Friday, July 17, 2009

Phillies News and Notes: 7/17/09

TONIGHT'S GAME:

Phils vs. Marlins 6:05 PM ET:

Cole Hamels (5-5) vs. Ricky Nolasco (6-7)

Offical Phillies vs. Marlins Game Notes!

Check back right here for updates throughout the game.

News and Notes:

Clay Condrey was activated from the DL and Tyler Walker was designated for assignmen

"THE PEN" on MLB Network today at 4:30 central. It is defiantly worth watching, with an unmatchable in-depth look at the Phillies bullpen.

Pedro Martinez played a light game of catch last night before the Phillies game with the Marlins.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Phillies Notebook

Phils vs. Dodgers..... LIVE!:

There is curently no score in the Phils-Dodgers game. It is in the 3rd inning. More to come! Cole Hamels gets the nod. Follow live on the new scoreboard!

Romero back
:

After a 50-game suspension, Phils reliever J.C. Romero is back with the team. He even got into the game last night pitching 1.1 innings and giving up an unearned run. To make room on the roster, Sergio Escalona was sent down to Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

Drabek solid:

Kyle Drabek produced a very solid game, in his first Double-A start. Drabek went 7 innings while giving up three hits and no runs on four K's as the Reading Phillies valted to the win 6-1 over the Akron Aeros.

Plenty of Talent in 2009 MLB Draft:

The 2009 edition of the MLB Draft has no shortage of talent. With plenty of talented college seniors(which is unusual) and tons of top high school players waiting to hear their name called, the MLB Draft will be fun to watch. It will be televised by MLB Network next Tuesday(June 9th) evening. The Mariners have the Phillies first round pick because of the signing of Raul Ibanez. I'll bet if the Phillies front office knew he was this good they would have given the Mariners even more draft picks.

Ibanez is help to my ailing fantasy team:

Right know, my fantasy team is on a one game win streak and about to win another game thanks to Phillies outfielder Raul Ibanez. My team had previously been in the cellar all year, until know. So if it hasn't already become obvious: ADD RAUL TO YOUR FANTASY BASEBALL TEAM!

Monday, June 1, 2009

Bastardo called to Phils, to make first start Tuesday

Antonio Bastardo was called up the the Philadelphia Phillies to replace the injured Brett Myers. His first start will be Tuesday. Bastardo had a 3-2 record with a 1.89 ERA, pitching 47.2 innings and striking out 51 batters. He played with both the Reading Phillies(AA) and the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. Bastardo was also a non-roster invitee with the Phils in Spring Training. There he had a 5.40 ERA anmd pitched five innings with 6 K's. Among other moves, Gustavo Chacin was called up from Reading to Lehigh Valley, and Kyle Drabek was called up from Clearwater to Reading.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Phillies in need of a comeback against Fins

The Phils are currently down 5-1 in the sixth thanks to a Dan Uggla solo blast, a Chris Coglan double, and Cody Ross jack. Carlos Ruiz also had a solo dinger of his own, his second of the year. Brett Myers went 5 and 2/3 giving up 7 hits and 5 earned runs with 3 strikouts. Myers, until this point, was having a respectable May after a shaky start to the season in April. More info and anaylsis to come!

On the Farm Scoreboard:

The Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs currently lead the Buffalo Bisons 5-1, thanks to homers by Paul Hoover and Jeremy Slayden. Kyle Kendrick is pitching well.

New Phillies Scoreboard!

I have added a new tool to the blog! It is a Phillies scoreboard! So now while you get live updates from the blog you can also always know the score as soon as it changes! Pretty neat right? Well it will come into use tonight as the Phils wrap up their series against the Fins! Come back for live updates and feel free to leave comments!

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Blanton shuts out Marlins in victory


Well, even though I just wrote my previous article just a couple of hours ago it is already outdated. It's a good read and you won't understand what I am talking about now until you read it. Joe Blanton, who has struggled all season, lowered his ERA a whole number while shutting out the Marlins. He rung up 11 Florida hitters on strikes in the win. He is now 3-3 with a 6.14 ERA. The Phillies won the game 5-3. Chad Durbin got into some trouble walking two hitters which loaded the bases with 1 out in the top of ninth. Two runs scored on an throwing error by Ryan Howard, making the score 5-2. Brad Lidge came on and saved the game although he did surrender a walk. He now has 9 saves. Shane Victorio had the big stick going 4 for 5 with two doubles and an RBI. The Phillies play the Marlins again tomorrow at 6:05 central time. For the Marlins it will be Burke Badenhop, who is 2-2 with a 5.75 ERA. The Phils will start Brett Myers, who is 4-2 with a 4.34 ERA.

Minor League Notes:
The Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs defeated the Buffalo Bisons 2-1 behind a gem from Andrew Carpenter, who made a start for the Phillies earlier this season. Carpenter pitched 7 innings giving up 6 hits and giving up one lone earned run which was on a pinch-hit home run by Buffalo's Michel Abreu. Carpenter had 4 K's. Miguel Cairo, who was designated for assignment last week by the Phillies, went 2 for 4. If Jamie Moyer or any other of the Phillies starters get injured or struggle Andrew Carpenter would be a good choice to replace them. He received the win for the Phils when he pitched although he did give up several runs.

