Preview: Roy Halladay is trying to win his fifth straight start tonight, more than a week since his last outing, as the Phils open a three-game set with the Diamondbacks. Halladay (15-4, 2.51) has had seven full days off since his last outing - a 5-3 win over the Dodgers - due to a pair of off-days and a rainout. Halladay has won all three of his career starts vs. Arizona, notching a 2.61 ERA with an 18:3 K/BB ratio in those outings. In his last 10 home starts - all wins for the Phils - Halladay is 7-0 with a 2.01 ERA. However, he'll have to contain D-Backs slugger Justin Upton, who has 13 hits, including three homers, in his last six games. Arizona, which enters on a six-game winning streak, will give the nod to Josh Collmenter (7-7, 3.51). The rookie right-hander is 0-3 with a 7.08 ERA in his last four road starts. If the playoffs started today, the Phils and D-Backs would meet in the NLDS.
Lineup: The Phillies will go with Rollins 6, Victorino 8, Utley 4, Howard 3, Pence 9, Ibanez 7, Ruiz 2, Martinez 5, Halladay 1.
Beltran to the DL. Are the Giants the new Mets?
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 06:14 PM
A soft-tossing RHP pitcher who has a good changeup that the Phils haven't seen before? Phils' offensive kryptonite!
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 06:18 PM
Well, it wasn't like Mayberry had shown anything.
Posted by: Marv | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 06:22 PM
I've never really tracked it, but I swear everytime Kendrick gets demoted or sent back to the bullpen, somebody gets injured. They might want to check his locker for voodoo dolls...
Posted by: Scott | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 06:24 PM
From TTI's post on the previous thread regarding boilerplate language in MLB contracts, it seems like Heather might be right on LoMo. If the team has an issue with a player's citizenship or whatever, it can terminate his contract (or in Zambrano's case, suspend him without pay. The contract doesn't say anything regarding demotion to AAA (and the salary implications of that are pretty huge).
What people seem to be missing here is that MLB is a monopoly. LoMo has no option to join another team, because he hasn't been fired, just given a massive demotion that he can't reject and find a new employer in his field.
Posted by: sifl | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 06:26 PM
Mayberry:
I understand why Cholly wants to play Ibanez at home vs RHP tonight. What I don't understand is why he continues to start Ibanez vs LHP despite his .209/.235/.382 line in 110 ABs. Case of Cholly just being a mule & going with a veteran despite having a clearly superior option.
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 06:28 PM
MLB isn't a monopoly. Riversharks would sign LoMo in a heartbeat.
Posted by: Jbird | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 06:30 PM
George Herman Ruth, Jr. died on this day in 1948. Bless the Babe.
Posted by: kuvasz | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 06:32 PM
I'd expect a pitcher to recalled, with Polly's DL stint.
I'll say its time to see one of the 3 kids in the LV bullpen. Schwimer should be first up.
Aumont will be next by September 1st.
Herndon becomes the long-man for the next week.
Posted by: denny b. | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 06:41 PM
George Herman Ruth was the first man to hit a ball over the roof of old Comiskey Park on this date in 1927.
Posted by: Hugh Mulcahy | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 06:41 PM
Harry Kalas's voice was the sound of summer for my childhood. RIP Harry.
Posted by: Jbird | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 06:42 PM
Also thinking ahead to next week...
Phils have the Mets for 3 games starting Monday. With the way Cole has struggled against the New Yorkers this year, it would make sense to push him back to the Florida series.
Here is how the rotation for next week could look...
METS-
Monday- Lee
Tuesday- Worley
Wednesday- Oswalt
MARLINS-
Friday- Hamels
Saturday- Halladay
Sunday- Lee
Posted by: denny b. | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 06:44 PM
denny - How are Schwimer's platoon splits these days?
In re: the line-up
Good to see Chollie getting creative with the LaRussa switch - putting the better hitter ninth and sliding the worse one to 8th.
The last round of draft picks, IMO, made this a pretty good draft. Not so much that tall kid they drafted 49th, mind you. But Having both Walding and T. Greene in the system doubles the meagre chances that we'll have a shortstop prospect in, like, four years. From, like, a bajillion to one all the way to a gazillion to one. Much better odds.
Posted by: Andy | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:08 PM
Andy: I always considered gazillion to be bigger than bajillion
Posted by: Jbird | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:09 PM
Halladay made look Upton look foolish.
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:15 PM
Rollins wasn't exactly bustin' down the line there.
Game = over.
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:17 PM
I feel a good performance from Doc coming tonight... hopefully the rest did good things for Utley and the rest of the lineup...
