Gamenight: Phillies (75-63) At Nationals (53-85)

Posted by Tim Malcolm, Tue, September 02, 2008 06:36 PM

Headline: Hamels set to step up against Nats
The Major Players: Cole Hamels, John Lannan, Chase Utley, Ryan Zimmerman
The Venue: Nationals Park, Washington D.C.
The Number: 2 games behind (Mets)

It was not the result we at Phillies Nation were seeking yesterday, as the Nats beat on Kyle Kendrick and took game one, 7-4. The loss dropped the Phils to two games behind the Mets with 24 left to play. Tonight Cole Hamels sets up vs. John Lannan. The Nats have a seven-game winning streak going.

Eleven Up: Jimmy Rollins has Lannan in his book this season with a homer. He’s hitting .500 against the guy who nicked Utley with a pitch last year.

Lights Out: Hamels has a 2.89 ERA in 18 night starts this season.

Invader Zim: Zimmerman has a seven-game hitting streak (coinciding with the Nats’ winning streak). In that time he’s hitting .428.

Burr-ied: Responding to Pat Burrell’s poor play in the 3-hole (and better play from Werth), Charlie Manuel has slotted Jayson Werth into that spot, moving Burrell back to the five-hole.

Phillies: Cole Hamels (11-8) 3.13 ERA
Nationals: Tim Redding (8-12) 3.92 ERA

Gametime: 7:10 p.m. EST
Weather: 90, partly cloudy
Lineup: Rollins/Utley/Werth/Howard/Burrell/Victorino/Feliz/Ruiz/Hamels

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115 Responses to “Gamenight: Phillies (75-63) At Nationals (53-85)”

  1. fred Says:

    Nice to see Werth getting a shot in the 3 hole. Actually love the line-up, very strong 6 deep.

  2. Fred Says:

    This or any lineup will only be strong when they start to hit on a regular basis.

  3. Grrrumpy Miner Says:

    Hamels needs to go out there and pitch a gem vs a team that has nothing to lose like the Nats.A loss for your “ACE” can hurt them even more.Oh and glad to see the Mets get Hamels this weekend; another reason he needs this game tonight.Might be Hamels/Niese this Sunday IF Niese cam beat the Brew Crew.

  4. fred Says:

    How people get on Hamels back and declare he’s not an ace is a mystery to me. He put’s up great ERA numbers and strikeout numbers, yet just because he gets hardly any run support and thus dosn’t win 20 games people say he isn’t an ace ? I’d take Cole over almost any pitcher in the national league on any given day, maybe with the exception of Sabathia and Santana.

  5. philsphan Says:

    I agree fred. He doesn’t win 20 games because the Phillies offense didn’t support him enough.

  6. Phil Thadelphia Says:

    Hey… 5 posts and no reference to the Mets in 2007. I need you guys to stay on pace so I can win the pool. Please bring up last year more often.

  7. danny Says:

    Hamels has been unlucky this year, but certain games we’ve needed him to come out and pitch lights out and he hasn’t. We know he has gotten very unlucky this year with run support, and those things happen. But I can recall like 3-4 games where he gave up like 3 runs when we could only give up 2 or 4 runs when he needed to only give up 3.

    I don’t know if that makes him an ace or not. Who cares? That’s just a title. I also would take him over anyone else except Zito, Sabathia, or Nomo.

  8. Geoff Says:

    Wow shane, nice.

  9. danny Says:

    It’s like, EARTH TO COLE, you need to give up 0 runs this game because our offense is anemic if it is not hitting homers…

  10. danny Says:

    Elijah Dukes: crappy baserunner

  11. Matt Says:

    Wow, really Harry? Man, you’ve really gotta go.

  12. TJ Says:

    Who are the only four Phillies to hit a home run in five straight games?

    Anyone know this?

    Im thinking Thome was one of them. Maybe Howard. Abreu?

  13. TJ Says:

    Ruiz is a scrub at the plate, surprised he beat that out.

