Phillies-Rockies Gamethread

[Pards Rule]

I'll start it but cannot contribute. No way to get game and I'm at work! Ay caramba!

[Pards Rule]

0-0 top of second

[GannonFan]

0-0 after 1 inning. Rocks got 2 guys on in the 1st (single to right and an infield single) but left both of them stranded. Phils went down 1-2-3 with Utley caught looking on strike 3.

And Torrealba has started off the 2nd with a double.

Anyone know how, or if, I can get audio of this game? All the local Phillies affiliates don't seem to carry it from a live streaming standpoint. I assume that's intentional??

[GannonFan]

1 out - fly out to center. Still a runner on 2nd.

[Pards Rule]

Rockie on second, one out top of 2nd

[Pards Rule]

I know Gannon fan...Im on CBS Sports online but no audio feed. Are u watching it??

[GannonFan]

Nah - ESPN Gamecast.

End of the top of the 2nd - fly out and then apparently tried to run on Werth.

[Pards Rule]

70 degrees gametime - mostly sunny with some scattered clouds

[93henfan]

Wow! Terrible call. Torrealba was safe by a mile.

But I'll take it!xlolx

[93henfan]

Ump has a big zone today. Both pitchers getting fortuitous calls. Howard rung up looking on a breaking ball six inches outside.

[93henfan]

Raul grounds into 6-4-3 DP.

0-0 top 3rd.

[93henfan]

Great grab J-Roll. Catches the ball halfway down the left field line. The wind is wreaking havoc on the fielders today.

1-2-3 inning for Lee. K-fly out-ground out. 0-0 mid 3rd.

[GannonFan]

Great grab J-Roll. Catches the ball halfway down the left field line. The wind is wreaking havoc on the fielders today.

1-2-3 inning for Lee. 0-0 mid 3rd.

Can never underestimate the value that Rollins is to this team for his defense. That stretch when he was benched for his bat we got to see that as Bruntlett was an average at best fielder in his absence.

[93henfan]

Lee with a 2-out single. Boy can hack.xlolx

[93henfan]

Lee steals 2nd!

And now another bad call. Lee was picked off at 2nd on the next pitch and the ump blew it.

Doesn't matter. J-Roll K's.

0-0 top 4th.

[GannonFan]

Lee steals 2nd!

And now another bad call. Lee was picked off at 2nd on the next pitch and the ump blew it.

So that's 2 bad calls already in 3 innings, not to mention a large strike zone? Umps. xlolx

[Pards Rule]

WTF with that call!!! The IT boy got it up in our breakroom on MLB.com!! Next room over!

[SunCoastBlueHen]

Anyone know how, or if, I can get audio of this game? All the local Phillies affiliates don't seem to carry it from a live streaming standpoint. I assume that's intentional??

Audio and video streaming are owned by MLB. The only way to get it is to go to MLB.com and sign up for their post season package ($9.95, I believe).

Edit: Legal or not, apparently there is a free video streaming link -

http://channelsurfing.net/watch-mlb.html

[Pards Rule]

SCBH!!! WTF! Where u been! Welcome to the Fightin's postseason. Pards are doing well this season!

[93henfan]

Another 1-2-3 for Lee!

Ground out, fly out, K.

0-0 bottom of 4th.

[93henfan]

Man, Utley caught looking for second time.

Does this Jimenez kid bring the heat or what?

Howard with a two-out single. Three hits apiece for the clubs now.

Howard caught stealing.

0-0 top 5th.

[93henfan]

And another 1-2-3 for Lee. Eleven Rockies retired in a row!!

0-0 middle of 5th. Now let's get a run, damn it.

[GannonFan]

Yeah, Lee is delivering exactly what the Phils hoped for. Gotta score something, though.

[NHwildEcat]

This game is flying along...damn!

[93henfan]

Werth with a leadoff BB. Let's get him around boys. xcoffeex

RAUUULLLL!!!!!!! RBI!!!!!!