Posted by: The Perils of Thinking | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:18 PM
Can't lay off 87 mph high cheese. Weak.
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:23 PM
Is Jess on the Dominos commercial a boy or a girl?
Posted by: whitey | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:24 PM
sifl: So you didn't go read the contract then? Thanks for playing genius.
People are getting hung up on the verbiage. The team has the right to expel him from the team if he breaks those "rules." That falls under discipline. they also have the right to not cut ties with him and can demote someone who did what he did. It doesn't help his case that they can cherrypick certain stats and say, "We demoted him for performance."
I mean people are actually forming an argument that guys in MLB have free reign to speak negatively about their team. And this is the third time in 2 months he has done so.
Posted by: The Truth Injection | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:30 PM
Hard to see how this DBacks lineup is getting the Jon done with so many veteran stiffs in the lineup including Bloomquist, Burroughs, and Overbay.
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:34 PM
Let's hope the second time thru the lineup is better. Collmenter has only throw 4 pitches off the plate so far.
Posted by: Mike Williams | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:36 PM
The Giants got it done last year with a bunch of stiffs
Posted by: Kutztown Fan | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:36 PM
Do you think they'll be asking Ramsey about Nutter's speech on the curfew and the flash mobs?
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:38 PM
Mike - yeah. Straight as an arrow fastball that is topping at 88 and his changeup. Hasn't impressed me so far but I bet this is one of those games where the lineup doesn't wake up until the 7th.
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:39 PM
It begins.
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:43 PM
TTI: You know that they claimed to have sent him down because of his .249 batting average, right?
Posted by: Jack | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:44 PM
First two pitches to Rollins exactly alike according to Gameday -one a strike, one a ball - go figure.
Posted by: Mike Williams | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:45 PM
It stalls.
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:47 PM
the only solution with soft tossers like this dude is to fill the lineup with pitchers.
Posted by: Regress To The Mean Machine | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:48 PM
except for utley. let him hit.
Posted by: Regress To The Mean Machine | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:48 PM
It sputters back to life.
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:48 PM
I hate T-Bag's "Safe and secure" call more than just about anything I hear him say. Ugh.
Posted by: Bigotto | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:49 PM
Chase Utley hits a double down the line ... pitcher running so he doesn't get an RBI.
But hey, RBIs are the best stat.
Posted by: Jack | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:49 PM
JACK: Yes, of course I do. You do know that the original discussion about this particular aspect came because someone said that it was impossible to send someone down for their conduct.
What I'm saying is that they have the right to do so.
Posted by: The Truth Injection | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:49 PM
Pitch around here.
It's up to Hunter.
Posted by: Bigotto | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:50 PM
Beltran goes to the DL - so glad Phils didn't get him.
Posted by: Bobby Cocks | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:50 PM
It gathers momentum. Pence takes the wheel.
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:51 PM
Good AB by Howard. Didn't get a fastball and didnt swing at crap.
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:52 PM
hib to the jib
Posted by: They Call Me King Of The Bop | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:53 PM
MG: Bad AB by Howard. He's paid to drive in runs, not to walk. Come on, you've read BL long enough.
Posted by: Jack | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:54 PM
Making Collmenter work this inning quite a bit.
Posted by: The Truth Injection | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:54 PM
Pence a streaky hacker? I am getting STEAMED
Posted by: They Call Me King Of The Bop | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:57 PM
Pence ricochets it off the rocks by East River/Kelly Drive, loses control, and barrels it into the Schuylkill.
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:57 PM
How does Pence battle that at bat and then flail at that pitch waaay outside?
Posted by: Bobby Cocks | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:58 PM
Not a bad AB by pence but how many balls did he chase that AB? 3? 4?
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:58 PM
Yea, i don't quite get why pence watches the first 3-2 pitch he probably should have swung at and then swings at the 2nd pitch he should have watched. I mean isn't it sort of 101 that you cut the plate in half when your in a count like that?
Posted by: mm | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:59 PM
Watching Dbacks broadcast, Mark Grace is excruciating.
Posted by: Bobby Cocks | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:02 PM
Sometimes McCarthy's unfailing glass-half-full-ism is really enervating.
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:03 PM
WTF was that balk call? Replay showed nothing.
Posted by: Mike Williams | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:04 PM
if it had been a hit would they have still called the hitter back to the box?
Posted by: Jbird | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:04 PM
Pence doesn't impress with his plate disc. Kind of guy who will enter his 30s, lose a bit of bat speed, and really struggle to compensate for his poor swing mechanics and plate disc.
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:04 PM
Nice hustle, Jimmy.
