Phillies Braves Gamethread- Saturday..

[northeastphillyguy]

Nola VS Wisler. Nola going for win number two. Phillies have won 10 of their last 12. The Phillies are playing
like a TEAM! GO PHILLIES!

 

[jvett77]

Dom Brown is up to .252 but 14 rbi tell the story about where he's been. Hope he stays hot.

 

[Retroram52]

Me too jvett. Looks as though Dom has decided he wants to be a Phillies player and is getting on with it with some redefined batting techniques. I hope he really stays on fire as well.

 

[jvett77]

Down 2 zip after Nola gives up 1st inning homer and rbi single. Shouldn't be a problem since we're still peaking. lol.

 

[jvett77]

2-1 Braves after 3. New Howard needs to go into action. New Brown as well.

 

[jvett77]

Franco doubles and new Howard singles him in. 2-2 with Brown up. no outs.

 

[jvett77]

3-run homer to center for Rupp! 5-2 Phillies. Looks like 420 feet. Rock on Phillies. Alfaro who?

 

[Cedrique]

This team is on a roll! If they keep winning 10 out of every 12 games they play they will be back to .500 by September

 

[jvett77]

Odubel just hit a 2000 foot homer to right. 6-2 Phils. lol.

 

[jvett77]

This team is on a roll! If they keep winning 10 out of every 12 games they play they will be back to .500 by September

Should be enough for 2nd in the East.

 

[jvett77]

New Howard doubles and he's 3 for 3.

 

[jvett77]

Brown bloops a single to left driving in Howard who scores after catcher drops the ball. Replay review ordered. Looks like he did tag the plate. Safe! 7-2 Phils in the 5th. Wistler and his mom are done.

 

[Cedrique]

They've already overtaken the Braves for 2nd in runs scored in the NL East. Maybe they are not as far off as we feared. If we can bring up Crawford and maybe an outfielder or two, and a couple AA pitchers come up by next year, we may be close enough by 2017. There's always a top Starter or two available in Free agency

 

[jvett77]

I agree, Cedrique. And everyone in the lineup tonight who doesn't have a .300 OBP is approaching it. Brown, Howard, and now Rupp have changed things with their hitting, that is, for now.

 

[jvett77]

Ryno left too soon, or good that he's gone?

 

[jvett77]

Blanco and Herrera single in the 6th. Franco is up. 1 out.

 

[Cedrique]

Ryno left too soon, or good that he's gone?

I don't know. I never warmed up to him anyway. It was a classic Phillies move to bring him back anyway, after they traded him after 5 games and let him play his entire hall of fame career on the Cubs. They are always trying to correct past mistakes like that.

 

[jvett77]

Franco doubles down the left field line scoring Blanco. 8-2. Howard is up.

 

[jvett77]

Howard intentionally walked. They're loaded for New brown. lol.

 

[Cedrique]

New Brown hustles down the line too