Phillies starting rotation woes possibly coming to a slow and steady end(well, sort of)


No I'm not an idiot. In fact, I am/was an honor roll student. Although the headline might be hard to understand, there may actually be an end in the near future to some of the Phils starting hurler's(who sometimes make me want to hurl, in the other way) problems. After a strong start by J.A. Happ against the Yanks, and as it appears Cole Hamels's SI cover jinx has worn off, we may start to see more solid starts in the near future. Brett Myers has been more consistent than all of them, being, until last week, the only Phils starter who had an ERA under 5. Joe Blanton and Jamie Moyer,however, continue to get roughed up, with Blanton going tonight against former North Carolina pitcher Andrew Miller and the Marlins. While Blanton is known to have a high ERA for a starter, he usually gets the job done until this year, with a shaky record and ERA, 2-3 and 7.11 respectivly. While I am still a firm beleiver that Blanton will come around, if he keeps going like this, he may find himself much like Brett Myers last year heading to Lehigh Valley to play for the Pigs for a while. Jaime Moyer is someone to worry about. Until this point, Moyer has turned out to be a great find. Although aged, Moyer joined the Phils rotation a little bit past the midway point in 2006, and has proved to be a reliable pitcher, playing a huge role in helping the Phillies win the 2008 World Series. At 46, if he doesn't start producing soon, he will find he baseball career come to a sreeching halt. When and if that happens it will be a sad day for me, being a fan and admirer of Moyer. But that doesn't take away from his off the field image, which is a very great guy, and a terrific role model. In a perfect world Blanton and Moyer wille come around. But unfortuatley we don't live in a world like that. Being realistic, maybe one of them will go back to their previous form, but probably not both. Hey maybe they will prove me wrong( I secretly hope so!). But just so you are prepared, options to replace them are: Vance Worley(3-2, 3.22), Kyle Kendrick(3-3, 4.21), and Andrew Carpenter(1-0, 4.02). If you haven't being following Lehigh Valley this year, then I will tell you why Carlos Carrasco isn't listed. He is currently 0-6 with a 5.81 ERA. Hopefully he will come around too!! Bottom line is the Phillies top part of the rotation is coming back into their former form, while the bottom part still has some issues to work out.

Changes coming in the Everything Phillies Blog!!

After a long layoff that we here at the Everything Phillies studio(if you will), we have been discussing a new approach to our blog. Rather than just telling you the straightforward info that this blog has previously informed such as results, injuries, and game stories that you can get anywhere else, we have decided to give more in-depth analysis and opinions. Hopefully you like the new idea, becasue we do, and we will be posting analysis and opinion stories soon!

Monday, March 2, 2009

Phillies Regular Season Stats

Batting Statistics
NAME GP AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS
Raul Ibanez43 168 38 58 11 1 17 122 43 17 26 4 0 .345 .408 .726 1.135
S. Victorino43 185 30 50 9 4 4 79 24 13 19 6 3 .270 .317 .427 .744
Ryan Howard43 172 30 45 11 1 12 94 33 18 52 2 0 .262 .337 .547 .883
Pedro Feliz42 142 19 43 11 0 2 60 23 17 18 0 0 .303 .373 .423 .795
Jimmy Rollins42 184 27 43 10 1 3 64 17 11 25 6 4 .234 .279 .348 .627
Chase Utley41 141 31 41 6 0 11 80 31 25 28 3 0 .291 .429 .567 .997
Jayson Werth41 153 32 39 8 1 8 73 26 20 39 8 1 .255 .350 .477 .827
Carlos Ruiz21 67 3 19 6 0 1 28 8 13 9 1 1 .284 .400 .418 .818
Chris Coste23 61 5 14 7 0 1 24 6 7 14 0 0 .230 .319 .393 .712
Matt Stairs30 29 6 8 1 0 2 15 7 8 8 0 0 .276 .462 .517 .979
Greg Dobbs33 36 3 5 0 0 1 8 4 5 8 0 0 .139 .244 .222 .466
Lou Marson7 17 3 4 1 0 0 5 0 3 7 0 0 .235 .350 .294 .644
E. Bruntlett26 34 5 4 4 0 0 8 4 3 9 0 0 .118 .179 .235 .415
Brett Myers9 16 2 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 .188 .235 .250 .485
J. Mayberry Jr.2 8 1 2 1 0 1 6 3 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .750 1.000
Miguel Cairo15 17 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .118 .118 .118 .235
Jamie Moyer9 11 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 6 0 0 .091 .421 .091 .512
Chad Durbin23 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Chan Ho Park10 10 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 2 4 0 0 .100 .250 .400 .650
Joe Blanton8 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 .091 .167 .091 .258
Cole Hamels8 10 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
Scott Eyre18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Brad Lidge21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Clay Condrey23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ryan Madson21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jack Taschner14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
J.A. Happ13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
A. Carpenter1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
S. Escalona3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Totals 43 1481 242 385 87 8 64 680 232 170 286 30 9 .260 .343 .459 .802
Opponents 43 1498 224 413 85 7 69 719 220 155 302 22 14 .276 .349 .480 .829
Glossary
BOLD: Qualified for batting title (3.1 plate appearances per team game), GP: Games played, AB: At bats, R: Runs, H: Hits, 2B: Doubles, 3B: Triples, HR: Home runs, TB: Total Bases, RBI: Runs batted in, BB: Walks, SO: Strikeouts, SB: Stolen bases, CS: Caught stealing, BA: Batting average, OBP: On-base pct., SLG: Slugging pct., OPS: Obp pct. + Slg. pct.

