Blogging about the 5x NL East Champion Phillies
Detroit: 88-74; 1st in AL Central San Francisco: 94-68; 1st in NL West Schedule – 8 PM, EST; FOX Game 1: Oct. 24: Justin Verlander (17-8, 2.64) at Barry Zito (15-8, 4.15) Game 2: Oct. 25: Doug Fister (10-10, 3.45) at Madison Bumgarner (16-11, 3.37) Game 3: Oct. 27: Anibal Sanchez (9-13, 3.86 vs Ryan Vogelsong (14-9, 3.37) … Continue reading 2012 World Series Preview: Detroit Tigers vs San Francisco Giants
Phillies 4, Giants 4 (12 innings) WP – Kyle Kendrick (4-8, 4.57) LP – Brad Penny (0-1, 3.88) PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies had a little bit of extra-innings magic in them this afternoon. Jimmy Rollins’ RBI single in the bottom of the 12th drove home the winning run as the Phillies prevented the sweep with … Continue reading Phillies Win With Jimmy Rollins Walk-Off In 12th
Giants 7, Phillies 2 WP – Tim Lincecum (4-10, 5.72) LP – Vance Worley (5-6, 3.82) PHILADELPHIA — Through five innings Vance Worley was nearly unhittable. With eight strikeouts and only a run and three hits allowed, Worley began the 6th inning. After loading the bases on a pair of singles and a walk, Worley … Continue reading 6th Inning Slam Puts Giants Past Worley, Phillies
PHI: 41-52, 5th in NL East; SF: 51-41, 1st in NL West When: July 20-22 Where: Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia, PA) Probable Pitchers Friday: Vance Worley (5-5, 3.47) vs Tim Lincecum (3-10, 5.93) Saturday: Cole Hamels (11-4, 3.07) vs Matt Cain (10-3, 2.56) Sunday: Joe Blanton (8-8, 4.79) vs TBA Broadcast Info Friday, 7:05, PHL 17 … Continue reading Series Preview: vs San Francisco Giants
KANSAS CITY — The lineup was more dominant on paper. The pitching was more dominant on paper. And they had the crowd to their back. Unfortunately for the American League, the National League stole the show in KC. Backed by a bases-clearing triple in the 1st by Pablo Sandoval, the NL squashed AL starting pitcher … Continue reading NL Demolishes AL in All-Star Romp
PHI: 4-5, 4th in NL East; SF: 4-5, 4th in NL West When: April 16-18 Where: AT&T Park (San Francisco, CA) Probable Pitchers Monday: Roy Halladay (2-0, 0.60) v. Tim Lincecum (0-1, 12.91) Tuesday: Joe Blanton (1-1, 2.35) v. Madison Bumgarner (1-1, 3.97) Wednesday: Cliff Lee (0-1, 3.46) v. Matt Cain (1-0, 3.00) Broadcast Info Monday, 10:15, … Continue reading Series Preview: at San Francisco Giants
The dust had settled and air was calm. It was only 15 hours removed from an ugly brawl in the middle of the 6th inning yesterday but the Giants and Phillies were back to playing baseball. Cole Hamels was as sharp as ever and Phils offense put up the only run it needed in the … Continue reading Hamels shuts the Giants up
For the first time in 54-days, the Phillies lost back-t0-back games while snapping their streak of nine straight series wins. Tim Lincecum battled the stomach virus and the Giants got four runs off Kyle Kendrick as they beat the Phils, 4-1, and took the NLCS rematch. Kendrick was strong in his outing but the Phillies … Continue reading Phils suffer back-to-back losses; drop series to Giants
Roy Halladay is human after all. After the way he pitched, Phillies fans would have never expected to see him allow five runs in a single outing. The Giants’ bats showed up and the Phillies’ didn’t as they lost 5-1 Monday night. Halladay (4-1, 1.80) pitched seven innings, allowing five runs on 10 hits, no walks, and five strike outs. He … Continue reading Bats Die in Loss
Phillies (11-7) @ San Francisco Giants (10-8) Where: AT&T Park Pitching Probables: Mon: Roy Halladay (4-0, 0.82) vs. Jonathan Sanchez (1-1, 1.86) Tue: Jamie Moyer (2-1, 5.00) vs. Todd Wellemeyer (0-3, 8.16) Wed: Cole Hamels (2-2, 5.11) vs. Tim Lincecum (4-0, 1.00) Broadcast: Mon: 10:15 PM; CSN Tue: 10:15 PM; CSN Wed: 3:45 PM; CSN, MLBN Hot (last three starts) … Continue reading Series Preview: Giants
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