Postseason '08, Here we come!

The Phillies Clinched their second straight playoff berth as phightins turned two on a heroic play by the little man J-Roll.

Outtaherephils player of the game: Pedro Feliz

Pedro provided the RBI double in the 8th which provided the run that got Brad Lidge his 41st save of the season. This run proved to be the run which won the game.

Today the Phillies and Kyle Kendrick (11-9) square-off (or should i say "sleep-off") against the Nationals and Odalis Perez (7-11). This game virtually means nothing, win or lose, we are still going to the postseason.

Quick Stat: DC Pitcher with most wins-Tim Redding (10-11)

     DC Pitcher with best record- Joel Hanrahan (6-3)

The Phillies will most likely win today as we have a young pitcher and a truckload of offense. 

This is my prediction:

Kendrick- 6.1IP, 4H, 2R, 2K,1BB

Perez- 4IP, 6H, 5R, 1K, 3BB

Starting Lineup Predictions

Rollins: 2-5, 2B

Werth: 1-4,K

Utley: 3-5, HR (34), 2B

Howard: 3-4, HR (49, 50),BB

Burrell: 1-3, BB

Victorino: 4-4, 2B, HR(15)

Feliz:0-4, 2K

Ruiz: 1-5, 2B

Kendrick: 1-2, K

Good Day and Go Phils

Cramer

Magic number shrinks with two to play

The Phillies need a W tonight and a big fat L from the mets to clinch a playoff spot. 

Jaime Moyer (15-7) has the season on is shoulders tonight as the Phightins go up against John Lannan (9-14). If we get up by three runs, I would symbolicly put Brett Myers in to close out the title game to reenact last year. Also, I would want to include JA Happ and Greg Golson on the postseason roster, but that may not happen. 

Good Day and Go Phillies,

Cramer

Phils Take 2 Out Of 3 from Fish

Jaime Moyer continued his excellent season with six solid innings, as the Phils defeat the Marlins 5-2. The bullpen pitched three excellent shutout innings and Brad Lidge picked up his 40th save of the season.

Pedro Feliz and Chase Utley provided sparks for the offense, each connecting for two-run homer.

Mets lost and Phils now up 1 and 1/2 games in the east. It looks like the Mets are having another horrid collapse and the Phils are loving every second of it.

Peace,
Harrison

Dobbs Leaves Game in 7th

Greg Dobbs exited tonight's ballgame with a supposed leg injury while playing defense.

I'll Keep you posted as more info comes to the surface.

L8er,

Cramer and Johnny

Lights go Out; Phils win!

Brad "Lights Out" Lidge, struck again to collect his 39th save this season, he remains perfect. Dobbs had a pinch-hit RBI AGAIN that ultimately won the game!

More L8er,

Cramer

Phillies on a roll; come out with seventh straight win

The Phillies won last night as the boys in red beat out the Braves 4-3 on Thursday. 

The Phillies backed up Cole Hamels as he wet six innings for his 14th win of the year.

outtaherephils player of the game: Pat Burrell

Burrell broke out of his little slump with a two run BOMB in the sixth inning that ultimately decided the game!

Brett Myers will look to even out his record to 11-11 tonight as he takes the hill in the opening game in Miami.

Quik Stat: The Phillies finished the season 9-0 at Turner Field.

Phillies: Brett Myers (10-11)

Marlins: Josh Johnson (5-1)

This will really be a starter vs starter because the bullpen may not even come into play for either of the teams. Both pitchers are known for their durability and rarely exit before the seventh. Here's my prediction for the Pitchers:

Myers: 7.2 IP 3ER 1BB 7K (W)

Johnson: 6IP 2ER 2BB 5K (ND)

Phillies Bullpen: 2.3 IP 0ER 1BB 2K

Marlins Bullpen: 4IP 2ER 2BB 2K

With Kevin Gregg's high ERA and losing record for the fish, it will be tough to hold the phillies down, as they are known for exploding in the late innings.

