| Two players finally getting somewhat hot after sucking for the majority of the season keep the Phils in the game, but in the end the bullpen coughs it up again. First, on the pitching side Adam Eaton for the fourth consecutive start pitches decent and also gets his season high in strikeouts of 9. Over Eaton's last four starts a 2-0 record and an ERA of 3.28. Not bad for a guy whose ERA has been hovering over 6.50 most of the season. On the batting side, Pat Burrell continues to steamroll right along. Over his last 23 games, he has had at least one hit in all but 3 of them, with 11 homers and 27 RBIs (including one of each today) and has upped his batting average 30 points over that stretch. Ryan Howard also rips one over the fence for all three runs coming off homers, the Phillies weapon of choice for the season. Over 200 dingers as a team, third most in the majors behind the Brewers and Cubs. However, Eaton hands the game to the bullpen knotted at 3 and Geoff Geary coughs up a 2-run homerun in the 8th to Ryan Spillborghs to absorb the loss. An all too common occurence for Geary this year, evidenced by his 1-8 record. The Phillie starters for the year have an ERA of 5.14, the relievers 6.10, which all combines to the worst team ERA in the majors at 5.43. That has been the team's problem this year, the pitching. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Colorado Rockies At 2007 Philadelphia Phillies 9/11/2007
Rockies AB R H RBI AVG Phillies AB R H RBI AVG
C.Sullivan CF 5 1 3 0 .227 J.Rollins SS 4 0 1 0 .291
T.Tulowitzki SS 4 1 0 0 .275 C.Utley 2B 3 1 1 0 .331
M.Holliday LF 5 0 1 0 .324 A.Rowand CF 4 0 0 0 .300
T.Helton 1B 3 0 1 1 .332 R.Howard 1B 4 1 1 2 .298
G.Atkins 3B 4 1 0 1 .296 P.Burrell LF 3 1 2 1 .232
B.Hawpe RF 5 0 1 0 .282 D-C.Roberson PR 0 0 0 0 .278
Y.Torrealba C 5 0 3 1 .294 J.Werth RF 2 0 0 0 .267
J.Carroll 2B 4 1 1 0 .208 E-G.Dobbs PH 1 0 0 0 .282
F.Morales P 3 0 1 0 .357 W.Helms 3B 4 0 1 0 .264
C-R.Spilborghs PH 1 1 1 2 .270 C.Ruiz C 3 0 0 0 .283
J.Affeldt P 0 0 0 0 .333 A.Eaton P 2 0 0 0 .205
J.Julio P 0 0 0 0 .250 A-C.Coste PH 0 0 0 0 .227
B-M.Bourn PR 0 0 0 0 .264
G.Geary P 0 0 0 0 .000
F.Rosario P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 39 5 12 5 Totals 30 3 6 3
A-Pinch Hit For Eaton In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Coste In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Morales In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Burrell In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Werth In 9th Inning
Rockies......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 - 5 12 0
Phillies........ 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 1
Rockies (73-71) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
F.Morales WIN(3-2) 7 6 3 3 2 5 2 95 4.01
J.Affeldt HOLD(10th) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 15 3.97
J.Julio SAVE(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6.05
Totals 9 6 3 3 3 8 2
Phillies (67-77) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Eaton 7 7 3 2 3 9 0 120 6.78
G.Geary LOSS(1-8) 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 22 5.12
F.Rosario 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 21 11.68
Totals 9 12 5 4 3 12 1
ATTENDANCE- 10,022 DATE- Tuesday, September 11th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:59
LEFT ON BASE- Rockies:12 Phillies: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rockies: 3 Phillies: 0
ERRORS- W.Helms
DOUBLES- C.Sullivan-2(6th), T.Helton(35th), J.Rollins(31st), C.Utley(34th)
HOME RUNS- R.Spilborghs(10th), R.Howard(47th), P.Burrell(32nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Atkins
WALKS- T.Tulowitzki, T.Helton-2, C.Utley, P.Burrell, J.Werth
HIT BY PITCH- J.Carroll, C.Coste
STRIKE OUTS- C.Sullivan, T.Tulowitzki-2, M.Holliday, T.Helton, G.Atkins-2,
B.Hawpe-3, Y.Torrealba, J.Carroll, A.Rowand, R.Howard, J.Werth,
G.Dobbs, W.Helms, C.Ruiz, A.Eaton-2
GIDP- J.Rollins, W.Helms, C.Ruiz
WILD PITCHES- A.Eaton
In a close game it was the Colorado Rockies 5, the Philadelphia Phillies 3 at
Citizen's Bank Park.
Colorado came through with the game-winning runs in the 8th inning scoring 2
runs on 3 hits. After an out was recorded, Jamey Carroll initiated the
scoring spurt when he lashed a single. Ryan Spilborghs was next and he
cleared the fences for a two-run home run (his 10th of the season). Colorado
out-hit Philadelphia for the game, 12 hits to 6.
Franklin Morales(3-2) went 7 innings allowing 3 runs for the victory. Morales
was helped out by Jorge Julio who recorded his 2nd save. The loss was
charged to Geoff Geary(1-8) in relief.
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