Pitching Statistics
NAME GP GS W L Sv QS Hld IP H ER HR BB SO K/9 P/GS WHIP ERA
Brett Myers9 9 4 2 0 6 0 58.0 59 28 15 19 43 6.67 103.2 1.34 4.34
Jamie Moyer9 9 3 5 0 2 0 47.1 68 39 13 16 26 4.94 95.3 1.77 7.42
Joe Blanton8 8 2 3 0 3 0 44.1 57 35 9 17 37 7.51 99.1 1.67 7.11
Cole Hamels8 8 2 2 0 4 0 42.1 50 22 9 9 43 9.14 86.8 1.39 4.68
Chan Ho Park10 7 1 1 0 2 0 38.1 45 28 5 20 27 6.34 92.0 1.70 6.57
J.A. Happ13 1 2 0 0 1 0 27.2 18 8 2 9 21 6.83 75.0 0.98 2.60
Chad Durbin23 0 1 1 0 0 3 25.0 18 12 3 13 22 7.92 0.0 1.24 4.32
Clay Condrey23 0 4 0 1 0 3 24.2 18 6 3 9 16 5.84 0.0 1.09 2.19
Ryan Madson21 0 2 1 1 0 9 21.1 18 7 0 6 23 9.70 0.0 1.13 2.95
Brad Lidge21 0 0 2 8 0 0 19.2 29 20 6 12 21 9.61 0.0 2.08 9.15
Jack Taschner14 0 1 1 0 0 0 19.2 18 8 2 14 10 4.58 0.0 1.63 3.66
Scott Eyre18 0 0 1 0 0 7 10.1 6 4 2 8 7 6.10 0.0 1.35 3.48
A. Carpenter1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 8 5 0 3 4 8.31 99.0 2.54 10.38
S. Escalona3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 2 7.71 0.0 0.43 0.00
Totals 43 43 24 19 10
22 385.1 413 222 69 155 302 7.05 95.2 1.47 5.19
Glossary
BOLD: Qualified for ERA title (1 inning pitched per team game), GP: Games played, GS: Games started, W: Wins, L: Losses, Sv: Saves, Hld: Holds, IP: Innings pitched, H: Hits, ER: Earned runs, HR: Home runs, BB: Walks, SO: Strikeouts, SO: Strikeouts, K/9: Strikeouts per 9 innings, CG: Complete games, SH: Shutouts, P/GS: Pitches per start,WHIP: Walks + Hits per Inning pitched, ERA: Earned run average

Stats from ESPN.com


Phillies win three in a row!!!

Over the weekend the Phillies won three games: 12-5 over the Rays on Saturday, 7-3 over the Braves on Sunday, and 12-7 over the Blue Jays on Monday. Their next game will be on Wednesday against Team Canada as they will look to get ready for the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
Here are some pics from the Rays game:Phillies-Rays Pics

Box Scores from the weekend games:

TAMPA BAY (5) AT PHILADELPHIA (12)


TAMPA BAY AB R H BI PHILADELPHIA AB R H BI
G Kapler RF 2 0 0 0 J Rollins SS 3 1 1 0
E Johnson CF 2 1 1 2 O Chavez SS 2 1 0 0
J Ruggiano CF 3 0 2 1 S Victorino CF 3 1 1 1
J Weber RF 2 0 1 1 E Bruntlett CF 1 2 1 1
W Aybar 2B 2 0 1 0 R Ibanez LF 3 0 0 0
A Kennedy 2B 2 0 0 0 G Jenkins LF 2 1 0 0
P Burrell DH 2 0 1 0 R Howard 1B 3 1 2 2
F Perez PH-DH 2 0 0 0 A Tracy 1B 2 0 1 1
C Richard 1B 2 0 0 0 J Mayberry RF 5 1 2 2
C Nowak 1B 1 0 0 0 G Dobbs DH 4 0 0 0
M Ensberg 3B 2 0 0 0 M Cairo 2B 3 2 2 1
R Brignac SS 2 0 0 0 P Ozuna 2B 1 1 1 0
R Sadler LF 4 1 1 1 J Donald 3B 4 0 1 1
S Riggans C 2 0 0 0 R Paulino C 2 1 1 1
M Hernandez C 2 1 1 0 L Marson C 1 0 0 0
R Olmedo SS-3B 4 2 3 0
TOTALS 36 5 11 5 TOTALS 39 12 13 10

