A story of the Fighting Phillies

[Marino]

Team: Philadelphia Phillies




Game: MLB 08 The Show



System: PS3



Difficulty: All-Star

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[Marino]

Re: A story of the Fighting Phillies

Manager:
Charlie Manuel


Lineup:
1.Jimmy Rollins, SS


2.Shane Victorino, CF


3.Chase Utley, 2B


4.Ryan Howard, 1B


5.Pat Burrell, LF


6.Against RHP, Geoff Jenkins, RF


6.Against LHP, Jayson Werth, RF


7.Pedro Feliz, 3B


8.Carlos Ruiz, C



Pitching Rotation:
1.Cole Hamels, SP


2.Brett Myers, SP

3.Jamie Moyer, SP


4.Kyle Kendrick, SP


5.Adam Eaton, SP


Closer:
Brad Lidge, CP






NL East Predictions:
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[Marino]

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Walk-off single by Howard gives Phils opening day win.

Location: Citizens Bank Park


Day: Tuesday April 1,2008

Matchup:
Washington Nationals(0-1)

vs.
Philadelphia Phillies(0-0)


Pitching Matchup:
Matt Chico(0-0)

vs.
Cole Hamels(0-0)


Quick Write-up:
Ahh!!! Opening Day is upon us ladies and gentleman and the excitement is in the Pennsylvania air, well at least around Philly. The NL East Champions look to go for another division crown and possibly a World Series this year. Phillies had to take on Washington for opening day and in the beginning of the game Cole Hamels looked dominant. He had 7 strikeouts and only allowed 1 hit in the first 4 innings. His phil's were up 2-0 entering the 5th when Austin Kearns hit a RBI double bringing Washington within 1. Then the wheels fell off for Cole in the 6th, and he allowed 4 runs, 2 were homeruns from Zimmerman and Milledge, and Washington had a 5-2 lead just like that. But this team is not called the fighting phil's for a reason. Philly responded quickly with 4 runs in the bottom of that same inning, the Phillies struck for 4 as well behind a 2-run homer by Victorino. Washington then scored in the seventh behind a suicide squeeze by Zimmerman but in the 9th the Philly fans were sent home happy. Shane Victorino was walked and then stole 2nd and 2 batters later, Ryan Howard came up and smacked a GW-RBI single right up the middle securing Philly's dramatic opening day win.

Box Score:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
WAS 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 6 11 1
PHI 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 7 11 0

Notable's:
Washington:
Zimmerman 3-4 HR(1) 3RBI
Milledge 2-5 HR(1)

Philadelphia:
Rollins 2-3 2RBI
Victorino 1-4 HR(1) 2RBI
Howard 2-5 GW single, 2RBI

Pitching Line:
Washington:
Chico 5.2IP 10H 6R 5ER BB 7.94ERA
King 2.1IP
Schroder(L,0-1) 0.2IP H ER BB 2K 3.36ERA

Philadelphia:
Hamels 6IP 7H 5R 2BB 8K 7.50ERA
Madson 2IP 2H R 3K 4.50ERA
Gordon(W,1-0) IP 2H

Player Of The Game:

Shane Victorino

[orion523]

Re: A story of the Fighting Phillies

Well its about time we got a Phillies dynasty going based around "The Show".I'm definitely following!!! Also,great opening day win in typical Phillies fashion may I add.Oh yeah by the way,whats with those predictions The Mets?,?? I'll give you some predictions

1 Phillies 99-63
2 Braves 89-73
3 Mets 82-80
4 Marlins 78-84
5 Nationals 70-92

[Marino]

Re: A story of the Fighting Phillies

Well its about time we got a Phillies dynasty going based around "The Show".I'm definitely following!!! Also,great opening day win in typical Phillies fashion may I add.Oh yeah by the way,whats with those predictions The Mets?,?? I'll give you some predictions

1 Phillies 99-63
2 Braves 89-73
3 Mets 82-80
4 Marlins 78-84
5 Nationals 70-92

Haha Idk about the predictions...i read it somewhere earlier in the year so i just went with that...but we all know who will be on top of the standings when its all said and done...

i really love the offense the phillies give me...ive never had such a potent offense.