  14. switch hitter Says:

    i say charlie starts the marson era

  15. TJ Says:

    That was respectable baseball. Hamels bunts over and Rollins singles Ruiz in from second, good hustle from Ruiz on the basepaths. Utley then singles J-Roll in from second.

  16. TJ Says:

    Singles! I love it. Come Howard, its the thing to do!

  17. danny Says:

    LOL Chase Utley is CRAZY!

  18. fred Says:

    Chase is the man. That’s payback for breaking his wrist !

  19. TJ Says:

    yea that was nuts but why send him when you have your “best player” up with a guy on third. This guy needs to get up

  20. Fred Says:

    Cheap shot by Utley.

  21. Matt Says:

    Next time, don’t block the plate.

  22. fred Says:

    that wasn’t a cheap shot, he blocked the plate

  23. TJ Says:

    They broke his wrist but that was an extremly hard slide. Some could classify that as a tackle attempt there was no sliding involved there just a straight dive.

  24. Fred Says:

    Foolish play – looks like Utley tweaked his shoulder with the flying body block.

  25. Matt Says:

    Wonder if anything comes of this.. if the Nats had any balls (which they don’t) they’d go after someone on the Phils.

  26. TJ Says:

    Matt – I dont think the Nationals have that fire in them.

  27. Fred Says:

    He was clearly out but decided to spear him. Wonder of he went on his own or did Smith send him?

  28. Matt Says:

    TJ – I agree. that’s why they continually are a sub .500 team. I mean seriously, if the pitcher doesn’t stick up for his catcher, I don’t know who else will.

  29. Ray Says:

    Great hard playing by Chase. Thats what, the 3rd catcher Utley’s knocked out?

  30. danny Says:

    Chase is something else. You’d think they’d nail him when he comes up again..

  31. fred Says:

    The nats announcers seem to think it was a perfectly legit play lol.

  32. TJ Says:

    danny – as long as they dont hurt him whatever.

  33. TJ Says:

    Nice throw by Milledge there, almost had him. The Phils announcers loved it.

  34. danny Says:

    At what point does Utley get the reputation as a dirty player? My money is on Linda Cohn doing highlights tonight with her typical mets snarl talking about the play and then highlighting other similar plays by Chase.

  35. fred Says:

    He just plays hard, there’s nothing wrong with diving in if the plate is being blocked. Come on the brew crew, need a win from those boys tonight

  36. Ray Says:

    I remember Mark Grace saying a lot of players don’t like Utley, He ( MArk Grace) says he’s known as a dirty player. I remember when Utley burried Russell Martin a few years ago. Same reaction. non Phillies Phans called it dirty. but it was just hard playing. Pete Rose like.

  37. Grrrumpy Miner Says:

    If a catcher isn’t blocking the plare,they aren’t their job.I remember a few years back when Todd Hundley did the same thing,he said that if the runner was gonna score,he’d have to break his leg.

  38. fred Says:

    Utley just does what it takes to win, he’s not a dirty player. He’s a gamer

  39. Fred Says:

    Since when does flying head first into a guy’s ribs constitute a clean play? He never made any play for the plate. I like Utley but that wasn’t a clean play.

  40. fred Says:

    He was trying to knock the ball loose because he was blocking the plate. If he slid, he’d have been out.

  41. Fred Says:

    So when did mlb turn into the nfl? Knock the ball loose by putting your shoulder into the guy’s rib cage?

  42. NEPA Says:

    5-1 Mets – this game just turned into an absolute must win.

  43. NEPA Says:

    Nice job Jimmy. Let’s get at least 1 more.

  44. fred Says:

    Lol that’t hardly the NFL Fred.

  45. Fred Says:

    This is definitely a must win.

  46. PhilsPhaninSanJose Says:

    Agree – definitely a must win…these Mets just wont roll over and die this year…

  47. fred Says:

    Good base running by Jimmy there.

  48. switch hitter Says:

    i think sadley this is a dirty play that will rear its ugly head during the end of the year series and prob cost the phils the playoffs by them wanting to start a fight and to get back for utley stupid dive into the catcher

  49. NEPA Says:

    Big double play there. Cole not an ace? I’m not so sure about that.