TAMPA BAY 010 010 102 -- 5
PHILADELPHIA 500 101 14x -- 12

E--M Cairo, D Naylor, R Brignac, R Sadler.
DP--PHILADELPHIA 2. LOB--TAMPA BAY 6, PHILADELPHIA
5. 2B--M Cairo, J Rollins, W Aybar, J Weber, M
Hernandez, P Burrell. 3B--J Ruggiano. HR--M Cairo
1 (1) (off M Talbot), R Paulino 1 (1) (off J
Howell), J Mayberry 1 (1) (off M Talbot), R Howard
1 (1) (off M Talbot), E Johnson 1 (1) (off J
Woods), R Sadler 1 (1) (off K Kendrick). SB--E
Bruntlett 1 (1), R Olmedo 1 (1). CS--J Ruggiano.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
TAMPA BAY
M Talbot (L,0-1) 3 6 5 5 0 0 3
L Cormier 2 2 1 1 0 2 0
J Howell 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
D Day 2 4 5 1 1 2 0
PHILADELPHIA
K Kendrick (W,1-0) 2 2-3 4 1 1 0 0 1
D Naylor 2 1-3 3 1 1 1 3 0
M Koplove 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
S Eyre 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
C Condrey 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
J Woods 1 2 2 2 0 2 1

HBP--R Paulino by L Cormier. SO--TB: F Perez 2, A
Kennedy, R Sadler, J Weber, M Hernandez, R Olmedo.
PHI: G Jenkins, G Dobbs, S Victorino, A Tracy.
BB--TB: C Richard, G Kapler. PHI: E Bruntlett.
T--2:43. A--10,270.

PHILADELPHIA (7) AT ATLANTA (3)

PHILADELPHIA AB R H BI ATLANTA AB R H BI
J Rollins SS 3 0 1 1 Y Escobar SS 1 0 0 1
E Bruntlett SS 2 0 2 0 D Hernandez SS 2 0 1 0
S Victorino CF 3 0 0 0 K Johnson 2B 2 1 1 0
J Ellison CF 2 0 0 0 B Conrad 2B 2 0 0 0
J Mayberry LF 3 1 1 0 C Jones 3B 3 0 1 0
J Slayden LF 2 1 1 0 M Prado 3B 1 0 0 0
R Howard 1B 2 1 0 0 B McCann C 2 1 1 2
G Dobbs 1B 2 1 1 1 C Sammons C 1 0 0 0
G Jenkins RF 3 1 1 0 F Freeman 1B 4 0 0 0
C Walker RF 2 0 0 0 J Francoeur RF 2 0 0 0
M Stairs DH 3 0 1 1 O Infante CF 2 0 1 0
M Giles 2B 3 2 2 1 G Norton DH 4 0 0 0
M Cairo 2B 1 0 0 0 J Heyward LF-RF 3 0 1 0
J Donald 3B 1 0 0 0 J Anderson CF-LF 4 1 2 0
M Cervenak 3B 1 0 0 0
C Ruiz C 3 0 1 2
L Marson C 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 7 11 6 TOTALS 33 3 8 3

PHILADELPHIA 000 014 200 -- 7
ATLANTA 101 001 000 -- 3

E--J Anderson, C Jones. LOB--PHILADELPHIA 7,
ATLANTA 6. 2B--C Jones, G Dobbs, J Slayden, M
Giles. 3B--J Anderson. HR--B McCann 1 (1) (off C
Park). SB--M Giles 2 (2), J Mayberry 1 (1), E
Bruntlett 1 (2). SF--B McCann, Y Escobar, M
Stairs.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
PHILADELPHIA
B Myers 3 3 2 2 0 1 0
C Park (W,1-0) 3 4 1 1 0 1 1
S Nestor 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
J Bisenius 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
B Neal 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
ATLANTA
J Reyes 3 2 0 0 1 0 0
E O'Flaherty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
P Moylan 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
J Ridgway (L,0-1) 2-3 4 4 3 2 0 0
Z Schreiber 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0
J Bennett 1 2 2 2 0 1 0
S Marek 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
P Stockman 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

WP--J Bennett. SO--PHI: C Walker, M Stairs. ATL:
G Norton 2, J Heyward 2, B Conrad. BB--PHI: J
Donald 2, R Howard. ATL: J Heyward. T--2:35.

PHILADELPHIA (12) AT TORONTO (7)

PHILADELPHIA AB R H BI TORONTO AB R H BI
E Bruntlett cf 4 1 1 2 J Inglett rf 2 1 0 0
M Cairo 3b-1b 6 1 1 1 R Patterson rf 2 0 0 0
R Ibanez dh 6 2 2 2 A Hill 2b 3 1 2 1
R Howard 1b 3 1 1 2 K Melillo pr-2b 1 1 0 0
O Chavez pr-ss 0 1 0 0 A Lind lf 2 1 1 2
J Mayberry rf 4 1 1 2 E Nielsen pr-lf 2 1 2 0
P Ozuna 2b 3 0 1 1 K Millar 1b 3 1 1 3
J Slayden lf 5 2 2 2 C Cannon 1b 2 0 1 0
J Donald ss-3b 4 1 1 0 J Lane cf 3 0 1 0
R Paulino c 4 2 1 0 S Shoffit cf 2 0 0 0
P Hoover c 0 0 0 0 B Emaus 3b 2 1 1 1
A Pinckney 3b 2 0 0 0
B Dopirak dh 3 0 0 0
B Jeroloman ph-dh 1 0 0 0
J McDonald ss 3 0 0 0
A Sanchez ss 0 0 0 0
R Chavez c 2 0 0 0
C Thigpen c 2 0 1 0
TOTALS 39 12 11 12 TOTALS 37 7 10 7

