7/30 Phillies (Hamels) @ Cubs (Lilly) 6:05 pm CT CSN ESPN

[illiniguy]

Man I hate Rowand.

[TysonCBulls423]

Send Theriot please.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot stole second base

[Magnetic Curses]

run into the wall, rowand. that ivy will pad you.

[Flames24Rulz]

No excuse to not drive in Riot now.

[inari]

WOW! There was nothing more the catcher could have done there.

[TysonCBulls423]

0-2 to Rammy. Here comes the change

[CraziCub]

Nice job by Theriot getting into scoring position.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Theriot really helps his inability to hit for extra bases with his ability to steal bases successfully and often.

[soccer10k]

Am I wrong for hoping that will hurt Hamels' foot so that he can't continue?

 

nope i dont want a serious injury just one to take him out of this game

 

Yep. Gotta make sure he's healthy enough to shut the Brewers down on Saturday.

[TysonCBulls423]

Come on DeRo. We need a hit pretty badly now.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Ramirez popped out to first base

[Wheelimus]

That's why I think some undervalue Ryan. 19 for 23 on stolen bases. That's like 19 extra doubles. He may not always knock himself there, but he'll get himself there sometimes.

[Flames24Rulz]

Gotta love our 3-4-5 hitters not being able to drive in Theriot.

[inari]

Gonna be a tough play? That wasn't tough at all, Len.

[illiniguy]

man we aren't scoring tonight.

[TysonCBulls423]

damn fake hope

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING

 

Theriot grounded an IF single to second base

D Lee flied out to left center field

Theriot stole second base

Ramirez popped out to first base

DeRosa flied out to left field

 

0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
Philadelphia    0 0 3 0                        4  5  0
CUBS            0 0 0 0                        0  2  0

 

Home runs:

Philadelphia: Rowand (15)

CUBS: none

 

Philadelphia   IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Hamels        4.0  2  0  0  0  4  0  56

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Lilly         4.0  5  3  3  3  3  1  76

[inari]

That's why I think some undervalue Ryan. 19 for 23 on stolen bases. That's like 19 extra doubles. He may not always knock himself there, but he'll get himself there sometimes.

 

Unlike Juan Pierre, that actually applies to Theriot. He's at an excellent SB% right now.

[TruffleShuffle]

this feels like a 4 game sweep already. this offense is unstoppable--without z to bring one home, it doesn't look good. every single philly hitter crushes against any of our pitchers.

 

Unless you let Howard kill you, their offense is hardly unstoppable, especially with Utley out of the lineup.

 

burrell kills us, rowand kills us, iguchi always hits well against us, and it appears that rollins is going to be a tough out against us, too. i can remember the merry go round of slugging in that first series that the phils laid on us, i can't see it stopping now.

 

.730 OPS against the cubs coming into this game... not exactly killing us

[Fred Hornkohl]

          Philadelphia            CUBS
P/PA              4.00            4.00

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I feel a shut-out coming....

 

Hopefully, we'll respond by winning the next three.

[Fro]

At least we're making Hammels work a bit more now... need to chase him from the game somehow and get to the Phillies pen.

[inari]

So... can the Phillies pen come out any play?

[Fred Hornkohl]

Iguchi homered to left field