Posted by: Cyclic | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:06 PM
Valdez woulda had 'im.
Posted by: Cyclic | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:06 PM
Rollins seems kind of out of it tonight.
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:06 PM
Halladay is passed over that balk call.
Posted by: Mike Williams | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:07 PM
Sanchez left Giants game with an injured ankle. They are falling apart.
Posted by: Bobby Cocks | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:08 PM
Why is Martinez so useless on offense?
Posted by: Andrew | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:12 PM
The Phils are playing like they're having a really hard time dealing with gout flare-up.
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:12 PM
How many teams have a rule5 player batting .213 taking up a spot on the roster. I know he's versatile.
Posted by: jr | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:19 PM
Seems like more & more teams are starting to figure out that the Phillies don't defend the stolen base well.
Posted by: bay_area_phan | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:21 PM
Nice angry pitch from Roy.
Posted by: Meyer | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:22 PM
I guess versatile means he is a switch hitter that sucks left and right handed.
Posted by: Bobby Cocks | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:23 PM
Okay, Rollins, enough is f______ enough with this damn game. Pound one . . . sort of like that.
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:25 PM
Emphasis on "sort of."
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:27 PM
This feels like a win.
Posted by: Old Phan | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:27 PM
Boom!
Posted by: Bobby Cocks | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:28 PM
SHANE FOR MVP!
Posted by: Andrew | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:28 PM
MVP!MVP!MVP!
Posted by: Jbird | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:28 PM
Shane Victorino is actively hurting this team!
Posted by: Bigotto | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:28 PM
See, it's like I just said to Old Phan: "This feels like a win."
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:28 PM
Looks like I picked a good day to miss the first 4 innings.
Posted by: bay_area_phan | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:28 PM
Runnerish Jimmy at iB gets partial credit for that.
Posted by: curt | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:29 PM
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Posted by: They Call Me King Of The Bop | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:29 PM
Not a strike.
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:30 PM
yikes
Posted by: Jbird | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:31 PM
Utley has raised his average from .278 to .286 tonight...so far.
Posted by: Bigotto | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:31 PM
Did I just heat T-Bag say it was the "top of the 6th?"
Posted by: Bigotto | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:31 PM
OK, he corrected himself. Sheesh.
Posted by: Bigotto | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:32 PM
Howard's ABs often make me feel the need to consume alcoholic beverages.
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:33 PM
Did Vic hit a changeup out?
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:33 PM
Pence needs a day off. He's pulling off of pitches.
Posted by: Bigotto | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:33 PM
Bake, I AM consuming alcoholic beverages.
Posted by: Bigotto | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:33 PM
Pence may get his first golden sombrero tonight.
Posted by: Andrew | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:34 PM
Yo. Pence. WTF?
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:34 PM
MG, yes, Shane hit a hanger. Really crushed it. The only question was whether it would stay up. It did.
Posted by: Bigotto | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:34 PM
Victorino putting together a stealth MVP campaign.
Of course, his candidacy is based a lot on positional value, defense, and baserunning, the exact things people have problems considering in stats like WAR. Interested to see if anyone on here has thoughts on that contradiction.
Posted by: Jack | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:35 PM
DBacks are working Pence away, away, away and then going after him inside. Usually teams attack him the opposite way.
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:35 PM
Just saw a shot of Davey Johnson managing the Nats - he looks terrible, how hold is he? 90?
Posted by: Mike Williams | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:36 PM
Braves called up 20-year old Randall Delgado to make his 2nd career start against the Giants tonight. He's got a no-no through 6.
Posted by: bay_area_phan | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:36 PM
Pence swings at everything between the dugouts and he takes THAT pitch? It's ok Hunter we (most of us) still love you.
Posted by: donc | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:37 PM
I hate King of the Bop
Posted by: Kutztown Fan | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:38 PM
Season = over
Posted by: Cyclic | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:38 PM
Done a beautiful job so far of making Upton look confused at the plate.
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:38 PM
Chooch's kids just started crying.
Posted by: Bobby Cocks | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:38 PM
Uh oh.
Posted by: donc | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:38 PM
Ouch, right in the cooch.
Posted by: whitey | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:39 PM
Homer in Atlanta - Delgado's no-no is gone-gone.
Posted by: Charlie Hayes | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:39 PM
bap: The Braves have an incredible amount of young pitching depth. Consider that Hanson, Jurrjens, Beachy, Minor, Teheran, Vizciano and Delgado have now all pitched in the majors this year and are all 25 or under.
Posted by: Jack | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:40 PM
"Season = over"
My thoughts exactly.
Posted by: Bake McBride was Here | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 08:40 PM