PHILADELPHIA 100 016 220 -- 12
TORONTO 200 050 000 -- 7

E--E Bruntlett, A Sanchez, C Cannon, R Patterson.
DP--PHILADELPHIA 1. LOB--PHILADELPHIA 9, TORONTO
8. 2B--R Ibanez 2, E Bruntlett, J Mayberry, E
Nielsen, A Hill. HR--J Slayden 1 (1) (off J
Accardo), R Howard 1 (2) (off J Accardo), A Lind 1
(1) (off J Happ), B Emaus 1 (1) (off C Carrasco),
K Millar 1 (1) (off C Carrasco). SB--E Bruntlett 1
(3), J Inglett 1 (1). CS--P Ozuna.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
PHILADELPHIA
J Happ 3 3 2 2 1 0 1
C Carrasco (W,1-0) 3 3 5 3 1 3 2
G Majewski 2 2 0 0 1 2 0
Y Bazardo 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
TORONTO
R Romero 1 1-3 0 1 1 6 2 0
B Cecil 2 2-3 1 0 0 1 3 0
J Accardo (L,0-1) 2 7 7 7 1 0 2
S Camp 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
B Burres 1 2 2 2 1 1 0
N Starner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

WP--S Camp. HBP--J Inglett by J Happ. SO--PHI: J
Donald 2, R Ibanez, J Mayberry, M Cairo, J
Slayden. TOR: B Dopirak 2, S Shoffit, R Patterson,
C Cannon. BB--PHI: P Ozuna 2, R Howard 2, E
Bruntlett 2, J Donald, J Mayberry, R Paulino. TOR:
K Melillo, A Lind, B Emaus, A Sanchez. T--2:58.
A--3,512.

A--8,236.

Friday, February 27, 2009

Phillies skid continues


The Phillies losing streak continued on Friday 10-3. Andrew Carpenter gave up four runs and could not even record a single out in a 10-3 loss to the Reds. The Phillies are now 0-3, although luckily these games don't really count. Pablo Ozuna hit a homerun for the Phillies, the lone bright spot(other then the bullpen(well sort of...)) on offense. J.C. Romero, Ryan Madson, and Dave Borkowski all pitched one or more scoreless innings. Daryl Thompson picked up the win for the Reds. Joey Votto also had a home run for the Reds. The Phillies will try again to snap their losing streak when the Devil Rays come to Clearwater. The game will be televised nationally by MLB Network.

Box Score:

PHILADELPHIA (3) AT CINCINNATI (10)

PHILADELPHIA AB R H BI CINCINNATI AB R H BI
S Victorino cf 3 1 2 0 W Taveras cf 2 1 0 0
J Ellison cf 2 0 1 0 N Hopper ph-cf 2 0 1 0
J Donald 3b 2 1 0 0 J HairstonJr. ss 1 1 0 1
A Hewitt 3b 2 0 0 0 P Janish ph-ss 2 0 1 0
R Ibanez lf 2 0 1 1 J Votto 1b 2 2 2 2
J Mayberry lf 0 0 0 0 K Barker 1b 2 1 1 0
M Stairs dh 3 0 0 0 J Francisco 3b 3 1 1 1
M Cairo ph-dh 1 0 0 0 A Rosales 3b 2 1 0 0
G Dobbs 1b 2 0 1 1 J Gomes rf 3 0 2 2
A Tracy 1b 1 0 0 0 W Castillo rf 2 0 0 0
G Jenkins rf 3 0 0 0 C Dickerson lf 1 0 0 0
C Walker rf 1 0 0 0 D McDonald lf 0 1 0 0
P Ozuna 2b 3 1 2 1 J Keppinger 2b 3 0 0 0
M Giles 2b 1 0 0 0 L Bolivar 2b 1 1 1 2
O Chavez ss 3 0 0 0 R Hernandez c 2 0 0 0
J Velandia ss 1 0 0 0 R Hanigan ph-c 2 0 1 2
L Marson c 3 0 0 0 W Bankston dh 0 1 0 0
P Hoover c 1 0 0 0 D Ward ph-dh 2 0 0 0
A Carpenter p 0 0 0 0 B Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
A Bastardo p 0 0 0 0 M Maloney p 0 0 0 0
J Romero p 0 0 0 0 D Thompson p 0 0 0 0
R Madson p 0 0 0 0 R Flores p 0 0 0 0
S Escalona p 0 0 0 0 D Herrera p 0 0 0 0
D Borkowski p 0 0 0 0 P Viola p 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 3 7 3 TOTALS 32 10 10 10