[93henfan]

1-0 on Ibanez double. No outs. Jimenez rattled. Nearly plunks Feliz with 98 mph up and in heater.

[bluehenbillk]

RRRRAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLL!!!!

[GannonFan]

Pat Who???

RAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL!!!!!

[93henfan]

Feliz gets Raul over. 1 out.

[GannonFan]

Do they walk Ruiz and pitch to Lee, or is Lee the more feared hitter??? xlolx

[93henfan]

Gotta love the respect for Lee's bat as they pitch to Ruiz.xlolx

[93henfan]

Ruiz RBI! :D :D

2-0.

Ruiz on second. Still only one out. Single and an error.

[bluehenbillk]

RRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUIIIIIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!

[GannonFan]

Ruiz RBI! :D :D

2-0.

Ruiz on second. Still only one out. Single and an error.

Clean single? How'd the error happen?

[NHwildEcat]

:)

[93henfan]

Clean single? How'd the error happen?

Misplayed in right. Let it get by him. Single was a hard short hop.

[GannonFan]

Ruiz RBI! :D :D

2-0.

Ruiz on second. Still only one out. Single and an error.


RRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUIIIIIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!


Carlos Ruiz may be the best blah hitter during the season who then turns into one of the more dangerous, clutch hitters come postseason. xthumbsupx

[GannonFan]

Misplayed in right. Let it get by him. Single was a hard short hop.

Sweet.

[93henfan]

Lee hits sharply to pitcher, Ruiz caught in rundown and tagged. Lee on first.

J-Roll single. 1st and 2nd with two outs for the FH.

[GannonFan]

Jimenez's pitch count is soaring - up to 78 with Victorino coming to the plate.

[93henfan]

Shane pops out to left.

2-0 top of 6th.

Jimenez at 80 pitches.

[GannonFan]

He's running a lot of counts behind now - getting squeezed or just missing?

Phils done in the 5th - 2-0 good guys!

[bluehenbillk]

May see a PH, Beimel was warming up last inning.

[93henfan]

getting squeezed or just missing?

Just missing. He came apart in that inning. Ump still seems to be giving the call for low to every hitter and outside to lefties.

[93henfan]

Jimenez stays in and Ks. Interesting call.

J-Roll with a bang-bang to get Fowler at first. Man is J-Roll money.

[GannonFan]

Jimenez stays in and Ks. Interesting call.

Agreed - can't imagine Jimenez has more than an inning left in him.

[GannonFan]

13 in a row now. 2 outs.

[93henfan]

1-2-3

xbowx xbowx xbowx

2-0 Phils Bottom 6.

[GannonFan]

Cliff Lee You Are the Man!!!! xthumbsupx

[GannonFan]

1-2-3

xbowx xbowx xbowx

2-0 Phils Top 7.


Bottom of 6th you mean.

[93henfan]

Bottom of 6th you mean.

Yeah I fixed 'er.

Man, Boathouse Row lookin' good in HD!

[GannonFan]

Utley single to lead off! xthumbsupx

[GannonFan]

Come on Big Guy!!!

[93henfan]

Phils trying to drum up something again. Utley with leadoff single to right.

And an easy stolen base. Uts on 2nd, no outs, early in count for Howard.

[93henfan]

3-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

[93henfan]

That had to hurt. Gonzalez hit the wall fairly hard but is OK. Dropped the ball. Howard on 2nd.

[GannonFan]

Pitching to Howard with a base open and a runner in scoring position - gotta love it!!!!

[93henfan]

We're almost bullpen-proof now in case Cliff can't make it all the way. I'd love a fourth run though.

[93henfan]

4-0!!!

Werth triple off the wall in left center. That would have been 10 rows deep without the wind!!!

Rockies ace is done.

THERE ARE THE BATS!!! EVERYBODY HITS! WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Werth's hit was very reminiscent of Burrell's hit in the final game of the WS last year.

[GannonFan]

And they pour it on!!!!!!!!

