Oh, Baby! Phillies Stun Mets In 13
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Wed, August 27, 2008 01:11 AM
Game of the year. And what a win.
Chris Coste deposited a Scott Schoeneweis pitch into deep center field, securing a Shane Victorino run and a wild, ridiculous 8-7 win over the Mets in 13 innings.
The build to the winning moment is first-rate material. First there’s Jamie Moyer’s collapse — coming off a four-game sweep of the Dodgers, with all the hype surrounding the series, a Moyer breakdown seemed in the cards from the onset. And the deck was stacked tenfold once Jose Reyes smoked one of his pitches for a triple to open the game. Moyer never solved the Mets, going only three innings and giving up six runs.
The Mets would score once more. As they’ve done all season, the Phillies bullpen shut down an offense, this time for nine scoreless frames. And it was the whole bullpen — Clay Condrey for 2.1, Scott Eyre for 1.2, Chad Durbin for one, Brad Lidge for one, Ryan Madson for two, JC Romero for one, Rudy Seanez for one. The full line: 10 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 5 K. Sparkling.
The bullpen allowed a Phillies comeback. They started off Pedro Martinez, who pitched well, but is no longer reliable to win games. Pedro Feliz knocked home Shane Victorino with a sacrifice fly. An inning later, unlikely hero Clay Condrey led off with a double, and Jimmy Rollins smoked a two-run home run into right field. 7-3. Then Chase Utley walked, and two batters later, Ryan Howard launched a left-field homer. 7-5. We had a game.
Brian Stokes held the Phillies during the middle innings, but the Phils met a few of their best friends starting in the eighth. First: Duaner Sanchez. A Carlos Ruiz single and change to lefties took him out for Pedro Feliciano. Lefty Greg Dobbs was pulled for Chris Coste, who promptly singled (he went 4-for-4 after his entrance), leading to a Rollins single to make it 7-6. Rollins had five straight hits to open the game, finishing 5-for-7 with 3 RBI and a run. Welcome back, Young James.
The Phillies were erased in the eighth (thanks Pat Burrell, 0-for-7), and it was Luis Ayala’s turn to stop the Phils and end the game. It seemed certain with two quick outs, but Jayson Werth kept it alive with a single. In came Eric Bruntlett, the most unlikely candidate to bring home a run from first base. But he did — double in the gap, scoring Werth (with thanks to a bad reception by Brian Schneider). 7-7.
To recap everything else would be too time-consuming, and anyway, you all remember what happened. The Phils had multiple chances to win the game. Tenth inning: Burrell and Ryan Howard couldn’t score a leadoff double by Chris Coste. Eleventh inning: Rollins popped up with the bases loaded and two outs. Twelfth inning: The heart of the order went down easily to Aaron Heilman, who played Houdini throughout his three-inning ride.
On the other side, the Phils came up big when the Mets threatened. In the eleventh, Werth gunned David Wright, who was trying to stretch a single into a double with two outs. In the twelfth, Howard robbed Ryan Church of a hit.
All of it set up the 13th, led off by the burgeoning leader, Victorino. His hustle triple forced the Mets to load the bases with no outs. Brett Myers, the eager pinch hitter, played dummy and almost won the game by walking in a genius call by Charlie Manuel. With one down, up stepped Coste, and the game finally ended.
This game had everything — great pitching, great offense, great defense, controversial calls, big plays, big numbers. When Cole Hamels and Myers pinch hit, you have something great on your hands. Manuel played Carlos Ruiz at third base in the ninth inning because he didn’t want to waste Bruntlett’s bat — what a call. He also kept the infield back, letting Damion Easley score in the fourth off a David Wright groundout. That worked too. While Moyer put the Phils out of the game at first, great managing, clutch pitching and timely hitting saved the day.
It was 2007 all over again at the Bank — the clear-cut game of the year, and a huge, huge win to start off this final run toward the pennant. Too much to write, and more to write later, but for now, relish this one.
Associated Press photo
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August 27th, 2008 at 1:16 am
Outstanding win. It seems Rollins has regained his confidence at the plate.
