollscrollscrollscrollscrollscroll OH GOOD CHRIST! is a separate matter.
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by WholeCamels on Jul 11, 2010 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I forgot about the scrolling. Yeah that would be intense if you never had seen him before. People have told me about that place but haven’t been since I moved back to the area. Is it worth the visit or is like a hand full of weirdness followed by 90 rooms of mircoscopes and surgical tools throught the decades?
No it’s almost all weirdness. If deformed fetuses in jars are what you crave, the I highly recommend it.
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by WholeCamels on Jul 11, 2010 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I have seen him before and it still freaks the shit out of me. And I once sat in on a gross anatomy session at Drexel’s med school and had no problem detaching a dead human’s leg.
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by FuquaManuel on Jul 11, 2010 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you. No offense to j reed (I too love the Mutter Museum as much as anyone) it’s just that something about that guy is totally horrifying and nauseating at the same time.
Plus, when I look at him, I immediately think: “holy freaking god, what if that was me?” And then I think about how it would force me to lead a completely cloistered existence and yet how hard it would be to post on TGP with trees for hands and so on.
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by FuquaManuel on Jul 11, 2010 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions
yes, they do get surgery for that.
My friend did. Yeah, my friend…
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by WholeCamels on Jul 11, 2010 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
i guess i am not too familiar with the phillies prospects, does anyone know much about their first pick this year? i konw he was a local kid, but how legit of a prospect is he?
i am just kinda broadening my baseball knowledge beyond just the game, and i was wondering if it was commonplace to draft a player in the first round that it doesnt seem like anyone really has a strong opinoin on
Jesse Biddle
It’s really hard to tell because he pitched out of a cold-weather prep school with fairly low levels of competition. But his size at his age (6’5", 230 lbs.), raw stuff, and makeup scream “projectability.”
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by WholeCamels on Jul 11, 2010 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
For all the Halladay love, Hamels is capable of doing this sort of thing for more years than Roy. I often post about this, but Hamels is really, really young still, especially compared to the rest of the team. The only two active players younger than Hamels?:
-Herndon
-Kendrick
Cole Hamels is 26, folks. He could be pitching like this, god willing and the creeks don’t rise, for the next 10 – 15 years.
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 11, 2010 7:57 PM EDT reply actions
Roy Halladay will be throwing shutouts at age 55
by benderbrodriguez on Jul 12, 2010 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
Will Jamie Moyer still be taking the mound?
by sowhatifitisasportste on Jul 12, 2010 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Nice game
Thoroughly enjoyed it, even if I did feel like I was going to melt. Guys behind us were Red Sox fans doing the ballpark tour who said CBP was leaps and bounds better than CitiField.
When Charlie took Romero out in the 9th, fans were none too pleased.
Phils got a fair amount of good luck in this series, but today they earned the win. Umps called the weirdest strikezone and 2 fan interferences? Really? What is wrong with people? We couldn’t get any replays at the park but that second one really looked like it was going out from our angle.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luukko
It was the right call
But if the fan didn’t interfere, the ball would ricochet and Werth would have at least a triple or maybe even an inside the parker like Utley once did.
“Werth would have at least a triple or maybe even an inside the parker”
Doubt it. Werth would have been confused after rounding second and would have had to ask for directions at third.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeYsTmIzjkw
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by RememberthePhitans on Jul 12, 2010 7:04 AM EDT up reply actions
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