[SunCoastBlueHen]

Both Howard's and Werth's ball are gone with less wind, but I'll take it! xnodx

[GannonFan]

Still with a man on 3rd and no one out.

And I don't think Lee is much past 70 pitches right now. CG is not out of the question.

[93henfan]

CG is not out of the question.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

5-0!!!!

Raul single.

[Pards Rule]

LETS GO PHILS!!!!!!!!!!! ANOTHER RUN!!

[SunCoastBlueHen]

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

5-0!!!!

Raul single.

The video stream's a minute ot two behind. You keep telling me what happens before it happens. xlolx

[bluehenbillk]

RRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLL LLLL!

[93henfan]

I think we're officially bullpen-proof now. (fingers crossed)

[93henfan]

Still only one out. Men now on first and second. What an inning from hell for the poor Rocks.


Lee sacs. 2nd and 3rd two outs.

[93henfan]

J-Roll called out. Looked safe. No replay. OK, I'm DVRing this.

J-Roll was clearly safe on DVR. Bad call. Makeup perhaps. That cost us a run.

[93henfan]

J-Roll with another unreal circus catch. That ball started in shallow left and ended up near third base.

[93henfan]

16 in a row for Lee before yielding a 2-out double.

[Pards Rule]

Still 5-0

[93henfan]

5-0 Stretch Time!!!

46,452 announced crowd - a CBP record.

[Pards Rule]

wow for an afternoon game!

[Pards Rule]

Course AFTER the won the World Series in 2008!!

[Fear the Bird]

Victorino rips a double down the left-field line

[93henfan]

Flying Hawaiian leadoff 2B.

[GannonFan]

5-0 Stretch Time!!!

46,452 announced crowd - a CBP record.

Certainly one of the better ballparks in MLB these days - the place just rocks anymore.

[GannonFan]

Flying Hawaiian leadoff 2B.

Whoo-Hoo!!!! Everybody hits!!!!! xlolxxlolxxlolx

[93henfan]

Yeah GF, you said it earlier. When it matters, this team shows up.

Reminds me of that 70s song... These, are, the, good, times.

[Pards Rule]

Or "Thats The Way I Like It' Uh -huh!

[93henfan]

Or "Thats The Way I Like It' Uh -huh!

xthumbsupx

[GannonFan]

Yeah GF, you said it earlier. When it matters, this team shows up.

Reminds me of that 70s song... These, are, the, good, times.

They ain't the World bleeping Champs for nuthin! Getting close to knocking the first of hopefully 11 post season wins off the list. Come on Phils!!!!

[93henfan]

Shane steals third. Still just one out.

[93henfan]

Ouch. Howard lines to first and Shane is doubled up.

[GannonFan]

I'm outta here, by the way - my "workday" is over!

Thanks for the updates and the insight, '93 - only so much I can gather from Gamecast. I got the game being TiVo'd so I'll be watching the good parts (basically most of the game it seems!) tonight!

[93henfan]

I'm outta here, by the way - my "workday" is over!

Thanks for the updates and the insight, '93 - only so much I can gather from Gamecast. I got the game being TiVo'd so I'll be watching the good parts (basically most of the game it seems!) tonight!

Take care. Start at the fourth inning. First three were bo-ring.

[93henfan]

DOH!!! TBS just went black on Comcast. xoopsx

And comes back on after Lee already has two outs in the top of the 8th! Nice! :)

And there's the third out. This has CG written all over it!

5-0 Phils, middle of 8th.

[93henfan]

Top of 9th. Still 5-0 Phils.

[Bill Hanson]

I gave up watching this game after the 5th inning. Talk about the worst officiating I have ever seen in a baseball game, BOTH WAYS!

[93henfan]

I gave up watching this game after the 5th inning. Talk about the worst officiating I have ever seen in a baseball game, BOTH WAYS!

There were three bad calls (two against Rocks, one against Phils). Thankfully, none had any impact on the outcome of the game. Home plate ump was consistent for both pitchers. He had a fairly liberal zone all day.

[93henfan]

There goes the shutout.