Off-topic:
I have some serious beef with Comcast – this game wasn’t on in the Northeast (Scranton). I heard last year that Phils vs Mets games are blacked-out on Comcast due to a dispute with the MSG network. Any other Philly fans run into this? And what a game to miss, it’s really grinding my gears!
August 27th, 2008 at 1:17 am
ok so will everyone get of j-rolls dick now?
August 27th, 2008 at 1:22 am
I am too pumped to sleep right now after this game.
August 27th, 2008 at 1:26 am
I took my Mets fan friend to the game tonight at CBP. When Bruntlet came up to pinch hit with two outs in bottom of the 9th, I told him this was going to end well for his team.
“Well, there’s the little matter of the fat lady singing,” he replied.
August 27th, 2008 at 1:36 am
Theres NO WONDER Mets starters like Santana and Pelfrey are looking for complete games,This “Poison Pen” STINKS and now everybody knows that including them.Also if Aaron Heilman is looking towards Free Agency and thinks he’s a starter…..ANY TEAM That signs him to start is a FOOL.That said,If you Phillies fans even think the Mets OR the Marlins are going to go quietly into the night,you BETTER think again.All 3 teams are going to be bloodied and battered and whoever wins this NL East is going to deserve it….NOW if The Phils or Marlins win,I’ll tip my cap to the victor….I sure hope you guys have the class and courtesy to do the same IF the Mets or Marlins win.
August 27th, 2008 at 1:37 am
What does Howard Eskin have to say now about Charlie? That dumb ass “know it all” is biting his tongue somewhere and I love it. Charlie’s gutsy decisions won the Phils this very important game and at the end of this year I think Phils fans will look back on this huge W!
August 27th, 2008 at 1:39 am
Had never been to McGillin’s before tonight… what a great place to catch this game! I loved the notch in the W column, but stranding that many runners is absolutely unforgivable.
I think that, in the end, the Ashburn Award truly belongs to Uncle Chuck. What a game!
August 27th, 2008 at 1:40 am
BTW,Is Larry Anderson still complaining about the Umpires or does he even care.Listening to this guy is like listening to Ron Santo….PAINFUL!
August 27th, 2008 at 1:49 am
I was at the game in right field. How bad was the blown runner interference call? And the double down the right field line that looked foul?
August 27th, 2008 at 1:58 am
Oh, and by the way, I hate how David Wright wears an orange shirt under his jersey every game. Dont know why. It just pisses me off.
August 27th, 2008 at 2:02 am
@ Grrrumpy Miner: didn’t hear L.A.’s broadcast, but the botched call preceding the Tatis homer was just awful. Beltran was pretty clearly in fair territory, and the resultant DP would have taken 3 Mets runs off the board. In the end, it was obviously no harm, no foul — but for awhile, it looked like the Phils would lose by 1 run, and that (lack of a) call CERTAINLY would have been a huge turning point.
Anyway, great win for the Phils, especially given the pitching matchup tomorrow. I’ll gladly take a Kendrickian start and hope to chase Johan from the game before the 8th inning — but it’ll be tough, so tonight’s win was big with the trip to Wrigley looming.
August 27th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Never going to happen! The mets will have 5 runs by the 4th and pray they came have johan pitch a complete game!
August 27th, 2008 at 2:20 am
Well, I’ll hand it to the Phils. They found the way to win. Funny, though, that I thought the game would be well over by the time I got out of work, which was close to 10.
Anywho, there’s always tomorrow.
August 27th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Rich the Mets Fan Says: Anywho, there’s always tomorrow.
You mean today! Go Phils!
August 27th, 2008 at 2:27 am
Oh my god, best game i’ve ever been to… the bank was out of control, it was like we’d just won the world series
August 27th, 2008 at 2:56 am
Nationals#1, that’s the sad part.
August 27th, 2008 at 3:12 am
Why is that sad Tyler? Is it sad that our fans were going crazy to support the team?
