Bad Case of the Runs: Dodgers 15, Phillies 9
by dajafi on Aug 10, 2010 10:56 PM EDT
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PrintSo that didn't go too well: after three outstanding starts following his quickie demotion to/recall from the minor leagues, Kyle Kendrick reverted to his Mr. Hyde form Tuesday night against the Dodgers. Kendrick allowed as many baserunners--ten, on eight hits and two walks--as he recorded outs in 3.1 ineffective innings. By the time he left, with men on first and third and one out in the fourth, the Phillies trailed 4-0, and just-recalled Antonio Bastardo quickly surrendered three straight singles to add two more runs to Kendrick's account as well as one of his own.
Down 7-0, the Phils briefly threatened to make a game of it. Domonic Brown got them on the scoreboard in the fourth with a sacrifice fly--his third, against no walks thus far, raising the interesting-to-me-and-maybe-other-geeks question of how long his batting average can stay above his on-base percentage. An inning later, the Phils chased Vicente Padilla with three more runs, two on a Ross Gload homer (his first of two in the game), to make it 7-4. Padilla got the victory in about as unimpressive form as possible: five innings, six hits, four runs, two walks, two strikeouts.
His fantasy owners no doubt breathed a sigh of relief when LA regained its seven-run cushion by pushing four across in the top of the sixth against David Herndon, who hadn't pitched since July 30. Jay Gibbons hit his first home run since 2007, a two-run shot, to make it 11-4. In the bottom of the inning, Brown notched his first major-league homer, a solo shot; the teams later traded two-spots in the seventh and ninth. Brown finished the scoring by driving in two more with a bases loaded double in the ninth, giving him four RBI on the night. Still trailing by six, with men on second and third and two outs, the Phillies endured the consequences of a roster that now has 13 pitchers and 12 position players; Charlie Manuel had to call on Cole Hamels to pinch-hit, and he flew out to end the game.
Phillies pitching set a couple season highs, neither of which they'll especially cherish: seven pitchers used, 15 runs surrendered. The top six spots in the Dodger lineup went a collective 17 for 29. They'll try it again tomorrow when Roy Oswalt makes his home debut against Chad Billingsley.
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Really?
I thought it was the shit, I laughed.
by TwistyWristy on Aug 10, 2010 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
howzabout:
Dodgers Runs, and the Phils Can’t Hyde.
by Wet Luzinski on Aug 10, 2010 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Relaxitive
I saw it (or in this case, smelled it) immediately
by TwistyWristy on Aug 10, 2010 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Eh… enough. That one was pretty bad.
by philsandthrills on Aug 10, 2010 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I spent $10k on customer suites for this game. I had clients at this shitshow.
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
Hold up, you have $10K to drop just like that?
Can an unemployed brother get some love? ; )
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.
by FuquaManuel on Aug 10, 2010 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Meh, I get vendors to pay for everything, but still…my company sponsored them. It’s hard enough to get clients to go to stuff these days. I don’t think the Phils have won one game yet this year where I had a suite event.
Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est.
Kudos to me for stumping for Bastardo yesterday. Phillies LOOGY-dom is quickly becoming a wasteland (see also Romero, J.C.).
Eh, Kendrick will have nights like this — it’s the nature of the beast. At least the offense didn’t take the night off… and Dom had a big night! I thought he might even walk when he got to 3-1 against Monasterios, but alas, we’ll have to wait for that.
I agree with you on Kendrick… it is painful when he implodes but if he wins his next three or four starts in between, I’m fine with that.
by TwistyWristy on Aug 10, 2010 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently a man named George Sherrill, standing in the middle of the tracks, caused the enginner, JC Romero, to slam on the brakes which resulted in the train’s unfortunate derailment.
LOL— so given the choice (and only being allowed to vote one off of the island) Baez, Herndon, or Romero?
Kendrick’s a fifth starter, and a decent one. Nights like this are why he’s very likely never to be more than a fifth starter.
by dajafi on Aug 10, 2010 11:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I did not even get frustrated with Kendrick tonight— I almost expect nights like this to be the norm with him— I am overjoyed when he pitches well, but the bad does not bother me— if Halladay, Hamels, or Oswalt pitched like this I would have been frustrated— but Kendrick and the ’pen just leave me disappointed in the loss.
This is true. I found myself almost defending KK at one point (he’s the fifth starter, he’s just as good/bad as the other teams’ fifth starters, ect) against my very angry father-in-law, who was yelling at the TV and was ready to rip off someone’s head or something.
"Clever girl."
by LeepinLizardz on Aug 11, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Barf.
The only way to describe this game in one word.
Victorino
Anyone know why he left the rehab game early?
Chipper is hurt if that makes you feel better.
I fed a fish to a pelican and Frisco bay and he tried to eat my cell phone he ran away
Uh-Oh
Per Matt Gelb’s Twitter Manuel said that Polanco came out of tonight’s game because of a re-aggravation of his triceps tendonitis.
Bad blood in the NL Central
The thread at El Birdos for Game 2 of the Cards-Reds series (post-Brandon Phillips comments) had two overflows and 3100+ comments. The threads at Red Reporter had almost 2000 (tailing off when the Cards were ahead in the later innings).
Wonder if BBM plans an NL Central rivals chat.
well
Cardinals fans: “We’re SOOOO much nicer and more civilized than you!”
http://www.thegoodphight.com
This game was scary. I’m pretty glad I was away from the Internet and thus couldn’t be on the game thread. It must have been ugly.
Padilla was freaking me out the whole night. I’ve never had the profound pleasure of watching that dude before. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure he was wearing just his jersey against bare skin (unlike everyone else who wears Under Armour or something similar) and was sweating through it by the end of the first inning. Eww. Unless he was wearing a wife-beater undershirt or something. Seeing him dripping was nasty enough, but not being able to pry the image of his bare chest out of my brain was just traumatizing. Although watching his face in slo-mo as Ross Gload hit his first homer=epic.
Jimmy also scared me last night. Tripping over second base? Dropping the ball? Limping and wincing? When I saw him fall over at second I seriously thought he must have passed out from the heat, or he’s having a seizure or something. Scary.
And the fact that Dobbs took over at third after Polly made a hard dive for the ball…terrifying.
To be honest, KK (and Bastardo, for that matter) wasn’t terribly upsetting, there would have been fewer runs if there weren’t some botched double plays. One expects KK to have a bad night every now and then, and Bastardo is just a kid. Bastardo’s inability to find the strike zone was a little annoying, but I’ll excuse it as rookie nerves. Romero facing a righty and giving up a HR (who was that? Casey Blake?) was totally expected. I even called it. I told my husband “he’s facing a righty, that’s gonna be a homer,” and my husband, quoting the hitter’s stats against Romero (posted across the bottom of the screen, in hope-building fashion) said “well, he’s actually pretty bad vs. Romero.” And two seconds later, he hit a homer. I was smug.
Well, anyway, it was ugly, but not completely disheartening. At least the offense showed up. Gload was fantastic at the plate. Dom hit a homer (although hitting a grand slam during his previous at-bat would have been even more awesome). Vincente Padilla didn’t kill anyone. Cole didn’t get hurt while pinch hitting. Shane had an encouraging rehab assignment. Certainly Chase and Ryan will be back before we know it (right? please?)
Oh well. See you all on tonight’s game thread. Roy2 will do well.
"Clever girl."
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