GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: PHILADELPHIA (47-46) at LA DODGERS (53-41)

NL: PHILADELPHIA at LA DODGERS

<div class="pre">NL AT LA DODGERS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: T Saito relieved J Broxton.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 4
LA DODGERS 5 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: C Ruiz (.265, 2-FOR-3, RBI)</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at LA DODGERS

<div class="pre">NL AT LA DODGERS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: G Dobbs hit for R Madson.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 4
LA DODGERS 5 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: G Dobbs (.288, 7 HR, 34 RBI)</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at LA DODGERS

<div class="pre">NL AT LA DODGERS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Bourn ran for G Dobbs.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, M BOURN ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 4
LA DODGERS 5 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: J Rollins (.290, 0-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at LA DODGERS

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
PHILADELPHIA 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 1
LA DODGERS 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 x 5 9 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: PHI - KYLE KENDRICK, J.C. ROMERO (6TH), RYAN MADSON (7TH) AND CARLOS
RUIZ

LOS - CHAD BILLINGSLEY, RUDY SEANEZ (6TH), JOE BEIMEL
(7TH), JONATHAN BROXTON (8TH), TAKASHI SAITO (9TH) AND RUSSELL
MARTIN

HOME RUNS: PHI - RYAN HOWARD (25) OFF CHAD BILLINGSLEY IN THE 2ND, 0 ON

LOS - ANDRE ETHIER (8) OFF KYLE KENDRICK IN THE 4TH, 2 ON
LUIS GONZALEZ (11) OFF KYLE KENDRICK IN THE 6TH, 0 ON</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at LA DODGERS

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
PHILADELPHIA 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 1
LA DODGERS 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 x 5 9 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: PHI - KYLE KENDRICK, J.C. ROMERO (6TH), RYAN MADSON (7TH) AND CARLOS
RUIZ

LOS - CHAD BILLINGSLEY, RUDY SEANEZ (6TH), JOE BEIMEL
(7TH), JONATHAN BROXTON (8TH), TAKASHI SAITO (9TH) AND RUSSELL
MARTIN


WP - RUDY SEANEZ (6-1)
LP - KYLE KENDRICK (4-1)
SAVE - TAKASHI SAITO (25)

HOME RUNS: PHI - RYAN HOWARD (25) OFF CHAD BILLINGSLEY IN THE 2ND, 0 ON

LOS - ANDRE ETHIER (8) OFF KYLE KENDRICK IN THE 4TH, 2 ON
LUIS GONZALEZ (11) OFF KYLE KENDRICK IN THE 6TH, 0 ON


TIME: 2:48 ATT: 47,114

PROBABLES: NYM - TOM GLAVINE (8-6, 4.15)
LOS - DEREK LOWE (8-8, 3.05)

PROBABLES: PHI - COLE HAMELS (11-4, 3.83)
SDG - CHRIS YOUNG (8-3, 1.97)</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at LA DODGERS

<div class="pre">PHILADELPHIA (4) VS LA DODGERS (5) - FINAL

PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .289
S Victorino rf 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .283
C Utley 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .334
R Howard 1b 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 .264
A Rowand cf 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 .333
P Burrell lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .239
A Nunez 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .264
C Ruiz c 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .264
K Kendrick p 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .188
J Romero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Madson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-G Dobbs ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .292
M Bourn pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258

Totals 34 4 8 4 4 8 12

a-singled to right for R Madson in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - P Burrell (13, C Billingsley); C Ruiz (18, C Billingsley); A
Rowand (28, C Billingsley). HR - R Howard (25, 2nd inning off C Billingsley 0
on, 0 Out). RBI - R Howard (73), C Ruiz (31), A Rowand (50), P Burrell (44).
2-out RBI - A Rowand, P Burrell. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A
Nunez 1, P Burrell 1, J Rollins 2, S Victorino 1. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - M Bourn (14, 2nd base off T Saito/R Martin). CS - S
Victorino (3, 2nd base by C Billingsley/R Martin).

FIELDING: E - J Rollins (9, ground ball). DP: 1 (R Howard-J Rollins).


LA DODGERS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Furcal ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .278
J Pierre cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286
R Martin c 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .314
L Gonzalez lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 .288
J Beimel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-O Saenz ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .211
B Tomko pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Saito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
W Betemit 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .233
J Loney 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .363
A Ethier rf-lf 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 .301
R Martinez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .155
C Billingsley p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
R Seanez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Kemp rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .382

Totals 32 5 9 5 3 4 9

a-walked for J Broxton in the 8th.

