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End of the Beginning: Phillies at Braves Game Thread, September 28, 2011

162 games, and it comes to this, a meaningful contest between two teams with things to play for (although some things more urgent than others).

The Braves hope to win and guarantee at worst a tie for the National League Wild Card spot, while the Phillies look to win their 102nd contest of the season, a franchise record that would also give skipper Charlie Manuel the all-time record for victories as Phillies manager.

The Braves send ace Tim Hudson to the hill to take on Joe Blanton, who will allegedly give way to Cole Hamels about midway through for a few postseason tune-up innings and a possible shot at his 15th victory of the season.

Discuss the game below. See you in October!


Next Game

Philadelphia Phillies
@ Atlanta Braves

Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011, 7:10 PM EDT
Turner Field

Joe Blanton vs Tim Hudson

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75.



Joe Blanton

#56 / Pitcher / Philadelphia Phillies

6-3

245

R

R

Dec 11, 1980


W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2011 - Joe Blanton 1-2 10 7 0 0 0 0 39.1 49 22 22 5 9 31 5.03 1.47




Tim Hudson

#15 / Pitcher / Atlanta Braves

6-1

175

R

R

Jul 14, 1975


W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2011 - Tim Hudson 16-10 32 32 1 1 0 0 208.2 183 84 75 14 55 154 3.23 1.14