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Phillies are startin to crush em
Phillies
Rays
Woooooooooo
Phillies are startin to crush em
I'm glad I voted Phillies
Is Hamels pitching tomorrow?
Yup
Is Hamels pitching tomorrow?
Couldn't ask for a better planning
They might as well start planning their parade route
I hope they don't get overconfidentThey might as well start planning their parade route
Upton will try his best Wade impersonation, but if Howard is still swingin a hot bat like that the Rays can forget about it.
What are you talking about?
That was ONE run, the Phillies scored 9 more. And that call was no worse than the two in game two and the one last night.
And good thing for the Rays their starting pitcher is so much better than the Phillies.
usually the team that scores first wins in baseball
rays get out of the first inning without giving up a run
they feel confident
phillies think here we go again leaving runners on base
pitchers get more confident
then throw 0's up
rays are batting .183 since game 5 against boston
pitching has not been a the big problem
With rout of Rays, Phils one win from le
Howard homers twice; Blanton, Werth also go deep in Game 4
By Ken Mandel / MLB.com
PHILADELPHIA -- The sight of Joe Blanton's surprising, but fitting home run "trot" said it all: Everything has skewed heavily in Philadelphia's favor.
Sunday night's 10-2 win over the Rays in Game 4 at Citizens Bank Park placed the Phillies one victory away, meaning somewhere among the scent of frying cheesesteaks is the pleasant aroma of the franchise's second World Series championship.
In Game 5 on Monday night, Cole Hamels, 4-0 with a 1.55 ERA this postseason, will have the chance to seal the win for a city starved for a championship. The Sixers in 1983 were Philadelphia's last major sports team to win a le. If the ace lefty delivers, he will enhance his credentials for World Series MVP honors.
At stake is the franchise's second World Series championship in its 125-year history.
On Sunday night, Blanton waltzed through a powerful Rays lineup, with the exception of solo homers to Carl Crawford and pinch-hitter Eric Hinske. The Rays set an American League record with 25 postseason homers -- but only three have come against the Phillies.
The two hit Sunday were footnotes
Continuing the Phils' run of solid starting pitching, Blanton retired the first five hitters, striking out three. Never really in a jam, Blanton was able to pitch with a lead from the second inning on.
The advantage came courtesy of a first-inning run, when Jimmy Rollins laced a leadoff double and advanced to third on a fly to right. Chase Utley walked and Ryan Howard to hit a chopper to the mound that Rays starter Andy Sonnanstine fielded cleanly.
Catching Rollins in a rundown between home and third, Sonnanstine threw to third baseman Evan Longoria, but the late throw made it appear to third-base umpire Tim Welke that a tag wasn't made. Rollins was called safe, though replays showed him to be out.
A walk to Pat Burrell put the Phillies up, 1-0. An error by second baseman Akinori Iwamura leading off the third helped the Phillies increase their lead to 2-0, and Howard smacked a three-run homer in the fourth for a 5-1 lead.
Adding to his banner night, Blanton smacked a 2-1 pitch from Edwin Jackson over the left-field fence in the fifth, the first of his career, and the first World Series home run by a Phillies pitcher. It was also the first Fall Classic homer by a pitcher since Ken Holtzman in 1974. Philadelphia has one other postseason homer, by Steve Carlton in Game 3 of the 1978 National League Championship Series.
The ball exited quickly and Blanton stutter-stepped uncomfortably around the bases to thunderous roars from 45,903 towel-waving fans. He was fine on the mound, too, allowing two earned runs in six-plus innings.
In the eighth, Jayson Werth and Howard each added two-run shots.
I have a hard time seeing Tampa win with Hamels on the mound. I thill think they can, though.
...bah, what the do I know about baseball, anyway.
Looks like the Tigers and Rockies have no excuses anymore. Sad day, indeed.
Congrats Philly!
With Hamels on the mound, the party is over.
While the Drays had a great magical run, it was all for nothing. While they beat the Red Sox, it looks like they are going to finish the season the same way Boston did this year...ringless. DRAYS had a great season but none of it means anything without the ring. I hope they prove me wrong and win the next 3, but I just dont see it.
I thought that in baseball, you do get a ring for winning the league championship.
It would be cool if the Phillies try on Cinderella's glass slipper and break it into a million pieces because their giant foot makes it shatter under pressure, but part of me kind of wants to see that same scene happen in St. Petersburg. Home team fans crying on national television usually makes for some pretty good "owned" pictures.
But honestly it doesn't matter because if the Rays do end up losing at home, no professional sports team's fans in any league or sport produce owned pictures quite as well as Phoenix Suns fans.
Lmao, more people have voted since the Phillies have gone up 3-1. It's gotten closer.
What kind of spelling trophy is there for the Word Series?
I voted Philly before the series started
Poll should have been closed just before the 1st pitch
If the Rays can get an early lead the Phillies will be in trouble. Their collars will get tight.
Baldelli wearing a hat = Luke Wilson
Suspending the game after the Rays tied it wasn't at all predictable. At least the Phillies won't win a le by having won a rain-shortened game.
I would have been pissed if it ended that way.
I was telling people that whoever won game 1 is gonna win it all. Looks like that is gonna come true.
rays win game 5
go home
some how manage game 6 win
all the pressure is in phillies
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