[Marino]

Re: A story of the Fighting Phillies

Another day, another walk-off hit for the Phillies.

Location:
Citizen's Bank Park


Matchup:
Washington Nationals (0-2)


vs.
Philadelphia Phillies (1-0)


Pitching Matchup:
Tim Redding (0-0, 0.00)


vs.
Brett Myers (0-0, 0.00)


Box Score:

WAS 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 1
PHI 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 11 0

W-Lidge(1-0)
L-Colome(0-1)

Quick Write-Up:
One day after the dramatic finish on opening day, the Phillies were at it again with the late inning heroics. Brett Myers was on the mound tonight and was pretty hit or miss. The location seemed to be a key issue and the Philly Fanatics were getting a little frustrated with it. Espically in the 4th inning when Myers hung a 2 strike curveball to Lastings Milledge, who then hit his second homerun of the year. Earlier in the game, after a Lo Duca single in the top of the second, Geoff Jenkins hit his first homerun of the season. Then in the 6th and 7th, Philly stormed back to take a 3-2 lead behind RBI singles from Utley and Howard. But in the 9th, Philadelphia brought in Brad Lidge. Lidge managed to get the first two outs easily but then gave up a single and then an RBI triple to Dimitri Young...yes you are reading this right Dimitri Young. But very similar to last night, late inning heroics sparked again. Rollins managed to get on base after beating out an infield single. Then he stole second and Chase Utley hit in the game-winning single.

Notable's:
Washington:
Milledge 3-4 HR(2) 2B RBI
LoDuca 1-3 RBI

Philadelphia:
Utley 2-5 GW single 2RBI
Jenkins 2-3 HR(1)

Pitching Lines:
Washington:
Redding 6IP 6H 3R 3BB 2K 4.50ERA
King 0IP
Rivera 2IP 3H K
Colome(L,0-1) .2IP H R

Philadelphia:
Myers 5IP 5H 2R BB 3K 3.59ERA
Durbin 2IP H K
Romero IP K
Lidge(W,1-0) IP 2H R K 9.00ERA

[RAZRr1275]

Re: A story of the Fighting Phillies

I'm liking this. Did you see my late inning heroics in the mlb forum? I was the Nats.

[Marino]

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Feliz's big homer certifies sweep in Philadelphia.

Date:Thursday April 3, 2008

Location:
Citizen's Bank Park
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Matchup:
Washington Nationals (0-3)


vs.
Philadelphia Phillies (2-0)


Pitching Matchup:
Washington
Jason Bergmann (0-0, 0.00)


vs.
Philadelphia
Jamie Moyer (0-0, 0.00)


Box Score:

WAS 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 10 0
PHI 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 x 8 11 1

W-Moyer(1-0)
L-Bergmann(0-1)
S-Lidge(1)


Quick Write-up:
After two dramatic finishes, the Phillies were riding an early season hot streak. They had hopes of continuing this streak with Jamie Moyer on the mound. The ageless wonder showed today that you don't need a 95 mph fastball to be effective. Just ask Washington. The Phillies got on the board early as Ryan Howard hit his first homerun of the year. This gave Philadelphia an early 2 run lead. In the second, Dimitri Young had an RBI double and then Moyer shut them down. In the 4th inning Feliz gave all the run support Philadelphia would need when he hit his 3 run homerun. But solo homers in the 6th and the 7th. It made the lead 5-3 and made it much closer. So to get more run support the Phillies did an old suicide squeeze with Victorino which worked out to perfection. The play of the game came in the top of the 8th. When Tom Gordon had runners on first and second with one out and only a 2 run lead, he got Austin Kearns to hit into a double play to get out of the inning. In the 8th, Jenkins hit his second homer of the year. Lidge came in the game in the 9th with 2 outs and runners on first and third and struck out Ryan Zimmerman to finish the game.