August 27th, 2008 at 3:18 am
this team is defintley not a contending team,once we get into the playoffs were done.the emts bullpen fukin blows and we can even score a run off of heilman!
August 27th, 2008 at 4:13 am
Great report Tim! This team was clutch last evening. Taking another today would be super. It’s like I’ve been saying, the Mets ‘pen is a walking disaster. The Phils’ ‘pen has been nothing short of incredible, Unbelievable.
August 27th, 2008 at 5:31 am
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August 27th, 2008 at 7:36 am
Sad this one wasn’t televisied where I am so missed it… Wonder why Charlie put Ruiz at third and Coste behind the plate when Ruiz is the better catcher and Coste can play third… Must be something behind that, any ideas?
August 27th, 2008 at 7:50 am
To the Mets Trolls ~
How are you still even still at a computer? lets think about the life you do not have – You root for the Mets, You type on their blog, and then you talk trash on a Phillies blog —- and then your team blows another lead! Either way, you suck last year and this year looks like more of the same. And now after I post this you will say we have Santana tonight, our rotation is better… bah bah bah bah. YOU LOST LAST NIGHT AFTER BEING UP 7!
HAHAHA
PS What a great game plan by Charlie tonight
August 27th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Now that was the J-Roll I’ve been wonder why we weren’t seeing this season. I’ve been alternately upset with him for not playing up to his potential, and worried that the aftermath of his injury was worse than anybody was letting on (which the Phils are prone to do, as we know). With him and Vic firing on all cylinders, this team will definitely get pumped up.
My concern now is that Burrell is falling into a slump–we need all the offense we can get or the pen is going to be way overworked.
BTW, does anyone else think it’s getting ridiculous the way teams put in a different reliever for every batter? What happened to the days when guys were expected to be able to pitch to both lefty AND righty hitters?
August 27th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Lavelle, I got the game on Comcast channel 14 last night (west of Lancaster), but a friend of mine who lives about 5 miles closer to Lancaster couldn’t get it. We have the triple play package and we get every game, either on Comcast Sports or the CW. I’m not sure why I got the game and my buddy didn’t, but if you have the triple play you should’ve been able to see it.
August 27th, 2008 at 8:23 am
I NEED to see a video of Brett Myers’ AB stat! Someone has to get this online. From all accounts, it is legend.
August 27th, 2008 at 8:47 am
bring on Santana….Momentum boys ‘n’ girl, momentum…
August 27th, 2008 at 9:00 am
That was positively bizaare. What a great win. Both teams showed their weaknesses at key times. the mets bullpen, in patented, systematic fashion, completely hacked up the lead for another blown save. Then the phillies went through 3 extra innings with terrible situational hitting and prolonged the game. but watching brett myers go up there and bluff an at bat was CLASSIC. that was so damned funny. he almost walked home the winning run! victorinos triple forced jerry manuel to load the bases – ok i get the point behind it, but the phillies are a bad situational hitting team. pitching to them might not have been such a bad idea….
that was classic for sure. the mets totally fell apart and blew a 7-run lead like it was their job. M – azing.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:05 am
The Mets were up by 7 with 17 outs left to play.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:06 am
OZ…..be careful what you wish for
August 27th, 2008 at 9:07 am
another great thing about this win: we get our blog back until gametime. that should keep the trolls away until someone from the mets gets on base…then..out they come.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Nah Geoff, they’ll be here telling us our team sucks pretty soon.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:11 am
They’ll be telling us that our their bullpen is “about as good as the Phillies”…
Yo.. how about Rollins, the bench..!!… the bullpen!!… what a GREAT TEAM WIN.. best win all year, well either this or the other comeback vs. the Mets at Shea
August 27th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Congrats Phillies fans. You are up 1/2 game. A week ago everyone on this blog wanted to shoot Rollins and now you love him? Yesterday afternoon, Burrell was a hero. After having a rough night he was booed and I heard someone clearly call him a “pussy.” Keep being classy, Philadelphia. I’ll give you the one game and I’ll agree that the Mets bullpen is pathetic- but one thing I will always do is stand behind my team- win or lose. Rollins could not have been more right. Don’t all you college kids have more beers to drink and fights to get in?
