| A tight 2-2 game goes south in the bottom of the 8th for the Phillies. A wild Chad Durbin walks two in the 7th and loads the bases but gets out of it, and when he walks the first two batters in the 8th Jose Conteras takes over. Contreras gets an out, but Geoff Blum singles one to right fielder Jayson Werth. With the runners not slowing down, Werth fires toward home but throws over the head of catcher Carlos Ruiz to allow the run to score. Next batter J. R. Towles rips a double, good for two more runs and a 5-3 Houston lead which would be the final. Looked like a Phillies reunion on the field, but all in Astros uniforms. Ex-Phillies Michael Bourn and Pedro Feliz were in the starting lineup and my former pinch-hitting master Jason Michaels came in as, natrually, a pinch-hitter for the 'Stros with former Phillie Brett Myers hanging out in the bullpen. Myers won't get a start in the series, but a future Phillie gets the start for the Astros next game in the form of Roy Oswalt. Oswalt will of course come to Philly when today's Phillies starter, J. A. Happ, goes to Houston in the July trade. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2010 Philadelphia Phillies At 2010 Houston Astros 4/9/2010
Phillies AB R H RBI AVG Astros AB R H RBI AVG
J.Rollins SS 4 0 0 0 .200 M.Bourn CF 4 0 2 0 .600
P.Polanco 3B 4 1 1 0 .313 J.Keppinger 2B 4 1 1 1 .091
C.Utley 2B 3 0 0 0 .438 H.Pence RF 2 1 1 1 .214
R.Howard 1B 4 0 0 0 .176 C.Lee LF 3 1 1 0 .214
J.Werth RF 4 1 2 1 .563 P.Feliz 3B 4 0 0 0 .067
R.Ibanez LF 4 0 1 1 .353 G.Blum 1B 3 1 1 1 .200
S.Victorino CF 4 0 0 0 .267 J.Towles C 4 0 1 2 .182
C.Ruiz C 4 0 1 0 .250 T.Manzella SS 3 0 0 0 .200
J.Happ P 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Norris P 2 1 1 0 .500
A-G.Dobbs PH 1 0 1 01.000 W.Lopez P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-B.Francisco PR 0 0 0 0 ---- C-C.Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 .400
C.Durbin P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Byrdak P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Contreras P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-J.Michaels PH 1 0 0 0 .000
E-R.Gload PH 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Lindstrom P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 2 6 2 Totals 31 5 8 5
A-Pinch Hit For Happ In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Dobbs In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lopez In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Byrdak In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Contreras In 9th Inning
Phillies........ 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1
Astros.......... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 8 1
Phillies (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Happ 6 5 2 2 1 6 0 82 3.00
C.Durbin LOSS(0-1) 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 26 18.00
J.Contreras 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 18 0.00
Totals 8 8 5 4 5 9 0
Astros (3-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Norris 6 2/3 5 2 2 2 7 0 107 2.70
W.Lopez 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
T.Byrdak WIN(1-0) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 16.20
M.Lindstrom SAVE(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00
Totals 9 6 2 2 2 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 38,101 DATE- Friday, April 9th 2010 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Andy Fletcher, Tim McClelland, Ted Barnett, Greg Gibson
T- 3:03
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 8 Astros: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 1 Astros: 0
ERRORS- J.Werth, J.Keppinger
DOUBLES- J.Werth(2nd), C.Ruiz(1st), G.Dobbs(1st), J.Keppinger(1st),
J.Towles(1st), B.Norris
STOLEN BASES- C.Utley(1st)
WALKS- J.Rollins, J.Happ, H.Pence-2, C.Lee, G.Blum, T.Manzella
HIT BY PITCH- C.Utley
STRIKE OUTS- J.Rollins, P.Polanco, C.Utley, R.Howard-2, J.Werth, C.Ruiz,
M.Bourn, J.Keppinger, P.Feliz, G.Blum, J.Towles, T.Manzella,
B.Norris, C.Johnson, J.Michaels
GIDP- J.Keppinger
2-out RBI- J.Keppinger, H.Pence, J.Werth, R.Ibanez
In a game at Minute Maid Park the Houston Astros got by the Philadelphia
Phillies by the score of 5 to 2.
Houston won the game with a rally in the bottom of the 8th inning with 3 runs
utilizing 2 base hits. Hunter Pence led off and started the attack as he
drew a walk. Carlos Lee was next and he drew a walk. After an out was
recorded, Geoff Blum stepped in and he slapped a one-base hit, and an error
was also committed. J.R. Towles came up and he doubled. After another out,
Jason Michaels was the next batter, but he struck out. Matt Lindstrom, after
tossing a perfect ninth, was credited with his 2nd save.
The victory went to Tim Byrdak(1-0) who went 1 inning, allowing no runs. Chad
Durbin(0-1) ended up with the loss in relief. He surrendered 2 runs and 1
hit in 1 inning.
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