Gamenight: Marlins (30-22) At Phillies (31-24)

Posted by Tim Malcolm, Fri, May 30, 2008 05:25 PM

Finally, the battle for first place in the NL East can be played. The Phillies dance with the Marlins tonight, and first place is on the line this weekend.

The Phils are coming off their fourth straight win and a series (and season) sweep of the Colorado Rockies. After a day off and some partying for animal welfare, the Phils will face Mark Hendrickson. Sound familiar? He was a second-round draft pick for the 76ers.

Obviously, like many past Sixers draft picks, he didn’t really pan out for them.

Hendrickson is 7-2, which I never thought I’d write this season. Meanwhile, Phillies starter Brett Myers is 1-6. Again, never thought I’d write it. He’s been at least credible as of late, but he’s had trouble locating his fastball.

Of course, the Phils have hit Mark Hendrickson to the tune of a 12.60 ERA. Shane Victorino is 3-for-3 with 2 RBI against him. Chase Utley is 2-for-3.

Phillies: Brett Myers (1-6) 5.79 ERA
Marlins: Mark Hendrickson (7-2) 4.14 ERA

Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EST
Weather: 77 degrees, mostly cloudy
Lineup: Rollins, Victorino, Utley, Howard, Burrell, Feliz, Coste, Taguchi, Myers

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Your gamenight beer: Recently I bought Long Trail’s Belgian White Ale. It’s new from the Vermont brewery, and they make pretty good beer for the most part. This is no different, a very nice offering that has a hint of lemon and goes down pretty smooth. Tonight, eat a chicken Caesar salad with it.

Go Phillies!

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24 Responses to “Gamenight: Marlins (30-22) At Phillies (31-24)”

  1. Brian G. Says:

    Long time, first time as they say on the radio.

    Been reading your blog for a while now, and I just wanna say great job. Gives me that little insight I need before every Phills game.

    Keep it up
    -Brian

  2. Brett Myers Says:

    Im not 1-6 damn it.

  3. Brett Myers Says:

    im 2-6 damnit… please trade me though before i really stink it up

  4. Mike T. Says:

    This is laughable.

  5. big c Says:

    this guy really sucks

  6. big c Says:

    wow only three runs…i normally would blame burell for it but myers set himslef up for that

  7. Greg Says:

    DISABLED LIST

  8. Rob Cowie Says:

    Not looking good for our boys so far

  9. Mike W. Says:

    It’s official: Myers is the new Eaton.

  10. NC Jason Says:

    MYER SHOULD GO ON THE DISABLED LIST 4 LIFE

  11. NC Jason Says:

    Coste = the wind beneath Myers’ wings

  12. Mike W. Says:

    And Ruiz plays why?

  13. dan Says:

    utley 4 president

  14. TwoTonsOfIrony Says:

    This offense seems elite. I loved the 10 pitch walk from Howard and Utley fighting off a couple fouls to get a good pitch, as well as Vic coming up huge in that inning. Question: Would it save Myers if he went through 6+ (so 4+ more innings) lights out because he has some confidence and a lead behind him? Or was the start bad enough?

    Great site, been reading for about a month and love it, a lot better than reading the message boards at philly.com. Thanks to all

  15. Tim Malcolm Says:

    Your welcome, Brian, Two Tons. Great to have you.

    Anyone else think Utley isn’t the best player in baseball? Larry who?

  16. Tim Malcolm Says:

    Brett is attacking the plate. That’s what he has to do. Nice work.

  17. Tim Malcolm Says:

    BTW, I come home from work and DirectTV has come through. I got my 27″ flat screen mounted on the wall, showing the Sox game (Manny going for 500) with my Phils on my laptop. And I’m chilling in bed with a Belgian White at my side. Going out later. This is THE life.

  18. Tim Malcolm Says:

    God DAMN!

  19. Mike T. Says:

    If the Phils can get another solid starter - watch out.

  20. Gnomicide Says:

    Power outage on the Phils. These guys can’t hit anything.

  21. Tim Malcolm Says:

    Myers FINALLY showing what he can do.

  22. Greg Says:

    Rock on. Maybe all Myers needed was 7 in the 2nd. Good bounce back on his part, though.

  23. Tim Malcolm Says:

    The fantastic coincidence of Wes Helms being the final out, and striking out. Ahhh.

  24. Scott Says:

    Over the course of the series with the Marlins, I will be having an ongoing battle with a Fish blogger at thesouthfloridafan.blogspot.com and libertyball.net. He’s very educated about the game and I definitely had fun tonight. Check it out and feel free to make some comments.

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Charlie Manuel - $1.5 million
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Ryan Howard - $10 million
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Adam Eaton - $7,635,000
Chase Utley - $7.5 million
Jimmy Rollins - $7 million
Brad Lidge - $6.35 million
Tom Gordon - $5.5 million
Geoff Jenkins - $5 million
Scott Eyre - $3.8 million
Joe Blanton - $3.7 million
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Pedro Feliz - $3 million
J.C. Romero - $3 million
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Ryan Madson - $1.4 million
So Taguchi - $1.05 million
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Eric Bruntlett - $600,000
Cole Hamels - $500,000
Shane Victorino - $480,000
Chris Snelling - $450,000
Kyle Kendrick - $445,000
Greg Dobbs - $440,000
Carlos Ruiz - $425,000
Clay Condrey - $420,000
Chris Coste - $415,000
Rudy Seanez - $400,00
Francisco Rosario - $395,000
Mike Zagurski - $392,500
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