BATTING: HR - A Ethier (8, 4th inning off K Kendrick 2 on, 1 Out), L Gonzalez
(11, 6th inning off K Kendrick 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Martin (64), A Ethier 3
(41), L Gonzalez (42). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W Betemit 1, R
Martinez 2. Team LOB - 6.

BASERUNNING: SB - R Martin (17, 2nd base off K Kendrick/C Ruiz). CS - M Kemp
(2, 2nd base by R Madson/C Ruiz).


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PHILADELPHIA - 021 010 000 -- 4
LA DODGERS - 100 301 00x -- 5
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PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
K Kendrick (L, 4-1) 5 1/3 7 5 5 0 3 2 4.40
J Romero 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.80
R Madson 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 3.37

LA DODGERS ip h r er bb so hr era
C Billingsley 5 7 4 4 4 4 1 3.56
R Seanez (W, 6-1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.25
J Beimel (H, 11) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.73
J Broxton (H, 23) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.57
T Saito (S, 25) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.59

WP - C Billingsley. IBB - A Ethier (by R Madson). Pitches-strikes: K Kendrick
82-53; J Romero 11-5; R Madson 34-19; C Billingsley 113-64; R Seanez 9-8; J
Beimel 7-6; J Broxton 15-9; T Saito 14-10. Ground balls-fly balls: K Kendrick
9-3; J Romero 1-1; R Madson 3-1; C Billingsley 3-7; R Seanez 0-2; J Beimel 1-1;
J Broxton 1-0; T Saito 2-1. Batters faced: K Kendrick 23; J Romero 3; R Madson
9; C Billingsley 25; R Seanez 3; J Beimel 3; J Broxton 3; T Saito 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Mark Wegner. 1B--Bruce Froemming. 2B--Mike Winters. 3B--Brian
Runge.

T--2:48. Att--47,114.
Weather: 78 degrees, sunny. Wind: 5 mph, out to
center.</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at LA DODGERS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
PHILADELPHIA 4
LA DODGERS 5 FINAL</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at LA DODGERS

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PHILADELPHIA (4) AT LA DODGERS (5) - HOW THEY SCORED
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LA DODGERS 1ST: R Furcal singled to right. J Pierre singled to center,
R Furcal to third. R Martin singled to right, R Furcal scored, J Pierre to
second. L Gonzalez lined into double play, first to shortstop, J Pierre
doubled off second. R Martin stole second. W Betemit struck out swinging.
(1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) PHILADELPHIA 0, LA DODGERS 1.

PHILADELPHIA 2ND: R Howard homered to center. A Rowand struck out
swinging. P Burrell doubled to deep left center. A Nunez walked. C Ruiz
doubled to deep left, P Burrell scored, A Nunez to third. K Kendrick grounded
out to shortstop. J Rollins grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
PHILADELPHIA 2, LA DODGERS 1.

PHILADELPHIA 3RD: S Victorino flied out to center. C Utley grounded out to
second. R Howard walked. A Rowand doubled to deep center, R Howard scored.
P Burrell fouled out to catcher. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) PHILADELPHIA 3,
LA DODGERS 1.

LA DODGERS 4TH: L Gonzalez grounded out to second. W Betemit singled to
left. J Loney singled to shallow left, W Betemit to second. A Ethier homered
to right center, W Betemit and J Loney scored. R Martinez grounded out to
shortstop. C Billingsley grounded out to shortstop. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
PHILADELPHIA 3, LA DODGERS 4.

PHILADELPHIA 5TH: S Victorino fouled out to first. C Utley struck out
swinging. R Howard singled to center. R Howard to second on wild pitch by
C Billingsley. A Rowand walked. P Burrell singled to center, R Howard scored,
A Rowand to third. A Nunez popped out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
PHILADELPHIA 4, LA DODGERS 4.

LA DODGERS 6TH: L Gonzalez homered to right. W Betemit grounded out to
pitcher. J Romero relieved K Kendrick. J Loney grounded out to first.
A Ethier walked. R Martinez flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
PHILADELPHIA 4, LA DODGERS 5.</div>

 

NL: PHILADELPHIA at LA DODGERS

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PHILADELPHIA (4) AT LA DODGERS (5) - EVENT LOG
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Philadelphia Starting Lineups -- J Rollins SS, S Victorino RF, C Utley 2B,
R Howard 1B, A Rowand CF, P Burrell LF, A Nunez 3B, C Ruiz C, K Kendrick RHP.

La Dodgers Starting Lineups -- R Furcal SS, J Pierre CF, R Martin C,
L Gonzalez LF, W Betemit 3B, J Loney 1B, A Ethier RF, R Martinez 2B,
C Billingsley RHP.

Umpires -- Mark Wegner (HP), Bruce Froemming (1B), Mike Winters (2B),
Brian Runge (3B).

