Santana Too Much For Phillies

Posted by Tim Malcolm, Sat, April 19, 2008 02:38 AM

Johan Santana decided to bring his best stuff for the Phillies. Cole Hamels didn’t quite respond.

The Mets’ lefty ace went seven innings, striking out 10 while only giving up four hits. He did surrender three earned runs, but two of them were runners that scored off a pitch by Phillie-killer Aaron Heilman. Hamels, meanwhile, went seven and struck out four, giving up four earned runs on five hits while walking three. Santana walked none.

The Phillies were baffled by Santana’s electric stuff — the ace brought it Friday night. The Phils offense resembled a pull-happy group that tried to bust some runs, but ultimately fell short. As for Hamels, Hollywood failed to live up to his lofty goals — if he’s going to be the best pitcher in the Major Leagues (like he says he’ll be), he has to do better than three walks and four earned over seven against a shaky Mets lineup.

Of course, David Wright had Hamels’ number. The elite third basemen went 4-for-4, a homer short of the cycle. The Phillies answer, Chase Utley, hit a home run off Santana, but with no help from the top of the order, his work was without any real result. Greg Dobbs’ eighth inning home run off Heilman brought the crowd into the game, but Jenkins’ flail to center field took the air out.

And buried far under this game was the atrocious play of our fabled slugger, Ryan Howard. He continued to slump, going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. He also committed a terrible error in the ninth inning, letting in an insurance run. Another bobbled ball allowed a run to score easily — Howard is clearly a liability in all facets of the game, and it’s time to bench the slugger for at least a game.

Overall, it was an uninspired loss by the Phillies, who never really showed to match up to a superior Santana, who mowed down the listless offense all night.

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16 Responses to “Santana Too Much For Phillies”

  1. Slugwart Says:

    “Let them talk. We’ll hit.”

    I guess he forgot to add “but only when Heilman pitches.”

  2. Metsy Says:

    The Sillies & their goon fans need to get used to games like last night…David Wright is the MVP & Santana the Cy Young winner this year, & they won’t be denied.

  3. Jay Says:

    Once every Five Days! I’ll take those odds any day. But anywho, Good Pitching beats Good Hitting almost all of the time. Lets get ‘em today guys.

  4. Santanafanatic Says:

    “Who are the Phillies?”

    “A Major League Baseball team.”

    “Oh.”

  5. Santanafanatic Says:

    I’m a little bitch.

  6. Metsy Says:

    That’s crazy, because I’m a little bitch too!

  7. Geoff Says:

    when howard gets off his slump and rebuilds his value i think you need to get him out of here. for now, get him out of the cleanup role he cant even make contact most of the time

  8. Santanafanatic Says:

    Along with being a whiney little bitch, I like to go onto Phillies blogs and talk crap to all of their fans only when the Mets win.

  9. Bill Says:

    My concern continues to be the Phillies defense. They have been sloppy all Spring and cost us at least 2 games. Time to take extra ground ball practice.

    As far as Santana, the Phillies need to see him again and then they will figure him out just like they did Pedro.

  10. Bruce Says:

    Give credit where credit is due. A quote from Manuel on Santana’s overpowering performance against the Phillies:

    “He has tremendous poise,” manager Charlie Manuel said. “He will give you good pitches to hit, but his slider’s good, his fastball’s good and his changeup’s really good. Give him credit, man. He was that tough.”

  11. The Man Says:

    Your being way to hard on Cole Hamels. The kid pitched a great game.. David Wright was the only Met hitter to get a good swing off of him, and Wright was the reason for those 4 ER.

  12. The Imposter Says:

    Yeah, I admit it. I came on here and pretended to be other people and said some unfunny stuff about them as if they’d said it themselves. I have no imagination. That’s why I’m a Phillies fan. And you have to admit, decades of reaming can make you kind of raw.

    Can I please be a Met fan, too? I’ll allow Mr. Met to take over the reaming duties and everything. He’s less furry than the Phillie Fanatic. I might like it more.

  13. Mets Fan Says:

    Shaky mets lineup? What a joke. So shaky that the Mets are 3-1 vs the Phillies this year, after evey jackass in the Media said “Phillies are in the Mets heads”

  14. Mr Met Says:

    OK, whoever was at the game and cheered when Reyes looked
    like he hurt his head and/or booed when he got up: you have a
    problem. I mean it, if you did that you need therapy.

  15. Phillie Phan Says:

    Why is Manuel still the manager? Who orders an intentional walk with 1st and 2nd nobody out? It was a 1 run game and now a sac fly drives in an insurance run. It led to a big inning that put the game out of reach. Quite simply, Manuel defies logic.

    David Wright is a joy to watch, though. I just wish he’d slump once against the Phils.

  16. Santanafanatic Says:

    Who’s the clever guy that pretended to be me? There’s only one Santanafanatic my friend…. Only one Johan Santana, and that baseball team from Philly (who are they again, the Phillies?) can’t touch him.

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