Overall, the Phillies will win the game 5-4 in 10 innings, halting the Marlins W streak at 8.

Peace out and Go Phillies!

Cramer 

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Happ is Happy; earns first MLB win

JA Happ got his first career MLB win, 6-1 over Jair Jurrjens and the Braves last night. Ryan Howard hit an RBI single in the first inning to help JA Happ to a four run first.

Quick Stat: The Phillies have not lost a game at Turner Field this season.

Tonights Pitchers:

Hamels (13-9) vs Reyes (3-11)

Hamels is strongly favored to win over Atlanta tonight for one reason:

Cole's ERA is 200 points lower than Reyes'. This means that it will basiclly be a slugfest for both teams.

Cramer Prediction: Ryan Howard will hit yet another bomb and the Phillies will take the win 8-4.

Go Phillies
Cramer

Myers goes the distance, phillies sweep

Brett Myers pitched a hell of a game last night, giving up just one run on two hits over nine innings. He added to the cause with an RBI single in the second and scoring from second base on a single by Jimmy Rollins. Great Job Brett. Shane Victorino chipped in by going 4-4 last night as the Phils took it 6-1. They are tied for first at0p the wild card.

outtaherephils player of the game: Brett Myers

Lil' Man Carrieth; Phillies take Game 2

Jimmy Rollins fell a triple short of the cycle today as Cole Hamels won his 13th game against the brewers, 7-3. Manny Parra took the loss in one and a third innings. Brad Lidge preserved a four run lead in the ninth.

Jimmy had a great day, scoring three runs, with a single, double and a two-run dinger. Ryan Howard extended his hit streak to seven games. His bat is heating up, as he is now hitting a miniscule, but decent, .243. He has been good on the 'paths though, scoring an average of 1.6 runs per game.

Good Night and Go Phillies

Cramer

Brewers at Phillies: 9/13/08

The Big Guys: Cole Hamels, Jayson Werth, Ryan Howard, Prince Fielder.

Where: 1 citizens bank way, home of the phillies.

When: 3:55 pm ET

Who: Manny Parra (10-7) vs Cole Hamels (12-9)

Quick Stat: The Phillies have the home field advantage vs the mets if needed.

Manny Parra will start todays game against Cole Hamels at Citizens Bank Park. The Brewers are favored to lose to Cole for two reasons.

#1: Manny's ERA is almost 100 points higher than Cole's

#2: Manny almost never reaches the seventh inning. For his Career, he goes n average of 4.2 innings per game. Cole rarely leaves before the sixth as his average for  IP/game is 6.2

The offense has been stale in september. This has been a problem for the Phillies this year as they tend to blow leads early in the game and can't catch up later.

The Battle Down Under: This game will be decided by the bottom four in the lineups. This most likely means for the Phillies it will rest on the shoulders of Shane Victorino, Pedro Feliz, Carlos Ruiz, and Cole Hamels.

Speaking of the bottom four, Cole Hamels is hitting well this season. If I'm Charlie Manuel, tis is My Lineup:

SS Rollins

LF Werth

1B Howard

2B Utley

CF Victorino

C Coste

3B Feliz

P Hamels

RF Taguchi

Although this is not the official Lineup, we will win with Hamels hitting eighth. If he can pinch hit in the eleventh, he can hit in the 8 hole.

The Bullpen:

Because the majority of the Brewers hitters are righties, I'm gonna leave this one to Madson. However, if there are back-to-back lefties, Romero will get the call. He has a blazing 95 mph fastball and a great changeup which is his main K pitch.

Lidge will play an important role in tonights game. If there is a slim margin going into the ninth, he will determine the fate of the game, series, and ultimately, the season.

The Late Richie Ashburn has been nominated for the Ford C. frick award forhisplay-byplay back in the 1980s. We miss you Richie! 

Also, go to phillies.com to vote for J-Roll for the Clemente award!

Good Day and Go Phillies

Cramer 

 

Breaking News: PPD

The game tonight has been postponed; it will be a day-night doubleheader tomorrow. If we win both games, Ned Yost will most likely start CC Sabathia on 4 days rest.