PHILADELPHIA 101 100 000 -- 3
CINCINNATI 410 100 40x -- 10

E--J Romero, J Velandia. LOB--PHILADELPHIA 8,
CINCINNATI 7. 2B--J Gomes 2, J Francisco, L
Bolivar, S Victorino 2, R Ibanez. HR--J Votto 1
(1) (off A Bastardo), P Ozuna 1 (1) (off M
Maloney). SB--W Taveras 1 (1). CS--C Dickerson.
SF--J HairstonJr..
IP H R ER BB SO HR
PHILADELPHIA
A Carpenter (L,0-1) 0 3 4 4 3 0 0
A Bastardo 2 1 1 1 1 2 1
J Romero 2 0 1 0 3 0 0
R Madson 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
S Escalona 1 1-3 4 4 3 1 1 0
D Borkowski 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 2 0
CINCINNATI
B Arroyo 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
M Maloney 2 3 2 2 2 1 1
D Thompson (W,1-0) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
R Flores 1 1 0 0 1 2 0
D Herrera 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
P Viola 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

SO--PHI: G Jenkins, A Tracy, A Hewitt, C Walker,
P Hoover. CIN: J HairstonJr., C Dickerson, A
Rosales, J Gomes, W Castillo, D Ward. BB--PHI: R
Ibanez, J Donald, G Dobbs, J Mayberry. CIN: C
Dickerson 2, W Bankston 2, W Taveras, J
HairstonJr., D McDonald, J Votto. T--2:55.
A--4,223.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Phillies drop second game to Jays


The Phillies lost 6-2 to the Blue Jays on Thursday. The Phils remain winless in spring play(0-2). Carlos Carrasco and J.A. Happ both pitched two scoreless innings but Justin Lehr gave up two runs and then Blaine Neal gave up four and he was hit with the loss. The Phillies were yet to muster some offense only scoring two runs and their only multiple base hit was a double by John Mayberry. The Phillies finished with only six hits while the Jays also only had 6 hits, but they were able to hit two home runs( Travis Snider (1, 5th inning off Lehr, 0 on, 0 out), Jason Lane (1, 5th inning off Lehr, 0 on, 0 out). Billy Murphy picked up the win for the Jays pitching a scoreless inning. The Phillies will head to the Reds(1-1) Ed Smith Stadium to try and get their first win. The game will start at 12:05 pm and the audio for the game will be available online at mlb.com. (Source: MLB.com)

Box Score:

TORONTO (6) AT PHILADELPHIA (2)

TORONTO AB R H BI PHILADELPHIA AB R H BI
M Scutaro ss 3 0 0 0 J Rollins ss 3 0 1 1
A Sanchez ss 0 1 0 0 M Cairo ss 1 0 0 0
J Inglett 2b 3 0 0 0 J Donald 3b 3 0 0 0
B Emaus 2b 0 1 0 0 M Cervenak 3b 0 0 0 0
J Bautista 3b 3 0 1 0 R Ibanez lf 3 0 0 0
S Campbell 3b 1 1 1 3 J Slayden lf 1 0 0 0
M Barrett c 2 0 0 0 R Howard dh 3 0 0 0
B Jeroloman c 1 0 0 0 E Bruntlett ph-dh 1 0 0 0
T Snider rf 3 1 1 1 J Mayberry rf 3 1 1 0
A Loewen rf 1 0 1 1 G Dobbs 1b 3 0 1 1
J Lane lf 2 1 1 1 A Tracy 1b 1 0 1 0
R Adams lf 2 0 0 0 M Giles 2b 2 0 0 0
J Arencibia dh 4 0 0 0 P Ozuna 2b 1 0 1 0
D Cooper 1b 2 0 0 0 J Ellison cf 3 1 1 0
R Ruiz 1b 1 1 1 0 C Walker cf 1 0 0 0
W Lydon cf 2 0 0 0 C Ruiz c 1 0 0 0
S Shoffit cf 2 0 0 0 R Paulino c 1 0 0 0
S Richmond p 0 0 0 0 C Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
B Bullington p 0 0 0 0 J Happ p 0 0 0 0
F Castro p 0 0 0 0 J Lehr p 0 0 0 0
B Murphy p 0 0 0 0 G Majewski p 0 0 0 0
L Perez p 0 0 0 0 B Neal p 0 0 0 0
R Santos p 0 0 0 0 Y Bazardo p 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 6 6 6 TOTALS 31 2 6 2

TORONTO 000 020 040 -- 6
PHILADELPHIA 001 001 000 -- 2

E--J Inglett. DP--TORONTO 1, PHILADELPHIA 2.
LOB--TORONTO 3, PHILADELPHIA 7. 2B--J Mayberry, S
Campbell, R Ruiz. HR--T Snider 1 (1) (off J Lehr),
J Lane 1 (1) (off J Lehr). SB--J Ellison 1 (1).
IP H R ER BB SO HR
TORONTO
S Richmond 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
B Bullington 2 2 1 1 2 4 0
F Castro 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
B Murphy (W,1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
L Perez 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
R Santos 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
PHILADELPHIA
C Carrasco 2 0 0 0 0 3 0
J Happ 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
J Lehr 1 2 2 2 0 0 2
G Majewski 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
B Neal (L,0-1) 2-3 2 4 4 2 0 0
Y Bazardo 1 1-3 1 0 0 1 1 0

