ROCKY MOUNTAIN RUMBLE (PHILLIES POST 9/3/10)

September 3, 2010   ·   philliesmania   ·   Jump to comments

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I’m back after a couple days off and wow the PHILLIES remembered their way to HOME PLATE!

 

THURSDAY THRILLER A 12 to 11 HOLD ON TO YOUR HAT WIN …………….

 

MOVE BACK TO WITHIN 2 OF THE BRAVEHEARTS ………….

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Well it as no surprise that Blanton was due for a crappy start. Actually let me state this more accurately, he sucked. And that is not being critical it is being honest. Frankly I was expecting this in his last start after he had 2 very good starts. So coming off of 3 pretty good starts was almost a guarantee that this was going to happen. Blanton was in “danger” of having his ERA drop under 5 and we all know he seems to be trying to avoid that.

 

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Blanton	4.1	10	6	4	2	3	3	86-56	5.25
D Herndon	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	4.37
A Bastardo (W, 1-0)	1.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	19-16	5.79
C Durbin	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	28-16	3.86
J Romero (H,	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6-2	3.69
J Contreras (H, 11)	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	14-6	3.09
B Lidge (S, 19)	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	21-14	3.57

 

Sorry Joe but until you prove otherwise, we’re done with you. Yes we appreciate your occasional real quality starts, not just the fact that you make it to the 6th inning. Yes the recently new coined “quality start” stat is a joke of a sham and a farce! It’s made for slackers like Blanton who have the physical ability to have quality starts but do not possess the mental strength and discipline to be consistent.

 

 

Offensively it had appeared that the offense had gone back into it’s fraidy cat shell as the PHILLIES were getting shalacked 7 to 3 headed into the 7th. However the crooked number was primed and ready to be uncorked! And the PHILLIES went off for 9 runs highlighted by a Chase Utley GRANNY! 4 of 6 RBI’s on the night for the Chaser.

 

INSIDE THE O-FFENSE- GROSS INCOME STATS:

 

• 15 Hits

• 3 Walks

• Rollins a walk and a hit. Scored a run

• Polanco 2 for 5 with a double and a scored run

• Utley the man of the night went 2 for 4 with 6 RBI’S! GRAND SLAM, an RBI single, and a sac fly. He scored twice

• Howard had a 2 run BOMB! He also had a walk

• Werth followed Howard’s bomb with a solo shot of his own and was on fire going 3 for 5. He scored 3 times!

• Ibanez went 2 for 5 with an RBI

• Victorino was also 2 for 5 and he scored

• Schneider was 1 for 4 with a walk and a run scored

• Ben Francisco had a pinch hit and an RBI. He also scored

• Mike Sweeney had a pinch hit RBI

• A robust 7 for 13 with men in scoring position is good any day, any time!

• 5, 2 out RBI’s

 

 

Back to the rubber:

 

Blanton was not alone in the poor pitching department. Durbin also sucked on Thursday. This guy has turned into Jekyll and Hyde also. I believe that is because he is overworked. He needs like a month off to get ready for the playoffs. I said this a few weeks ago that he looks like he has tired arm disease. Frankly the Phillies had the game turned around and under control until Durbin let the Rockies back in the game with a lame 3 ER inning.

 

 

It was delightful to see Lidge back in form. He has been money recently, let’s all continue to pray this will remain this way!

 

 

SIDE POINT OF THE WEEK:

 

I am a little miffed at Charlie this week. The Offense has been abysmal from like August 19th until Tuesday and he continues to remain in his safe zone of waiting for the big hit. Oh he gives lip service to the “small ball” or “manufacture run” department but the Phillies continue to fall short of doing it consistently.

 

 

This week has been a prime example. Do you how many times they had situations to do the little things and they did not? For instance look at the lead off doubles they had and they did not show the ability to bunt the man or move the man any other way to third! When your offense is giving you nothing you MUST do this! Look unless your surname is Howard you need to know how to bunt a guy over! When you’re scoring on a regular basis than you can be a little more patient.

 

Now in fairness there were a couple times they sent a man on first basically on contact with less than 2 outs to get him to 3rd and that you also need to do at times.

 

 

BIG WIN but the BRAVES aren’t conceding anything. They did lose to the Mets on Thursday to give a game back to the PHILLIES. But the PHILLIES already had given that one to the Braves with their choke against the Astros.

 

This is not going to be easy …………………….. and the PHILLIES are finishing off an unbelievable stretch of like 23 days in a row of games! Next up they come home to host Milwaukee.