Phillies VS Yankees

jankee fan wrote:

Born in the 856 wrote:

If CC Sabathia continues to pitch like he did tonight, the Yankees better be worried. He's their ace and their ace was way off (at least for tonight). The Phillies showed lots of offensive firepower and Cliff Lee was lights out. Lets go Phillies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, it's Pedro's turn tomorrow.

Yeah you guys we're an offensive powerhouse against CC. I mean you guys did score all of 2 runs on solo home runs from the same guy. Yeah you had his number all right. Congrats on your win, though. Lee is excellent and unfortunately he was better than CC tonight.

Don't look at the earned runs, but look at how many Philly left on base in the first 3 innings. CC was a hair away from being pulled in the 3rd inning... could have been much worse! GO PHILLIES!!!

Yeah, yeah whatever....

How about ARod? 0 for 4 and 3 strikeouts, beautiful!!!

Here is the best description of the Yankees performance last night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A

Why the Phillies won:

-Cliff Lee- 9 IP, 0 ER, 1 R, 10K, 0W, 6H

-Offense- 9 H, Chase Utley- 2HR

-Rodriguez and Texeira combined 0 for 8 5 Ks...

A-Rod strikes out 3 times, Texeira 2

The only time either got on base was on a throwing error.

856 runner wrote:

sooooo what happened to all the smack talk about CC being such a dominant pitcher and that the phillies couldn't handle him, had nothing to combat him with?

A. "all the smack talk"-Can you give a few examples of that?

B. Sabathia pitched fine. It was the Yankees offense/Cliff Lee that decided the game. If CC gives up 2 runs in 7 innings each time he pitches (with a 1.00 WHIP), I'm sure the Yankees will take it.

Good luck with that, being that sabathia will only pitch one more game. The phillies are bound to hit better than they did last night against the rest of the yankee rotation/bullpen.

It was going to be a pitcher's duel and anyone who says the phillies slugged sabathia last night is a fool. Although Utley did get the better of him, the phillies as a team did not hit very well.

But that is the yankee ace, and that's a good sign for the team if they can hit him. They're bound to score more runs tonight just because sabathia isn't on the mound. I believe they will get at Burnett a little easier. And with pedro on the mound, the yankees may score a few runs, but it's all about damage control for him and letting the offense rack up scores.

Oops, I was unclear. By "take it" I meant that they'd be happy with his pitching, not take the WS. I don't see them winning now, I expect a Phillies win tonight and a series win in 5 or 6 games. The Yankees looked hopeless last night against Lee, he is nasty.

Did they waste Lee for possibly pitching in game 4 by having him pitch in the 9th with a 6-0 lead?

Can't blame them too much for going for a WS complete game shut out. Damn Rollins error.

I agree, I'd have pulled him at 6-0. I'll tell them next time they call for my opinion.

Wendell Gee wrote:

Oops, I was unclear. By "take it" I meant that they'd be happy with his pitching, not take the WS. I don't see them winning now, I expect a Phillies win tonight and a series win in 5 or 6 games. The Yankees looked hopeless last night against Lee, he is nasty.

No joke, Lee has been amazing since his entrance with the Phils. Thank you, Cleveland!

toro wrote:

Did they waste Lee for possibly pitching in game 4 by having him pitch in the 9th with a 6-0 lead?

Can't blame them too much for going for a WS complete game shut out. Damn Rollins error.

No they didn't waste me. I'm accustomed to throwing on short rest. Hey, you guys like that catch I made on the mound? Pretty sweet...

The Phils have 5 starting pitchers capable of winning games in this series. Obviously they are not all going to start, but that means any game where someone looks bad early Charlie has a good option to keep the game competetive. The Yanks have nothing to compare to that. Give me another full rest start from Lee and I feel good about the other four being able to get me two wins. Besides, if it gets to seven and the game is close, I gaurantee you Lee would be available out of the bullpen for an inning or two if necessary.

I know better than to say it's over, but I sure like the way it started!

If the Phillies lose the next two they will want Lee in Game 4.

The Yankees pulled Sabathia after 7 innings only down 2, so he'll be available for game 4.

How far will Pedro go toninght? Do they pull him with a lead after 7 like they did in L.A? Doubt it.

Cliff Lee wrote:

toro wrote:

Did they waste Lee for possibly pitching in game 4 by having him pitch in the 9th with a 6-0 lead?

Can't blame them too much for going for a WS complete game shut out. Damn Rollins error.

No they didn't waste me. I'm accustomed to throwing on short rest. Hey, you guys like that catch I made on the mound? Pretty sweet...

Which one? The popup where you just held out your glove or the behind the back one.

What a night for the guy

toro wrote:

If the Phillies lose the next two they will want Lee in Game 4.

The Yankees pulled Sabathia after 7 innings only down 2, so he'll be available for game 4.

How far will Pedro go toninght? Do they pull him with a lead after 7 like they did in L.A? Doubt it.

Not that it matters much since I think the Phillies would not come back with Lee in game 4 even at 2-1 but he only threw about 7 more pitches than CC (I think CC was about 115 vs. Lee's 122) so it should be a wash for both if they do come back.

BS wrote:

toro wrote:

If the Phillies lose the next two they will want Lee in Game 4.

The Yankees pulled Sabathia after 7 innings only down 2, so he'll be available for game 4.

How far will Pedro go toninght? Do they pull him with a lead after 7 like they did in L.A? Doubt it.

Not that it matters much since I think the Phillies would not come back with Lee in game 4 even at 2-1 but he only threw about 7 more pitches than CC (I think CC was about 115 vs. Lee's 122) so it should be a wash for both if they do come back.

Important point, Cliff Lee was super efficient.

Damn, my yanks got crushed last night. Gotta hand it to the Phils, nice work, amazing pitching.

CC did a great job but just not good enough.

Ahhh....yeah, but what happened tonight? *wink*