IGT 133 - 9/1/05 vs Phillies - Big Important Game

[Guest Rotblatt]

Matsui makes a nice play after a 12-pitch at bat by Michaels to hand Glavine his 3rd 1-2-3 inning. He's at 91 pitches now.

Bottom of the 5th, Phillies 2, Mets 0.

Glavine struggled in the 1st, failing to convert a grounder to himself into a double play. He then gave up up a walk to load the bases followed by a 2-run single before striking out Michaels to end the first.

Lieber is crusing through our lineup.

[Frayed Knot]

]I think it was Wally Backman, batting right handed, in a day game againstthe Expos in Jarry Park (Maybe Olympic Stadium). He pulled the ball down the left field line for a double.

Nah, Backman never got a righthanded hit.

[Elster88]

To be fair, Glavine has pitched pretty well. The problem is that four of the five baserunners he allowed reached in the first.
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[Guest Rotblatt]

Diaz & DeFelice down on strikeouts.

[Elster88]

A better turn at bat for DiFelice. Took eight pitches to strike out this time. He's 1-16 on the year.

Tbe loss of Piazza is hurting us on these days.

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[Guest Rotblatt]

Ho-hum. Lieber is at 71 pitches through 5 innings.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Abreu with a single. Burrell with a deep drive to left, caught by Floyd on the warning track.

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Nah, Backman never got a righthanded hit.

That's what made it so memorable. I was driving the my car and listened to Murph's call. He sounded amazed, too.

Later

[Guest Rotblatt]

DeFelice lives up to his catch-and-throw reputation by throwing out Abreu at second.

2 down, Utley up.

[Elster88]

Utley Ks. Time for some hits, fellas. Top of the order.
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[Guest Rotblatt]

Whaddya think--does Glavine come out for the seventh?

I'm guessing yes.

[Guest KC]

Reyes with another triple to start things off!!

[Guest Rotblatt]

Reyes with a triple!!!

[Guest Rotblatt]

Matsui gets the job done by grounding out to second.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hey, our secondbaseman drove in a run!

When was the last time our relief pitcher hit a grand slam?

[Guest KC]

Matsui pads his rbi stats. Beltran, Floyd, yuck. 2-1.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Then Beltran with a shallow fly. 2 down.

[Guest KC]

I better slow down posting results, I might ruin something for ya'll later in the game.

[Guest Rotblatt]

First-pitch swinging AGAIN, Floyd pops it up.

Jesus, even when we score, we make it easy on Lieber. 6 pitches that inning.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Diaz with another exciting near-miss for out 2.

Manuel is arguing that he trapped it.

[seawolf17]

Nah, Edgy, you have to be more sarcastic about it:

Remember that time they let Juan Padilla hit and he drove in the winning run? Ah, the good old days.

[seawolf17]

BTW, Glavine vested his option today. So that's that.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Manuel barking as he heads back to the dugout, and he gets thrown out by home plate ump Young.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Huh. Apparently, Manuel wasn't the one ejected. Must have been someone else--hopefully Abreu or Burrell. Or Lieber.

[Guest KC]

Manuel still in the dugout, someone on the bench got tossed.

The playoff gods show that perhaps Diaz got a lucky call.

[Guest KC]

Glavine get through the seventh, has thrown over a 125 pitches. 2-1 and they
are stretching.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Glavine walks Pratt, then strikes out Lieber to end the half inning.

Nice outing by Glavine. Pity our offense decided to take a week off.

[Centerfield]

Come on guys. This is a big inning in a big game. Come up big fellas!

[Guest Rotblatt]

Wright grounds out.

sigh.

Looks like we're going down quietly.

[Centerfield]

Didn't take pitchers long to figure out Jacobs.