[Bill Hanson]

There were three bad calls (two against Rocks, one against Phils). Thankfully, none had any impact on the outcome of the game. Home plate ump was consistent for both pitchers. He had a fairly liberal zone all day.

How can you say that???? Having an obvious blown call at Third Base for the Rockies didn't effect the inning one bit? Get real.

Take off your Phillies glasses. I don't have a dog in this fight but it seemed like from the start the umpires had it in for the Rockies. Then later they changed their tune for a couple questionable calls agains the Phils, and then i turned it off. Couldn't watch little league umpires ruin the game any longer.

[93henfan]

Cliff Lee with the complete game. Just what the doctor ordered. Phils win 5-1! World Champs pick right up where they left off!:D

[GannonFan]

How can you say that???? Having an obvious blown call at Third Base for the Rockies didn't effect the inning one bit? Get real.

Take off your Phillies glasses. I don't have a dog in this fight but it seemed like from the start the umpires had it in for the Rockies. Then later they changed their tune for a couple questionable calls agains the Phils, and then i turned it off. Couldn't watch little league umpires ruin the game any longer.

So the one blown call at 3rd, which only would've left the Rockies with a runner at 3rd with two outs rather than ending the inning, stopped the floodgates from opening? What from Lee before or after that play would lead you to believe that one call would make such a difference?

[Ivytalk]

I'll take it!xthumbsupx Now, here's hoping that Cole has his command tomorrow.

[ngineer]

I'll take it!xthumbsupx Now, here's hoping that Cole has his command tomorrow.

And I shall be there rooting 'em home.xnodxxthumbsupx

[93henfan]

Mike and Mike just brought up that Cole is 0-6 with >5 ERA in day games this year.

xeekx

[Dukie95]

Did anyone else hear this on ESPN radio? Chris Berman is just AWFUL at radio play-by-play.

[NHwildEcat]

Did anyone else hear this on ESPN radio? Chris Berman is just AWFUL at radio play-by-play.

Chris Berman is just awful. You can end it at that.

[Dukie95]

Chris Berman is just awful. You can end it at that.

I don't typically hate on him like some others do. He has a style that many don't care for. But this isn't about his style or delivery. It's like he forgets he's on radio and calls every routine fly as a home run and you're left wondering what happened until Rick Sutcliffe translates for you about 3 pitches later.

Please tell me someone else on here heard this...

[Ivytalk]

I don't typically hate on him like some others do. He has a style that many don't care for. But this isn't about his style or delivery. It's like he forgets he's on radio and calls every routine fly as a home run and you're left wondering what happened until Rick Sutcliffe translates for you about 3 pitches later.

Please tell me someone else on here heard this...

Talk about the blind leading the blind!xcoolx

[Bill Hanson]

So the one blown call at 3rd, which only would've left the Rockies with a runner at 3rd with two outs rather than ending the inning, stopped the floodgates from opening? What from Lee before or after that play would lead you to believe that one call would make such a difference?

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[93henfan]

Hey Hanson, let's concede the run to the Rockies. Now you'll also have to concede the run to the Phils that was blown at first base in the 7th inning. Final score 6-2 Phils.

Happy now?

Honestly, I was biatching about the refs calls in the 2007 FCS championship game too until, oh, App had scored 40+ and we were still under 20. Kind of moot at that point, no? Same deal with this game.

[GannonFan]

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So you can type in a lot of emoticons but can't come up with a credible rebuttal?? Your lack of evidence in support of your argument is pretty telling, don't you think? But hey, great work with the emoticons. xthumbsupx

[Bill Hanson]

So you can type in a lot of emoticons but can't come up with a credible rebuttal?? Your lack of evidence in support of your argument is pretty telling, don't you think? But hey, great work with the emoticons. xthumbsupx

Hey, don't be a ___________. How would you, or anyone for that matter, know what would happen if the out at third would have not happened???? EXACTLY! You need to go hang out with that other poster some more. The one with the ECB sig line. Cannot think of his name but if I find it I will let you know.