| This kind of game is more like I expect the Phillies to perform this year, while a surprising move by the Astros manager comes back to bite them in the ass in the end. With the Astros holding a 3-1 lead entering the 7th inning and Roy Oswalt on the mound, Ryan Howard leads off the Phillie 7th with a walk. For some inexplicable reason even with Oswalt at only 81 pitches, 3 hits allowed and 7 K through 6, he is yanked in favor of Doug Brocial. The move totally backfires, as one batter later Geoff Genkins rips a ball over the fence off of Brocialfor the 2-run homerun which ties the game at 3-all. It stays tied at 3 through the regulation 9, and then in the Phillie 10th Carlos Ruiz walks, is pinch-ran for by Jayson Werth, and next batter Pat Burrell (who just came in on defense in the bottom of the 9th) slams the 2-run homerun for the first Phillie lead since the 1st inning. Brad Lidge has not much trouble in the bottom of the 10th despite a leadoff double and converts his 9th save of the year. Overall for the game, the Astros outhit the Phillies 10-5 but the Phillies end up on top where it counts - in the run collumn. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 Philadelphia Phillies At 2008 Houston Astros 5/22/2008
Phillies AB R H RBI AVG Astros AB R H RBI AVG
J.Rollins SS 4 1 1 0 .247 M.Bourn CF 5 1 2 0 .244
S.Victorino CF 5 0 1 0 .415 K.Matsui 2B 5 0 1 0 .336
C.Utley 2B 4 0 0 0 .254 M.Tejada SS 4 0 0 0 .282
R.Howard 1B 4 1 1 0 .253 L.Berkman 1B 4 1 2 1 .328
P.Feliz 3B 4 0 0 0 .236 C.Lee LF 2 1 1 1 .364
G.Jenkins RF 4 1 1 2 .281 D.Brocail P 0 0 0 0 .250
F-C.Coste C 0 0 0 0 .284 C-M.Loretta PH,3B 1 0 1 0 .298
G.Dobbs LF 3 0 0 0 .345 H.Pence RF 4 0 1 0 .223
T.Gordon P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Wigginton 3B 4 0 0 1 .297
B.Lidge P 0 0 0 0 ---- O.Villarreal P 0 0 0 0 .000
C.Ruiz C 3 0 0 0 .149 T.Byrdak P 0 0 0 0 ----
E-J.Werth PR,RF 0 1 0 0 .221 B.Ausmus C 3 0 0 0 .175
K.Kendrick P 2 0 0 0 .267 G-J.Cruz Jr PH 1 0 1 0 .214
B-S.Taguchi PH 1 0 0 0 .195 R.Oswalt P 2 0 0 0 .111
R.Madson P 0 0 0 0 .000 A-D.Erstad LF 1 0 1 0 .324
J.Romero P 0 0 0 0 .000 H-G.Blum PH 1 0 0 0 .240
D-P.Burrell LF 1 1 1 2 .234
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 5 5 4 Totals 37 3 10 3
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Oswalt In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kendrick In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Brocail In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Romero In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Ruiz In 10th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Jenkins In 10th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Ausmus In 10th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Erstad In 10th Inning
Phillies........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 - 5 5 0
Astros.......... 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 1
Phillies (23-26) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
K.Kendrick 6 7 3 3 0 2 0 82 6.79
R.Madson 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 25 5.40
J.Romero 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.38
T.Gordon WIN(2-1) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 5.00
B.Lidge SAVE(9th) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 2.18
Totals 10 10 3 3 0 6 0
Astros (21-28) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Oswalt 6 3 2 2 1 7 0 81 4.37
D.Brocail BS(1st) 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 40 0.94
O.Villarreal LOSS(1-1) 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 8 7.20
T.Byrdak 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1.29
Totals 10 5 5 5 3 10 2
ATTENDANCE- 39,298 DATE- Thursday, May 22nd 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Joe West, Ed Rapuano, Cb Bucknor, Ed Hickox
T- 3:13
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 4 Astros: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 1 Astros: 1
ERRORS- T.Wigginton
DOUBLES- J.Cruz Jr(2nd)
TRIPLES- M.Bourn(1st), L.Berkman(2nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Jenkins(6th), P.Burrell(11th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Rollins(7th), H.Pence(5th)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Bourn
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Lee
WALKS- J.Rollins, G.Dobbs, C.Ruiz
HIT BY PITCH- C.Utley
STRIKE OUTS- S.Victorino, C.Utley-2, R.Howard-2, G.Dobbs-2, C.Ruiz, K.Kendrick,
S.Taguchi, M.Bourn-2, L.Berkman, B.Ausmus, R.Oswalt, G.Blum
GIDP- C.Utley, H.Pence
In a close game it was the Philadelphia Phillies 5, the Houston Astros 3 in 10
innings at Minute Maid Park.
Both teams were tied at 3 runs apiece after nine innings. Philadelphia won
the hard fought contest in the 10th inning. Carlos Ruiz led off and he drew
a walk. Pat Burrell stepped into the batter's box and he cleared the fences
for a two-run home run (his 11th of the season). Two outs later Chase Utley
was the next batter, but he struck out. Although they lost, Houston did
out-hit Philadelphia 10 to 5.
The win went to Tom Gordon(2-1) who allowed no runs in 1 inning. Brad Lidge
recorded the save, his 9th. Oscar Villarreal(1-1) was the loser in relief.
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