More l8er

steve

Brew Crew fall to lidge

Jaime Moyer pitched very well today as the Phillies beat Milwaukee 6-3. They are 3 back in the east and the wild card. If they sweep, they will have sole possession of the NL wild card. Its a long shot, but its their only shot at october.

outtaherephils player of the game: Jaime Moyer

Jaime held the brew crew to 3 runs in six great innings on three dayd rest. Great Job Jaime.

2 back 19 to play

With the 6-3 Loss Yesterday, we remain two back of the mets with 19 left to play. Cole Hamels lasted 5 innings, giving up 5 runs as he got rocked around. Cole is now 12-9 while Johan Santana is 13-7.

outtaherephils player of the game: Andy Tracy. Playig in his first game since 2004, he came off the bench and capped off a small rally with and RBI sac fly. 

one down, one to go

Jaime Moyer Collected his 13th win of this 208 campaign today. Pedro Martinez lost as he now falls to 5-4.

outtaherephils player of the game: Carlos Ruiz

Ruiz singled twice and added on a double with 3RBI. He was a key player today.

Tonight will be ace Cole Hamels (11-9).

We Will Sweep

Jaime Moyer is on the hill today for  the Phillies against Pedro Martinez in Shea Stadium.

Jaime is 12-7 vs the 5-3 Pedro.

The night game will be started by none other than Cole Hamels. Cole is 12-8 with a 3.01 ERA.

Quick Stat: Cole Hamels actually has a better ERA away (3.00) than home (3.03).

Brad Lidge could improve to 36/36 today in Saves.

Just a shout-out in memorial to my grandfather:

David Cramer

December 19, 1926-September 6, 2008 

Shea Goodbye

Say your goodbyes to Shea Stadium! The doubleheader today was rained out by tropical storm Hannah. We will never again play at Shea.

Also, congratulations to my good friend Elliott Plotkin on his bar mitzvah

-SAC

Myers grabs 10Ks, Phils win 3-0

Brett Myers as improved to 9-10 as he grabbed 10Ks and a win tonight against NY.

outtaherephils player of the game: Greg Dobbs

Dobbs hit the go ahead homer to win the game for us in the 7th. Without it, we might be in the 12th right now.

We are two back in the east. These are the standings as of 10pm 9/5/08

1. New York Mets --

2. Philadelphia Phillies 2.0

3. Florida Marlins 7.5

4. Atlanta Braves 18.5

5. Washington Nationals 25.0

Goodnight and Go Phillies

Howard Jack 2 but Phils fall

Ryan Howard hit his 38 and 39th home runs of the year but that wasn't enough. The Philadelphia Phillies lost to Manny Acta's Washington Nationals.

The next game is at shea stadium on the 5th. This is the last time ever the phils will ever play in their enemy territory, as it is going down after 2008.

Brett Myers (8-10) will pitch for the Phillies tomorrow against Mike Pelfrey (13-8) in flushing NY.

By the way, go to MLB.com to vote for J-Roll for the Clemente award

Phils win

Cole Hamels Picked up his 11th win of 2008 as the phillies won.

Game Update

Cole Hamels has a 2-0 lead in the 4th inning of todays matchup in the capitol. Halt the win streak Cole!

SAC

Phils lose, Nats are HOT

The phillies lost today to the red hot nationals in DC as Washington won its 7th straight. They are 25 back of first place. The Phillies remain 1/2 game back of NY heading into game 2 in the capitol.

Tim redding took a no hit bid into the sixth but gave up a shane victorino infield single. a wild thow by Nats catcher Jesus Flores got Vic to 3rd and he scored on a Ryan Howard double. Utley crushed #32 but that was almost it as the Phils lost, 7-4.

About that Sabathia play. That was a No Hitter. Not a 1 hitter. It Was A No-No! Hopefully, the brew crew will get their case in MLB "court. U dont mess with CC!

SAC