  50. BeatWritersSuck Says:

    Bush League Bush League…..The Philthies play dirty…. Karma

  51. NEPA Says:

    Haha, Niese made it threw 3+ innings pitched tonight. That’s a lot of Mets bullpen to look forward to.

  52. PhilsPhaninSanJose Says:

    exactly – already a one run game – go brewers! (for now)

  53. Fran Says:

    tied up

  54. NEPA Says:

    God, this inning is making me nervous.

  55. PhilsPhaninSanJose Says:

    romero always kinda makes me nervous – definitely earns his strikes…but the Brewers tied it up – so this night could end well all around

  56. Fred Says:

    Guess our ace threw too many pitches tonight to face the Mets on Sunday.

  57. Geoff Says:

    trade jimmy rollins

  58. NEPA Says:

    If we pull this one out it will be a very fun hour or so being able to watch the Mets knowing we can’t lose any ground.

  59. Phil Says:

    A Mets win against hte Brewers isn’t the end of the world honestly. If the Mets sweep the Brew Crew and we get 3 out of 4 from them then we can be in the wild card and division hunt. It doesn’t hurt to have 2 options honestly.

  60. Phil Says:

    Wow, that Marlins/Braves game is insane. 14-13

  61. mikemike Says:

    Does anyone else feel like me that felix is a good fielder, but can’t hit to save his life. If he doesn’t get a fastball he is toast.

  62. Geoff Says:

    and ryan howard

  63. Phil Says:

    And this whole team.

  64. NEPA Says:

    Good win, I’ll take a combined shutout any day.

  65. nationals#1 Says:

    Ryan Howard is a good fielder who can’t hit to save his life? Uh…

  66. Geoff Says:

    no no. trade jimmy rollins…and ryan howard while their value is still good

  67. NEPA Says:

    He was saying he can’t hit off-speed pitches. Only fastballs.

  68. NEPA Says:

    and is that Nationals#1 as in the #1 pick in next years draft?

  69. Geoff Says:

    and they can only hit fastballs

  70. Fred Says:

    Where are all the Mets fans at?

  71. Grrrumpy Miner Says:

    Fred….wright here listening to a good game at work.

  72. Grrrumpy Miner Says:

    Hamels gutted it out today,plus the bullpen didn’t implode.I guess Hamels is salivating at facing Santana (after Niese showed he’s not ready for prime time yet) this Sunday.Two More Games Vs the Blue Crew and Phillies/Mets can commence again.

  73. NEPA Says:

    Grrrumpy Miner is here and I highly respect him for that, the rest are busy shitting their pants knowing that bullpen still has to get at least 9 outs.

  74. Phil Thadelphia Says:

    I’m here…. listening to the same good game.

  75. Grrrumpy Miner Says:

    NEPA……now its hopefully 6 more outs to go.BTW thanx

  76. Joe Says:

    I’m kind of hoping that the Mets/Brewers match goes way longer than the remaining two innings. After the big drama win of last Tuesday night following the big Sunday night win just before, the Phillies Pen was exhausted. It could happen to any team.

    So let’s hope go to bed and check the Internet tomorrow to see that the Brewers beat the Mets at 5:00 am.

  77. NEPA Says:

    No problem.

  78. z Says:

    LOL brewers just brought in gagne to face wright beltran and delgado

  79. NEPA Says:

    Haha – Gagne will give up 5 runs, no doubt.

  80. Joe Says:

    Only took Gagne 10 pitches to take care of business.

  81. NEPA Says:

    Wow, scoreless inning for Gagne, God just wasted a miracle on that I guess.

  82. Phil Thadelphia Says:

    I dunno if a loooong game would make the Mets pen any worse than it is… Plus, with the September call-ups, there are 13 people in the pen. :P With players getting sleep if it goes real long, I imagine the bullpen could carry them through Thursday if they go REEEEAAAAAAL long. lol

  83. NEPA Says:

    If the Mets can bring this to the 10th inning with the heart of the Brewers order up I’ll have to give them a lot of credit. This is a big game, especially now that the Phils have won, and they’ve stepped up a lot after the rookie had a rough outing. I’ll give credit where credit is due.