August 27th, 2008 at 9:12 am
well as much as it hurts….you guys fought back and deserved it. I guess i ate my words from yesterday. Great comeback!!
August 27th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Told you Geoff.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:14 am
Meanwhile.. nerds like Darryl18 was calling for Carlos Delgado’s head… mad at Reyes for not being mature enough… etc..
about 50% of the people on here were pissed at Rollins.. some guys still want him traded.. but considering that New Yorkers do the SAME EXACT THING with their guys. why even bring it up?
August 27th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Because they just want to start trouble and make us look bad.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Easily one of the best games ever. This was beyond a vintage Phillies comeback. This was truly something special. You can not count this team out! They will dissapoint us and they will be damn frustrating but you can’t count them out until it’s over.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Last night my gf said to me, “You’re a masochist, I cant’ believe you want to keep watching this.” My response to her was that It’s still early and they have been playing with a lot of heart lately. I have a good feeling about this one. I refused to come on this board because of the trolls. I just watched and enjoyed the come back.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Ruiz rocking the bat… Coste.. Bruntlett.. Feliz.. they are starting to get contributions from the lesser guys.. those “puzzle pieces” that every team needs, and every GM tries to make work on their roster.
Now that we see what this is capable of doing.. give a little credit to those folks who put it together, because this is what they had in mind in Spring Training.
Burrell left 10 runners on base last night!! No wonder people were giving him hell in LF.. Utley and Burrell with Strikeouts in big situations, but when the stars couldn’t do it, the jigsaw guys picked them up!
August 27th, 2008 at 9:26 am
If my girlfriend called me that….. I would go get a dictionary
I went to bed after Rollins grounded out in the Dodgers game.. figuring if they lost id be pissed, but if i woke up and saw that they won, it would be a great way to start the day…. last night, I stayed up for it cause it just had the feeling.. there was a great crowd down there..(any fights or BS like that??) but fans of both teams were on their feet form the 7th inning on
August 27th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Yeah once the trolls came out I switched off the laptop and just watched the game. I cant enjoy posting during a game when the trolls are out because you refresh the page and there are 1,000 new posts and 999 of them are from trolls. So im instituting the “no posting when mets trolls are out of the woodwork” policy for myself.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:29 am
I just hate posting during the game because people forget how long a game is and how the tides can turn very easily.. i like posting here at work while im waiting for stuff to come up on the computer
August 27th, 2008 at 9:29 am
I knew the phillies would come back and win last night as well, i just didnt want to stay on here and argue with the trolls. no lead is safe with that bullpen. aaron heilman actually looked like he pitched well for once and they couldnt turn that into a win.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Agreed Geoff. They are really fucking annoying.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:30 am
im going to try to ignore them during the day here, but im just not going to post when theyre all over the blog during the game. wasting tims server space with useless comments.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:31 am
These trolls blow my mind. I don’t understand the rationale for them to come over here and talk shit like they just beat us in the NLCS(eventhough we lost last night.) They truly have no lives.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Glad to see that you guys are riding the postive-waves the past few days… Phillies have now won like 9-of-11… so I want to make sure everyone stays with this team even if they hit like a 5-game losing streak at some point… because its baseball and crazy things happen.
But we know the kind of team we have.. and we know that we can beat anyone at any time. This Cubs series will seperate the men from the boys though… a split-or-better in this 4 game series will do wonders for how we see this team. If they go into Chicago and win that series, well then you can print those playoff tickets
August 27th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Honestly, in some ways I’m glad we have Hamels in that Cubs series. If he was in this Mets series we’d be in bad shape for that Cubs series.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:39 am
There isnt much to talk about in terms of roster moves. even if they pickup a bench bat thats all there really is except callups. the roster basically is what it is. i hope they win with it and if they dont then ill certaintly have plenty of ideas as to how to improve it in the offseason. i might also share them at random intervals here and there. i wont talk about offseason stuff during the playoffs though if they make it.
im waiting for one of the trolls to say “oh, well youre not our big rivals anyway.” someone will say that if the phllies win tonight. they always do.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Yeah, the trolls view the Braves and Yankees as bigger rivals than the Phillies.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:47 am
I want to remind everyone how awesome our starting rotation has been this month. Here is everyone’s ERA.