Gametime Weather: 78 degrees, Sunny, wind out to center at 5 mph.


PHILADELPHIA 1ST: J Rollins popped out to shortstop. S Victorino walked.
C Utley struck out swinging. S Victorino caught stealing second, catcher to
shortstop.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) PHILADELPHIA 0, LA DODGERS 0.

LA DODGERS 1ST: R Furcal singled to right. J Pierre singled to center,
R Furcal to third. R Martin singled to right, R Furcal scored, J Pierre to
second. L Gonzalez lined into double play, first to shortstop, J Pierre
doubled off second. R Martin stole second. W Betemit struck out swinging.
(1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) PHILADELPHIA 0, LA DODGERS 1.

PHILADELPHIA 2ND: R Howard homered to center. A Rowand struck out
swinging. P Burrell doubled to deep left center. A Nunez walked. C Ruiz
doubled to deep left, P Burrell scored, A Nunez to third. K Kendrick grounded
out to shortstop. J Rollins grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
PHILADELPHIA 2, LA DODGERS 1.

LA DODGERS 2ND: J Loney struck out looking. A Ethier flied out to right.
R Martinez safe at first on error by shortstop J Rollins. C Billingsley
grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) PHILADELPHIA 2, LA DODGERS 1.

PHILADELPHIA 3RD: S Victorino flied out to center. C Utley grounded out to
second. R Howard walked. A Rowand doubled to deep center, R Howard scored.
P Burrell fouled out to catcher. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) PHILADELPHIA 3,
LA DODGERS 1.

LA DODGERS 3RD: R Furcal grounded out to pitcher. J Pierre popped out to
third. R Martin grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
PHILADELPHIA 3, LA DODGERS 1.

PHILADELPHIA 4TH: A Nunez flied out to center. C Ruiz singled to left.
K Kendrick struck out bunting foul. J Rollins flied out to right. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) PHILADELPHIA 3, LA DODGERS 1.

LA DODGERS 4TH: L Gonzalez grounded out to second. W Betemit singled to
left. J Loney singled to shallow left, W Betemit to second. A Ethier homered
to right center, W Betemit and J Loney scored. R Martinez grounded out to
shortstop. C Billingsley grounded out to shortstop. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
PHILADELPHIA 3, LA DODGERS 4.

PHILADELPHIA 5TH: S Victorino fouled out to first. C Utley struck out
swinging. R Howard singled to center. R Howard to second on wild pitch by
C Billingsley. A Rowand walked. P Burrell singled to center, R Howard scored,
A Rowand to third. A Nunez popped out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
PHILADELPHIA 4, LA DODGERS 4.

LA DODGERS 5TH: R Furcal grounded out to first. J Pierre grounded out to
shortstop. R Martin struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
PHILADELPHIA 4, LA DODGERS 4.

PHILADELPHIA 6TH: R Seanez relieved C Billingsley. C Ruiz fouled out to
first. K Kendrick struck out looking. J Rollins popped out to shortstop.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) PHILADELPHIA 4, LA DODGERS 4.

LA DODGERS 6TH: L Gonzalez homered to right. W Betemit grounded out to
pitcher. J Romero relieved K Kendrick. J Loney grounded out to first.
A Ethier walked. R Martinez flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
PHILADELPHIA 4, LA DODGERS 5.

PHILADELPHIA 7TH: J Beimel relieved R Seanez. A Ethier in left field.
M Kemp in right field. S Victorino flied out to center. C Utley grounded out to
first. R Howard struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) PHILADELPHIA 4,
LA DODGERS 5.

LA DODGERS 7TH: R Madson relieved J Romero. M Kemp singled to left. M Kemp
caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. R Furcal struck out swinging.
J Pierre grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) PHILADELPHIA 4,
LA DODGERS 5.

PHILADELPHIA 8TH: J Broxton relieved J Beimel. A Rowand grounded out to
second. P Burrell struck out looking. A Nunez struck out looking. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) PHILADELPHIA 4, LA DODGERS 5.

LA DODGERS 8TH: R Martin grounded out to third. O Saenz hit for J Broxton.
O Saenz walked. B Tomko ran for O Saenz. W Betemit singled to right, B Tomko
to second. J Loney grounded out to first, B Tomko to third, W Betemit to
second. A Ethier intentionally walked. R Martinez lined out to shortstop.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) PHILADELPHIA 4, LA DODGERS 5.

