| After taking two of three from the wild card leading Mets and gaining a game on them in the wild card race (Phils are 9 back, Giants and Diamondbacks are 8 1/2 back), the Phillies get their chance to gain some ground on the division-leading and defending NL champion Atlanta Braves who are 1 1/2 games ahead of the Mets. But when I saw the pitching matchup I knew it might be a tall order today with the 3-10 Kyle Kendrick on the mound for the Phils and the 11-1 Jair Jurrjens going for the Braves. As I feared, it ended up just as I thought it would in a Philly loss. Jurrjens goes the distance to go to 12-1. while Kendrick sucks the joint out again allowing 8 runs in 3 innings and drops to 3-12 putting his ERA over the 6.00 mark. Mark Teixeira hits 2 homeruns for the Braves, and Pat Burell tosses in two long balls of his own in a losing cause for the Phils. For Jurrjens, the four runs allowed is only the second time in 20 starts he has allowed more than three runs and his 12 wins is second in the NL (and majors) behind the 13 wins from Brandon Webb of Arizona and Johan Santana of the Mets. For Kendrick, it just continues a shitty season. After figuring out all the game scores, Kendrick only has cleared a 50 score four times in 21 starts, with today's score of 11 his worst of the year and the third time below 20. His 11 losses is 4th most in the NL behind Pittsburgh's Zach Duke (3-12), Aaron Cook of Colorado (6-12), and Greg Maddux from the Padres. Maddux's better days are obviously behind him as he leads the majors in losses with a record of 7-14. Former Phillie Vicente Padilla of Texas leads the AL in losses at 3-13. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 Atlanta Braves At 2008 Philadelphia Phillies 7/25/2008
Braves AB R H RBI AVG Phillies AB R H RBI AVG
G.Blanco LF 4 0 2 2 .240 J.Rollins SS 4 0 1 0 .255
Y.Escobar SS 4 0 0 0 .325 S.Victorino CF 4 0 0 0 .322
M.Teixeira 1B 5 2 3 2 .296 C.Utley 2B 4 0 0 0 .265
B.McCann C 5 1 2 1 .309 R.Howard 1B 3 1 0 0 .264
M.Kotsay CF 5 2 1 0 .310 C-P.Feliz 3B 0 0 0 0 .271
J.Francoeur RF 5 2 2 0 .236 P.Burrell LF 4 2 2 2 .248
K.Johnson 2B 2 1 0 0 .303 G.Jenkins RF 3 0 1 0 .260
O.Infante 3B 4 2 2 4 .333 R.Madson P 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Jurrjens P 3 0 0 0 .178 J.Romero P 0 0 0 0 .000
D-C.Coste PH 1 0 0 0 .253
G.Dobbs 3B,1B 3 1 1 1 .264
C.Ruiz C 4 0 1 1 .212
K.Kendrick P 0 0 0 0 .250
A-S.Taguchi PH 1 0 0 0 .182
C.Condrey P 1 0 0 0 .400
B-J.Werth RF 1 0 0 0 .256
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Totals 37 10 12 9 Totals 33 4 6 4
A-Pinch Hit For Kendrick In 3rd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Condrey In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Howard In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Romero In 9th Inning
Braves.......... 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 10 12 0
Phillies........ 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 6 0
Braves (62-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Jurrjens WIN(12-1) 9 6 4 4 1 6 2 136 2.71 A1
Totals 9 6 4 4 1 6 2
Phillies (52-51) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
K.Kendrick LOSS(3-11) 3 8 8 8 2 2 2 78 6.45 A1 C1
C.Condrey 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 36 6.85 C2 D2
R.Madson 1 2/3 3 2 2 0 2 1 35 5.16 D3 E1
J.Romero 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 2.17 E2
Totals 9 12 10 10 4 8 3
ATTENDANCE- 40,102 DATE- Friday, July 25th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Phil Cuzzi, Jim Wolf, Ed Montague, Jerry Layne
T- 2:57
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 5 Phillies: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0 Phillies: 1
DOUBLES- G.Blanco(10th), M.Teixeira(29th), M.Kotsay(20th), J.Francoeur(21st),
O.Infante-2(11th), J.Rollins(20th), G.Jenkins(14th)
HOME RUNS- M.Teixeira-2(19th), B.McCann(16th), P.Burrell-2(25th)
STOLEN BASES- G.Blanco(9th), G.Dobbs(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Jurrjens
WALKS- G.Blanco, Y.Escobar, K.Johnson-2, R.Howard
HIT BY PITCH- G.Dobbs
STRIKE OUTS- Y.Escobar-2, M.Kotsay-2, J.Francoeur, J.Jurrjens-3, C.Utley-2,
R.Howard-2, P.Burrell, C.Condrey
GIDP- Y.Escobar
WILD PITCHES- K.Kendrick
PASSED BALLS- B.McCann
Mark Teixeira blasted 2 homeruns and Jair Jurrjens allowed Bobby Cox to rest
his bullpen, tossing a complete game as the red-hot Atlanta Braves defeated
the Philadelphia Phillies 10 to 4 at Citizen's Bank Park.
Teixeira had a big day against Philadelphia. He blasted a solo shot in the
3rd inning, doubled in the 4th inning and smashed a solo-shot out of the park
in the 7th inning. Atlanta totaled 12 hits on the night.
The winning pitcher was Jurrjens(12-1) who allowed 4 runs for the game. Kyle
Kendrick(3-11) took the loss. He was touched for 8 hits and 2 walks in 3
innings.
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