Myers: 1.47
Hamels: 2.88
Moyer: 2.19(last nights game hasn’t been added yet)
Kendrick: 6.75(our only bad pitcher this month)
Blanton: 3.00
If we can get pitching like this the rest of the year and our offense can bring their bats then we should have no problem making the post season.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:49 am
if myers becomes what hes supposed to be theyll be fine rotation-wise. whether he can do that is a question, but when hes like he is now hes really a guy that can dominate.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Well, we have Myers going up against Lilly this weekend. I’m excited to see how he does against the best offense in the NL.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Also, if we win tonight it will be 9 out of 10 and a 6 game winning streak going into Chicago. I know this is getting over my head, but how awesome would it be to win the next 5?
August 27th, 2008 at 9:53 am
yeah the cubs series is going to be rough. they are facing top notch pitching and wrigley field will be tough on the phils’ pitchers. winning that series would have me ecstatic, but i’ll be completely happy with a split.
a few more thoughts about last night now that i’ve had the chance to sleep:
how good has scott eyre been so far? this guy looks nasty. he’s probably pitching above his head a bit right now due to the change of scenery, but i wouldn’t be shocked at all if he takes over the set up role by the end of the season. right now doing it be committee is the right move though.
not only is clay condrey having a nice season, but he comes up with one of the biggest hits of the game. i know condrey and seanez are probably the least popular members of our pen but they both are good supporting players, and they both proved it last night.
rough outing for jamie but i have no doubt he’ll bounce back. he’s been terrific this year and sometimes games you just don’t have it. last night was one of those games. he’ll be able to put it behind him and continue to give us good starts the rest of the season.
gotta give it up for the crowd. they stayed there in numbers and stayed into it on the big plays throughout the entire game. they were obviously deflated early but as soon as they got ONE run back they were back in it. david wright said it best after the game- no lead is safe in CBP. once the team starts hitting and the fans get behind them, they can and will come back any given night.
unfortunately i’ll miss most of tonight’s game, but here’s hoping kendrick comes out with a strong outing to give the bullpen some relief, and the offense keeps hitting the balls hard. hell let’s see another myers pinch hit!
August 27th, 2008 at 9:56 am
oh and by the way, nice call on the ashburn guys. truly fitting after last night.
August 27th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Is Kendrick definitely pitching tonight?
August 27th, 2008 at 9:59 am
i think so. he warmed up but didnt throw much. what else can they do? move up hamels? send tracy down and call up happ or carrasco? i dunno
August 27th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Bring on the 25 million dollar man. I hope someone hits him right in the moneybags with a line drive.
August 27th, 2008 at 10:17 am
**Curse of the 7 **
Mets fans take # 7 train to Shea in 07 to watch their team blow a 7 game lead in the division with 17 to play. Media blames Jose Reyes (#7) because of his attitude and numbers in the month of Sept as one of the main reasonsfor collapse.
In the offseason, the Mets give a 7 yr contract to Johan Santana to help their rotation. He gets to wear # 57. On 8/26 game vs Phils.. Mets up 7-0 with 17 outs left and allow Phils to score 7 to tie then in extra innings, Chris Coste (#27) gets game winning hit to beat Mets. Winning pitcher: Rudy Seanez (#57)..
Time of game: 5:17 passed midnight taking them onto 8/27.
Mets look to even up on 8/27 when Santana (12-7) pitches against Kyle Kendrick (11-7).
*** Last day this season Mets face Phils: Sept 7 ***
August 27th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
the phils wont win today sorry phils fan santana is to dominate against ya…yes i undesrtand ya won last night great win but dont get to confident that ya going to win tonight.
August 27th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
What a game!!! I was there!!! Great atmosphere, great game! GO PHILS!