Well Played!: Phillies 7, Marlins 2

by WholeCamels on Aug 4, 2010 11:49 PM EDT

Kyle Kendrick pitched six strong innings, and a still-hot Raul Ibanez paced the offensive attack with two hits, a sacrifice fly, and a walk in five plate appearances, as the Phillies jumped on Marlins starter Anibal Sanchez en route to a 7-2 victory.

Kendrick allowed two runs in six innings, striking out five and walking no one. There were a few close calls, however, including right fielder Domonic Brown throwing out the tying run at home plate in the bottom of the third inning, and Jimmy Rollins catching a screaming line drive for the third out with runners on second and third in the bottom of the fifth inning, preserving the Phillies then 4-2 lead.

The Phillies would plate two insurance runs in the ninth, with help from Dan Uggla, who botched a throw on a dead double play ground ball off the bat off Brown.

Jayson Werth's struggles continued, as he struck out three times with one hit (a broken bat dribbler to left) in five at-bats.

This is the Phillies' first road series victory since their trip to Yankee Stadium in June. Ya, really.

Jam!

via www.fangraphs.com

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That they hadn’t won a road series since before summer started is pretty crazy. This was an exceptional road team the previous few years… OTOH they’ve been something like a .640 team at home.

Weird year. Kind of astounding that it still has a chance to turn out pretty well.

by dajafi on Aug 5, 2010 12:07 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Still waiting for Brown’s first career walk…

Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.

by FuquaManuel on Aug 5, 2010 12:45 AM EDT reply actions

Walk… what fun would that be— I am waiting for Brown’s first career dinger!

by dannijd on Aug 5, 2010 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah 6 K’s to no BB’s isn’t exactly fantastic…the guy likes to do things in 6’s…6 K’s, 6 RBI, 6 hits…

Question…Which happens first? Walk or Home Run?

Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!

by EREX21 on Aug 5, 2010 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions

Considering how many Sac Flies he has (proof of some level of power), I am going to go with the Home Run, provided that he does not walk tonight (hitter’s park). At more neutral CBP, I think he has a better chance of the home run.

by dannijd on Aug 5, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Should have read pitcher’s park.

by dannijd on Aug 5, 2010 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions

Something definitely worth monitoring. Also, something that I definitely planned to comment on in the next prospect roundup… if my computer will ever return from the shop.

by PhillyFriar on Aug 5, 2010 9:09 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

What did you do to the poor thing?

by j reed on Aug 5, 2010 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions

It’ll happen. I suspect it’s not unusual for a highly touted prospect whose history suggests decent-to-good plate discipline to get a little contact-crazy when first promoted.

by dajafi on Aug 5, 2010 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, the reasons this is the first road series victory since the Yankees are because the Phillies were playing so great that month and the Yankees suck.

by Wet Luzinski on Aug 5, 2010 7:18 AM EDT reply actions

I just realized for the first time that “Anibal” is Spanish for “Hannibal”. Never occurred to me. But it makes perfect sense now.

by taco pal on Aug 5, 2010 10:40 AM EDT reply actions

Interesting post over at Fish Stripes

In an attempt to better know my opponent, I lurked over to Fish Stripes and found an interesting article stating that Sun Life Stadium favors strike outs. While there is a slight difference based on handedness with the increase (11% for right-handers vs. 12% for southpaws), the difference shows up both in the amount of strikeouts achieved by their pitchers (21.4% at home vs. 16.2% on the road) and suffered by their hitters (22.3% at home vs. 16.2% on the road). It is weird to think of a park favoring strikeouts— has anyone heard of this before?

by dannijd on Aug 5, 2010 11:12 AM EDT reply actions

Probably because the lighting is bad.

by taco pal on Aug 5, 2010 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Could the light issue be contributing to the number of errors Uggla has in this series?

Hey Dez, it's 2am do you know where your mother is?

by sowhatifitisasportste on Aug 5, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Possibly- it is more likely if Uggla has consistently more errors at home than away and if other second basemen have above average error rates playing at Sun Life Stadium.

by dannijd on Aug 5, 2010 2:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions