Gamenight: Reds (28-29) At Phillies (33-25)

Posted by Tim Malcolm, Mon, June 02, 2008 05:45 PM

News: Phillies activate Chris Snelling to 25-man roster. TJ Bohn has been demoted to AAA Lehigh Valley.

News 2: Kris Benson was scratched from his rehab start in Clearwater. Yet another setback for the right-hander.

Tonight baseball’s spotlight will shine on Philadelphia, as the first-place Phillies face the surging Reds in the first game of a four-game series.

The big news is not about the first-place Phils or the surging Reds, but about Ken Griffey Jr., who could hit his 600th home run tonight with one swing. I expect a slew of drunken North and Roman Catholic kids with arms outstretched in the back of the right field seats.

All the Griffey business shouldn’t take us away from the entire Reds team, one that is bashing the ball like the Cerranos of old. Foremost is the brutish 21-year-old Jay Bruce — or “The Boss” — who is obliterating the ball at .591 with two homers (a walk-off) and six ribbies. And he’s stolen two bases. The kid is nuts.

Bronson Arroyo goes for the Reds. The sappy singer/songwriter gave up five earned to the Phils on April 7. Meanwhile, Kyle Kendrick goes for the good guys, and he has pitched through the sixth in his last six real starts (not counting the rain delay vs. Toronto).

Phillies: Kyle Kendrick (4-2) 4.84 ERA
Reds: Bronson Arroyo (3-4) 5.55 ERA

Gametime: 7:05 p.m. EST
Weather: 78 degrees, sunny
Lineup: Rollins, Victorino, Utley, Howard, Burrell, Jenkins, Feliz, Coste, Kendrick

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Your gamenight beer: In honor of Griffey, I ‘ll drink La Roja tonight. It’s a red-colored, red-flavored beer that is rare to find and fun to drink. The offering from Jolly Pumpkin resembles red wine, so drink slow and with good food. Tonight, it’s Spanish rice and shrimp. Maybe Griffey hits 600, but the Phillies win by 600.

Go Phillies!

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15 Responses to “Gamenight: Reds (28-29) At Phillies (33-25)”

  1. Josh Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    I’m going to the game on Wednesday night, so here’s hoping Kendrick and Eaton can keep him in the yard for two nights.

  2. dan Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm

    Griffey not starting?!?!

  3. Giuliano Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 7:20 pm

    Utley is amazing…absolutely amazing.

  4. Tim Malcolm Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    There is nothing more I can say. Nothing.

  5. Pat Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 7:29 pm

    We Are!!!

    NC!!!

  6. Mike W. Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 7:50 pm

    Utley is the man and everything…but man that was stupid.

  7. Mike W. Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 7:57 pm

    This Jay Bruce kid is somethin else

  8. danny Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 9:32 pm

    greg dobbs, you are a sick man

  9. Steve Avery Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 9:46 pm

    You suck John Smoltz

  10. dan Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 10:34 pm

    A great game, however a little disappointing in terms of Griffey drama and crowd size. It was something like 38,00 tonight and we didn’t even get to see a pinch-hit performance from Griffey. Man, that’s weak. However, it was awesome to see Bruce play. He’s hitting like .600 now with three jacks and he’s only 21. Utley played like an MVP tonight and extended his HR streak. Great stuff there. Tomorrow night I have third row seats in right field and if Griffey isn’t playing, there will be hell to pay.

  11. Clare Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 10:49 pm

    I was there!! We were on phan-o-vision twice, woot woot!

  12. dan Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 10:59 pm

    I like seeing different players getting the Ashburn Award, but I think Utley deserved this one.

  13. Clare Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 11:36 pm

    I agree, tremendous defense and offense tonight.

    Nothing against Lidge being lights out though!

  14. Mark Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 11:57 pm

    Utley’s in a zone, and pitching and defense held up to beat Cincy despite a homer and 2 for 4 day by their rookie phenom Jay Bruce. Lidge struck out two of the three hitters he faced in the ninth after falling behind in the counts to both of them.

  15. dan Says:
    June 3rd, 2008 at 6:51 am

    so lidge gets the award, but utley gets the recap post. Hmm, tim might be having second thoughts all of a sudden

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