| The Phillies begin their interleague play with their first trip to Kansas City since the 1980 World Series with a hard fought win. The Phils started off the game with a 3-0 lead, blew and lost the lead, came back to tie it up, took the lead again, blew the lead again, and finally win the game with two runs in the top of the 9th. In the 9th with two out, the DH for today Pat Burrell gets his 3rd hit of the day with a single. Michael Bourn comes in to pinch run to get a lot more speed on the bases, since Burrell is as slow as mollasses. It turns out that move wasn't needed, as next batter Greg Dobbs rips a triple that would have scored Burrell anyway. Next man Wes Helms smacks a single to score Dobbs, and the Phils get two runs in the inning. Geoff Geary, who had come on in the 8th to pitch, just stays on for the 9th for lack of a better choice and holds the Royals at bay. How often do you se this - the Royals starter today, Scott Elarton, goes 4 1/3 throwing 77 pitches. His relief is Zach Greinke, who also goes 4 1/3 throwing 88 pitches for the reliever throwing more pitches than the starter did. Rather unusual, I would think. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Philadelphia Phillies At 2007 Kansas City Royals 6/8/2007
Phillies AB R H RBI AVG Royals AB R H RBI AVG
J.Rollins SS 3 2 2 0 .270 D.Dejesus CF 3 2 0 0 .204
S.Victorino RF 4 0 0 0 .239 M.Grudzielanek 2B 5 1 1 0 .305
C.Utley 2B 4 1 0 0 .316 M.Teahen RF 4 0 1 2 .299
R.Howard 1B 4 0 2 1 .328 M.Sweeney DH 4 0 2 1 .240
A.Rowand CF 5 0 2 1 .269 A.Gordon 3B 3 1 0 0 .223
P.Burrell DH 4 2 3 2 .204 R.Shealy 1B 4 1 1 0 .206
A-M.Bourn PR,DH 0 1 0 0 .300 J.Larue C 4 0 1 1 .183
G.Dobbs LF 5 2 2 3 .284 T.Pena Jr SS 4 1 3 2 .305
W.Helms 3B 5 0 2 1 .245 J.Gathright LF 3 0 0 0 .182
R.Barajas C 5 0 0 0 .298
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Totals 39 8 13 8 Totals 34 6 9 6
A-Pinch Ran For Burrell In 9th Inning
Phillies........ 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 - 8 13 0
Royals.......... 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 6 9 1
Phillies (23-38) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
F.Garcia 5 1/3 8 6 6 1 8 1 90 4.24
M.Zagurski 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 0.00
G.Geary WIN(1-3) 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 28 4.95
Totals 9 9 6 6 1 10 1
Royals (26-36) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Elarton 4 1/3 7 6 5 1 4 2 77 10.18
Z.Greinke LOSS(2-4) 4 1/3 5 2 2 4 5 0 88 3.30
D.Riske 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.86
Totals 9 13 8 7 5 9 2
ATTENDANCE- 19,133 DATE- Friday, June 8th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:19
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies:10 Royals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 1 Royals: 1
ERRORS- T.Pena Jr
DOUBLES- J.Rollins(12th), R.Howard-2(14th), A.Rowand(15th), M.Grudzielanek(9th)
TRIPLES- G.Dobbs(2nd)
HOME RUNS- P.Burrell(13th), G.Dobbs(5th), T.Pena Jr(1st)
STOLEN BASES- J.Rollins(14th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Gathright
SACRIFICE HITS- S.Victorino
WALKS- J.Rollins-2, C.Utley, R.Howard, P.Burrell, D.Dejesus
HIT BY PITCH- D.Dejesus, A.Gordon, J.Gathright
STRIKE OUTS- S.Victorino, C.Utley-2, R.Howard, A.Rowand, P.Burrell, G.Dobbs,
R.Barajas-2, D.Dejesus, M.Grudzielanek, M.Teahen-2, A.Gordon,
R.Shealy-3, J.Larue, J.Gathright
GIDP- R.Barajas, J.Gathright
WILD PITCHES- G.Geary
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Jimmy Rollins robbed Alex Gordon of a base hit.
Greg Dobbs cracked a homer and had 3 RBI at Kauffman Stadium where the
Philadelphia Phillies beat the reeling Kansas City Royals 8 to
6.
Philadelphia came through with the game-winning runs in the 9th inning with 2
runs utilizing 3 base hits. After two were out Pat Burrell got things going
when he banged out a single. Dobbs stepped up next and he tripled which
scored a run. Wes Helms then stroked a single scoring the final run of the
inning. Overall Philadelphia out-hit Kansas City 13 to 9.
Geoff Geary(1-3) got the win allowing no runs in 1 and 2/3 innings. Zack
Greinke(2-4) was hit with the loss in relief. He surrendered 5 hits and 4
walks in 4 and 1/3 innings.
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