PHILADELPHIA 9TH: T Saito relieved J Broxton. C Ruiz grounded out to
shortstop. G Dobbs hit for R Madson. G Dobbs singled to right. M Bourn ran
for G Dobbs. M Bourn stole second. J Rollins flied out to left. S Victorino
grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) PHILADELPHIA 4, LA DODGERS 5.</div>

 

Gonzalez's blast lifts Dodgers past Phillies

<h3>LA DODGERS 5, PHILADELPHIA 4</h3>LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Luis Gonzalez's solo home run in thesixth inning enabled the Los Angeles Dodgers to defeat thePhiladelphia Phillies, 5-4, on Wednesday.


With the game tied, Gonzalez led off the frame by launching ahomer into the right field seats off Phillies starter KyleKendrick. The blast was the veteran's 11th of the season butfirst since June 24.


The home run made a winner out of Rudy Seanez (6-1), who pitcheda scoreless sixth after taking over for starter ChadBillingsley.


Joe Beimel and Jonathan Broxton bridged the gap to the ninthbefore Takashi Saito survived some anxious moments to give theDodgers their sixth win in seven games.


After surrendering a single to Greg Dobbs, Saito uncorked a wildpitch which sent pinch runner Michael Bourn to second. Saitosettled down to record the final two outs for his 25th save.

Andre Ethier blasted a three-run homer to right-center field inthe fourth to give Los Angeles a 4-3 lead. The home run was theeighth of the season for Ethier.


Kendrick (4-1) failed to last six innings for the first time inseven games this season, giving up five runs and seven hits in 51/3 innings.


The Dodgers grabbed the lead in the first inning after RussellMartin's single plated Rafael Furcal.


Philadelphia's Ryan Howard responded with a solo home run in thesecond - his 25th of the season and third of the series.Carlos Ruiz followed four batters later by doubling in a run offGonzalez's glove.


The Phillies upped their lead to 3-1 in the third when Howardworked a two-out walk and scored on Aaron Rowand's double intothe left-center field gap.


After Ethier's home run gave the Dodgers a 4-3 lead, Howardstarted another two-out rally in the fifth. The slugger singledand then moved to second on a wild pitch. After Rowand walked,Pat Burrell singled up the middle to score Howard.

 

Gonzalez's blast lifts Dodgers past Phillies

<h3>LA DODGERS 5, PHILADELPHIA 4</h3>LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Luis Gonzalez's solo home run in thesixth inning enabled the Los Angeles Dodgers to defeat thePhiladelphia Phillies, 5-4, on Wednesday.


With the game tied, Gonzalez led off the frame by launching ahomer into the right field seats off Phillies starter KyleKendrick. The blast was the veteran's 11th of the season butfirst since June 24.


For Gonzalez, a little patience paid big dividends.

"The first two at-bats, I swung at the first pitch," Gonzalezsaid. "In my third at-bat, I decided to go back to what Iusually do, and I got a changeup up (in the strike zone)."

The home run made a winner out of Rudy Seanez (6-1), who pitcheda scoreless sixth after taking over for starter ChadBillingsley.


Joe Beimel and Jonathan Broxton bridged the gap to the ninthbefore Takashi Saito survived some anxious moments to give theDodgers their sixth win in seven games.


After surrendering a single to Greg Dobbs, Saito uncorked a wildpitch which sent pinch runner Michael Bourn to second. Saitosettled down to record the final two outs for his 25th save.

"The bullpen has been great for us," Billingsley said. "They'vebeen able to hold leads for us."


Andre Ethier blasted a three-run homer to right-center field inthe fourth to give Los Angeles a 4-3 lead. The home run was theeighth of the season for Ethier.


Kendrick (4-1) failed to last six innings for the first time inseven games this season, giving up five runs and seven hits in 51/3 innings.


"He gave us the same type of game he's given us all year long,"Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "He got hurt by thethree-run homer and Gonzalez's homer was a big blow."

The Dodgers grabbed the lead in the first inning after RussellMartin's single plated Rafael Furcal.


Philadelphia's Ryan Howard responded with a solo home run in thesecond - his 25th of the season and third of the series. CarlosRuiz followed four batters later by doubling in a run offGonzalez's glove.


The Phillies upped their lead to 3-1 in the third when Howardworked a two-out walk and scored on Aaron Rowand's double intothe left-center field gap.


After Ethier's home run gave the Dodgers a 4-3 lead, Howardstarted another two-out rally in the fifth. The slugger singledand moved to second on a wild pitch. After Rowand walked, PatBurrell singled up the middle to score Howard.


"Today's game could have gone either way," Manuel said. "Theygot the big hit at the right time."

 

Re: NL: PHILADELPHIA (47-46) at LA DODGERS (53-41)

phillies are pathetic. oakland, give us back the A's!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Re: NL: PHILADELPHIA (47-46) at LA DODGERS (53-41)

phillies are pathetic. oakland, give us back the A's!!!!!!!!!!!!