WP--B Neal, F Castro. HBP--J Mayberry by S
Richmond, R Paulino by B Murphy, B Jeroloman by Y
Bazardo. SO--TOR: M Scutaro 2, J Inglett, J Lane,
J Arencibia, J Bautista, W Lydon. PHI: R Howard 2,
J Ellison 2, J Donald, J Mayberry, R Paulino, G
Dobbs, E Bruntlett. BB--TOR: A Sanchez, R Ruiz, B
Emaus. PHI: M Giles, C Ruiz, M Cervenak. T--2:27.
A--5,795.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Phillies drop spring opener to Bucs

On Wed. the Phils opened up their Spring Training season with a loss to the Pirates, 8-2. Jamie Moyer opened up the game strong with two scoreless innings for the Phils. But after the Pirates got on the board in the 3rd inning it began to get ugly. Joe Bisenius got hit with the loss giving up four runs on two hits including a home run to Shelby Ford. In the fifth Phillies hurler Scott Nestor gave up three runs making the score 8-1 Bucs. The Phillies could only muster one more run the rest of the game and lost it by a score of 8-2. For the Phillies the lone offensive bright spot was Jeremy Slayden, who had 2 hits including a double. The Phils only had 7 hits. Dave Borkowski, Jake Woods, and Mike Koplove,a Philly native, all pitched one scoreless inning for the Phillies. For the Pirates Donald Veal got the win pitching a scoreless inning. The Phillies next game will be tomorrow at Bright House Works Field against the Toronto Blue Jays at 12:05 pm Central time. Come back tomorrow for that recap and box score.


Box Score:

PHILADELPHIA (2) AT PITTSBURGH (8)
PHILADELPHIA     AB  R  H BI  PITTSBURGH       AB  R  H BI
J Rollins SS 2 1 1 0 N Morgan LF 2 1 1 0
J Furmaniak SS 2 0 0 0 J Salazar PH-LF 3 0 0 0
S Victorino CF 2 0 0 0 F Sanchez 2B 2 0 2 1
J Ellison CF 2 0 0 0 S Ford PH-2B 3 1 1 3
R Ibanez LF 2 0 1 1 N McLouth CF 2 0 0 0
J Slayden LF 2 1 2 0 A McCutchen PH-CF 2 0 0 0
R Howard 1B 2 0 0 0 R Doumit C 2 0 0 0
G Dobbs 1B 2 0 1 0 R Diaz PH-C 2 1 1 0
G Jenkins RF 1 0 1 0 Ad LaRoche 1B 2 0 0 0
J Mayberry PR-RF 2 0 1 1 S Pearce 1B 1 1 1 1
M Stairs DH 1 0 0 0 C Monroe DH 1 1 0 0
A Tracy PH-DH 2 0 0 0 P Alvarez PH-DH 1 0 0 0
J Donald 2B 1 0 0 0 B Moss RF 0 1 0 0
M Giles 2B 2 0 0 0 E Hinske PH-RF 1 0 0 0
E Bruntlett 3B 2 0 0 0 R Vazquez 3B 1 1 0 0
A Hewitt PH-3B 2 0 0 0 N Walker PH-3B 2 0 0 1
C Coste C 1 0 0 0 J Wilson SS 2 0 1 1
R Paulino C 1 0 0 0 A Machado PR-SS 2 1 1 1
L Marson C 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 2 7 2 TOTALS 31 8 8 8

PHILADELPHIA 001 000 001 -- 2
PITTSBURGH 001 430 00x -- 8
DP--PHILADELPHIA 1, PITTSBURGH 2.
LOB--PHILADELPHIA 6, PITTSBURGH 6. 2B--J Slayden,
S Pearce, F Sanchez. HR--S Ford 1 (1) (off J
Bisenius).
IP H R ER BB SO HR
PHILADELPHIA
J Moyer 2 1 0 0 2 2 0
J Blanton 1 2 1 1 0 2 0
J Bisenius (L,0-1) 1 2 4 4 2 1 1
S Nestor 1 3 3 3 2 0 0
D Borkowski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J Woods 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
M Koplove 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
PITTSBURGH
C Bootcheck 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
M Capps 1 0 0 0 3 1 0
R Sanchez 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
D Veal (W,1-0) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
R Uviedo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J Mateo 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
C Hansen 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
E Meek 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
J Chavez 1 3 1 1 0 2 0

WP--J Woods. SO--PHI: M Giles 2, S Victorino, A
Hewitt, R Howard, J Mayberry, A Tracy, J
Furmaniak. PIT: Ad LaRoche 2, A Machado, P
Alvarez, S Ford, J Salazar, R Vazquez, N McLouth.
BB--PHI: M Stairs, J Donald, G Jenkins. PIT: C
Monroe 2, B Moss 2, S Pearce, E Hinske, R Vazquez.
T--2:40. A--3,991.