Notables:
Washington:
Johnson 2-3 HR(1)
Young 3-4 2B HR(1) 2RBI

Philadelphia:
Utley 1-3 2RBI
Howard 1-4 HR(1)
Jenkins 1-4 HR(2)
Feliz 2-4 HR(1) 3RBI

Pitching Line:
Washington:
Bergmann(L,0-1) 4IP 4H 5R BB 4K 11.25ERA
Schroder 2IP 2H K 1.92ERA
King .2IP 2H K 4.50ERA
Rauch 1.1IP 4H R 2K 6.75ERA

Philadelphia:
Moyer(W,1-0) 7IP 6H 3R 3K 3.84ERA
Gordon IP H K 4.50ERA
Condrey .2IP 2H R K 13.50ERA
Lidge(S,1) .1IP H K 6.75ERA

Player of the Game:

Pedro Feliz

Upcoming For Phillies:
Philadelphia will take the road to take on Cincinnati at Great American Ballpark

[Marino]

Re: A story of the Fighting Phillies

I'm liking this. Did you see my late inning heroics in the mlb forum? I was the Nats.

No i havent had the chance to look at it

[Marino]

Re: A story of the Fighting Phillies

I would like to hear suggestions on how to make my page better can yall let me know what i can do.

[doncoryell]

Re: A story of the Fighting Phillies

I think that you're doing a good job with the thread, and the Phils so far.

Why the switch in teams?

[Marino]

Re: A story of the Fighting Phillies

I think that you're doing a good job with the thread, and the Phils so far.

Why the switch in teams?

my other franchise was deleted...and im a NL kind of guy to begin with yaknow

[highheatkingsb]

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I was looking forward to seeing the O's beat you up all season, but oh well. I'll be following!!!

[Marino]

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Reds bats explode and just embrass the Phillies.

Date:
Friday April 4, 2008

Location:
Great American Ballpark

Matchup:
Philadelphia Phillies(3-0)


vs.
Cincinnati Reds(1-2)


Pitching Matchup:
Kyle Kendrick(0-0)

vs.
Johnny Cueto(0-0)


Quick Write-Up:
The Phillies entered tonight's game riding a modest 3 game winning streak. And the way the game went early, it appeared it would become a 4 game winning streak. Homeruns in the 2nd and 3rd inning by Feliz and Utley gave Philly a 4-0 lead. But in the 4th everything changed. No matter what a Phillies pitcher pitched, a Reds player made contact with. It was such crap, even pitchers Johnny Cueto and Kent Mercker had RBI singles. Big blows came from Brandon Phillips and Ken Griffey Junior. Junior gave the Reds the lead in the 5th and after that Cincinnati just pulled away. It was amazing, to be honest, everytime I got a 0-2 count, the pitcher either walked the batter or hung a pitch over the middle of the plate. The final score was 11-5.

Box Score:
PHI 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 15 0
CIN 0 0 0 4 3 2 2 0 x 11 17 0

W-Cueto(1-0)
L-Kendrick(0-1)
S-Mercker(1)

Notables:
Philadelphia:
Utley:4-5 2B HR(1) 2RBI
Feliz:2-4 HR(2) 2RBI

Cincinnati:
Phillips:2-5 3B HR(1) 3RBI
Dunn:2-5 HR(4)
Griffey Jr:3-4 2RBI

Pitching Line:
Phildelphia:
Kendrick(L, 0-1) 5IP 9H 7R BB K 12.60ERA
Madson IP 3H 2R 9.00ERA
Condrey IP 5H 2R 16.20ERA
Romero IP BB K 0.00ERA

Cincinnati:
Cueto(W, 1-0) 5.2IP 9H 4R BB 3K 6.34ERA
Mercker(S, 1) 3.1IP 6H R K 2.70ERA

Player Of The Game:

Brandon Phillips

[orion523]

Re: A story of the Fighting Phillies

Kendrick really got bombed,he is the staff stiff