Want to see what thesouthfloridafan has to say about the game? Well here it is for you.
I had a lot of fun working with the guys over there. They are passionate about their teams and I love that. Don’t be surprised to hear more from them the next time these teams get together. With the Braves losing again today, and the Mets milling around at .500, the Marlins are our biggest competition in the division, so this series and future ones will be very important.
4:15:
And that’s the game! Lidge blew a fastball right past the youngster. Like most of the Marlins, he did not shorten up his swing with 2 strikes and took a big hack on a full count fastball down the middle and swung right over it. Phillies win the series 2-1 with the 7-5 victory. Dan Uggla went an amazing 1-12 in the series. Utley only hit 3 homeruns in the series so it was kind of a down series for him too….Now the Phillies are in first place in the NL East. Big ups to Geoff Jenkins and Pat Burrell for their clutch hits to get us back into this game and win it.
4:12:
Brad Lidge is in to close out the game in the top of the 9th. He made Mike Jacobs, who had homered twice already in the game, look like a fool with his nasty slider. Then he let a slider slip to poser boy Uggla. He hit it hard, but TJ Bohn was able to run under it in left-center for out #2. Now it’s a full count to youngster Cody Ross.
3:56:
Well Tom Gordon has walked Luis Gonzalez to start the inning, and is now 2-1 on Ramirez. It’s not good to put men on base when going into the heart of this lineup. Good thing they are free swingers (eg. Ramirez’s ridiculous swing on that fastball). And Gordon struck him out. I’m still worried that Dan Uggla hasn’t done ANYTHING this series. He has struck out twice already today, and his BA is now sub .300.
3:49:
Pat “the Bat!”!!! After I said that I wouldn’t be surprised if this game was decided by another homer, Pat Burrell hit a 2 out, 2-run double. Shane Victorino started off the bottom of the 7th with a single, then moved to second when Tankersley hit Ryan Howard in the ribs. After another pitching change, the runners advanced on a wild pitch. They decided to pitch to Burrell rather than walk him with the open base. Big mistake. Phillies lead 7-5 going to the 8th with Tom Gordon coming into the game and Jamie Moyer now in-line for the win.
3:27:
Geoff Jenkins hit an absolute bomb to right field in the bottom of the 6th to tie the game up 5-5. And Ryan Howard just made an amazing play on a botched bunt attempt by Jacque Jones. Jenkins, who did not start due to lefty pitcher Andrew Miller, pinch hit when the Marlins brought a righty in from the pen. As the TBS announcers were saying that Jenkins was 0-9 pinch hitting this season, he crushed a deep fly. The ball went about 30 rows back into the seats, and took about 3 seconds to go from bat to seats. And Moyer just got Mike Rabello to ground into an inning ending double play, 6-4-3. We’re heading to the bottom of the 7th with the top of the order coming up.
2:33
So I had a late night last night and forgot that the Phillies were playing at 1:30 today. Luckily I turned into the game after the Marlins put up 4 runs, with the help of a 3-run homer, in the top of the 3rd. I did get to see Andrew Miller not catch a ball, and Jimmy Rollins trot home. It looked a lot like a little league game for a minute. Then Chase Utley just hit a bomb to right-center for his 20th homerun of the season! Yeah, 20.