 

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Feliz may not be ready for Opening Day


As reported by Beerleaguer, who has a great Phillies blog , Phillies 3rd Baseman Pedro Feliz may not be ready for Opening Day. Comcast's Leslie Gudel updated Feliz's progress tonight on SportsNight and quoted manager Charlie Manuel on CSNPhilly.com. "It's gonna be close," Manuel told Gudel. "We'll see what our trainers say." Feliz, who arrived in camp today, said Gudel. Other Options to replace him may be Nomar Garciapara, who the Phils have been close to signing lately but it just hasn't happened yet. UT Miguel Cairo have also be another option. If I am a Phillies fan, which I am, I am hoping he will be ready becasue honestly I don't like the other options.

Phillies Spring Training Notes 2/19/09


Phillies and Mets trash talks heat up: After Cole Hamels called the Mets "choke artists" in December on a New York Radio station, the annual Mets-Phillies trash talks are heating up. It all started with Jimmy Rollins two years ago and has been going strong so far. Both times though the Mets did choke and the Phillies prevailed and of course last year winning the World Series. Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez on Saturday called the Mets the team to beat in the NL East. Carlos Beltran also said that in 2008, but unlike Rollins, he couldn't deliver. Beltran kiddingly told New York reporters Tuesday that Cole Hamels, "will be watched every time he faces us and hopefully we kill him. Then he has to deal with the situation." Source phillies.com
Utley still hopeful for Opening Day: Phils' second baseman Chase Utley is still hopeful of playing on Opening Day. Utley had to a hip surgically repaired over the offseason.
Hamels not worries over SI cover jinx: Next week when you pick up a Sports Illustrated Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels will be on it. There is a jinx for the SI cover after many players did not play well or got injured shortly after being on the cover. Hamels however is not worried about it and says as long as he is not on the Madden NFL game cover he is fine. I agree with him.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

2009 Spring Training Schedule

FEBRUARY OPPONENT TIME (ET)
Wed, Feb 25 @ Pittsburgh L,8-2
Thu, Feb 26 Toronto L,6-2

Fri, Feb 27 @ Cincinnati L,10-3

Sat, Feb 28 Tampa Bay W,12-5

Sun, Mar 1 @ Atlanta W,7-3

Mon, Mar 2 @ Toronto W,12-7
Wed, Mar 4 Canada 1:05 PM
Thu, Mar 5 United States 12:05 PM
Fri, Mar 6 @ Toronto 7:05 PM
Sat, Mar 7 Detroit 1:05 PM
Sun, Mar 8 @ Atlanta 1:05 PM
Mon, Mar 9 Cincinnati 1:05 PM
Wed, Mar 11 Atlanta 1:05 PM
Thu, Mar 12 @ Tampa Bay 1:05 PM
Fri, Mar 13 Pittsburgh 1:05 PM
Sat, Mar 14 @ Houston 1:05 PM
Sun, Mar 15 St. Louis 1:05 PM
Mon, Mar 16 @ NY Yankees 1:15 PM
Tue, Mar 17 Cincinnati 1:05 PM
Wed, Mar 18 Toronto 1:05 PM
Thu, Mar 19 @ Florida 1:05 PM
Fri, Mar 20 @ St. Louis 1:05 PM
Sat, Mar 21 Minnesota 1:05 PM
Sun, Mar 22 @ Boston 1:05 PM
Mon, Mar 23 NY Yankees 1:05 PM
Tue, Mar 24 @ Toronto 1:05 PM
Thu, Mar 26 NY Yankees 1:05 PM
Fri, Mar 27 @ Houston 1:05 PM
Sat, Mar 28 @ Pittsburgh 1:05 PM
Sun, Mar 29 Boston 1:05 PM
Mon, Mar 30 Houston 1:05 PM
Tue, Mar 31 Toronto 7:05 PM
Wed, Apr 1 @ NY Yankees 1:15 PM
Thu, Apr 2 Washington 1:05 PM
Fri, Apr 3 Tampa Bay 7:05 PM
Sat, Apr 4 Tampa Bay 1:05 PM

Pitchers and Catchers Report


On Saturday all of the Phils pitchers and catchers reported to Spring Training in Clearwater,FL at Bright House Works Complex also home to the Phillies 'A' affiliate the Clearwater Thrashers. The rest of last year's world champions will join them on them in the next few days. Here are some notes from Day 1 in Clearwater:
Micheal Zagurski was back after having Tommy-John surgery. Although he wants and is trying to make the team realistically
The Phillies signed 34-year old Miguel Cairo who played with the Mariners last year to a minor league contract. He is a long shot to make the team, but with Chase Utley's Opening Day status in question he'll have an opportunity to prove himself this spring. He will join the team tomorrow. (Philly.com)
The Phillies tabbed Cole Hamels the Opening Day starter. Hamels was the 2008 World Series MVP
The Phillies first Spring Training Game in the Grapefruit League will be on February 25,2009 against the Pittsburgh Pirates at 1:05 pm eastern time. Full schedule listed below.