  84. Joe Says:

    Corey Hart Bucky Dent

  85. Phil Thadelphia Says:

    Time to give them that credit. :)

  86. NEPA Says:

    Nicely done, Mets bullpen.

  87. Joe Says:

    (Previous comment rendered less clever after the posting engine stripped the symbols out.)

  88. DAVE Says:

    that’s very gracious of you NEPA

  89. NEPA Says:

    haha, they deserve it.

  90. NEPA Says:

    Maybe now I’ll move on to ripping apart that Mets offense that’s been absent for 7 straight innings.

  91. DAVE Says:

    looks like you spoke too soon, NEPA…1st and 3rd, none out

  92. Phil Thadelphia Says:

    Well… if its not the bullpen, then it HAS to be the offense that deserves some ripping….

  93. NEPA Says:

    it;s like god damn clockwork.

  94. Phillies Suck Says:

    go mets!!!

  95. Phillies Suck Says:

    GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO METSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!

  96. Phillies Suck Says:

    QUIET IN HERE! I QUESS THATS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR SEASON IS COMING TO AN END! BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR!

  97. NEPA Says:

    2 on for Rickie Weeks, still hope I guess.

  98. Phil Thadelphia Says:

    Mets win!

  99. NEPA Says:

    Great win by the Mets, much props.

  100. Grrrumpy Miner Says:

    “Put it in the books!”Amazins win again.So with this win…..six bucks and my wright eye tells me that the Mets get a good old fashioned ass kicking tomorrow

  101. mikemike Says:

    If the mets win the east. This is the series that will decide it to go to brewers park and win is big .

  102. z Says:

    you guys should be happy we won. atleast we’re giving you a shot at the wildcard

  103. Kyle Kendrick Says:

    I am by far the best starting pitcher on this team.

  104. J-Man Says:

    The Brewers are overrated…The get 2 men on against the worst bullpen in baseball and can’t come up…thats sad.

  105. z Says:

    the bullpen is usually only bad on the games the mets lose. and thats not often of late.

  106. NEPA Says:

    That really makes no sense Z. I pray that was like a joke or something.

  107. Nice Mets fan Says:

    Should be a great month. Looking forward to this weekend. As much as we all “hate” each other, you have to admit it’s fun. A true rivalry. I’d say good luck but it would not be genuine.

  108. Manny Says:

    F*ck the mets! Today at the Nats stadium people were like “It’s OK if the Phillies win… as long as they beat the Mets and win the division” haha Nobody likes them

  109. big pelf Says:

    the mets are getting the sweep tommorow, sorry ladies. and then we can cruise on by when we play you guys. cant wait. and then it only gets easier.

  110. big pelf Says:

    (her her her lets insert a 2007 joke here, pretty clever man)

  111. big pelf Says:

    last i checked the 2nd half 2007 mets were not nearly as good as the 2nd half 2008 mets. jerry manuel is a good man.

  112. Mark Says:

    Great game by Hamels. I saw a comment above that Hamels wins 20 if he gets consistent offensive support. Nice try at stealing home by Utley and I liked Rollins’ hustle in getting into rundown allowing the run to score despite the doubleplay. Go Phillies. Tonight is another MUST WIN to take into Shea.

  113. christopher Says:

    good win for the phils, especially at a time when hamels needed to go out and look dominant. now just win tomorrow, take the series, and get ready to sweep the mets.

  114. RiVLez Says:

    That wasn’t what you call a “good win” . You have to expect the phillies to beat up on the Nationals especially with Hamels on the mound. Anyway, Brewers who?!?!?

  115. Don M Says:

    every win in September is a GREAT WIN. . . I dont care if you are playing the Little Sisters of the Poor.. you still need that win and should be pumped when you get it

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