Padres don't like taste of their own medicine. Lose 4-5 to Phillies

by jbox on Apr 19, 2009 2:06 PM PDT

I don't think this is medicine at all, I think it might be Syrup of ipecac, that loss totally induced vomiting.

Padres lose 4-5 to the Phillies on a walk off homer by Ibanez. Heath Bell was unavailable today after closing something like 50 games in a row. Padres coasted most of the game with a 4-0 lead and a ~~Cabrera~~ Luis Rodriguez throwing error followed by an Utley home run made the score 4-2. Rollins hit a solo shot later to make it a 4-3 game. Moreno blew the save in the bottom of the 9th. Some how the Phillies stole the Padres game plan.

via www.fangraphs.com

One more game against the Phillies tomorrow to try and take the series win.

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I'll be glad

when we don’t have to play there anymore.

The Cartographer got his rest. We need him.

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by Axion on Apr 19, 2009 2:15 PM PDT reply actions

I thought the throwing error

was on Luis Rodriguez.

by Mr. Meadows on Apr 19, 2009 2:29 PM PDT reply actions

It was

It happened on his first play after replacing Cabrera. Cabrera had left the game with an injured wrist.

Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.

by Wonko on Apr 19, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions

I really

hope Cabrera is OK. He seems like the future at SS.

Though LRod has been doing a pretty good job holding down the position.

No matter what happens, we’ve gotten what we needed off this road trip. We went on the road, and hung in there with the big east coast teams. We’ll come home with an over .500 record, and get to play some divisional foes again, who aren’t nearly as good as the Phillies or the Mets.

I love this team.

by Zach (maestro876) on Apr 19, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions

My bad

by jbox on Apr 19, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions

It's ok

they barely beat us on a day when we left the bases loaded, had our AAA pitcher called up, and our bullpen was pretty taxed. They even scored an unearned run.

Given all of that, we were still in a position to win, and we came real close, that’s pretty good, the next best thing from a win.

by TJB on Apr 19, 2009 4:34 PM PDT reply actions

how the heck

did Greer baffle those Phillies bats for 7 innings? Dude made Maddox look like Peavy. I mean, look at this delivery:

At first I thought he was a knuckleballer with how he was fluttering those pitches up there. Wonderously effective, and yet I’m still scratching my head and a little nervous that he is going to get figured out in an unpretty way.

by Stephen (shaynes41) on Apr 19, 2009 5:07 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

but I do like the high socks.

by Stephen (shaynes41) on Apr 19, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Last year

in limited action in September he was pretty good. It was a bad spring that kept him out of the rotation right now. If he continues to perform in Silva’s absence, he may find himself right back in the rotation.

I think Bud should have left Josh in. He was only a little over 80 pitches.

by Zach (maestro876) on Apr 19, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions

He definitely should've been left in

If Bud knew that he didn’t want to bring in Sanchez, Meredith or Bell tonight he should’ve given Geer the chance for the complete game.

I went to the game and was amazed at how Geer came right at the Phillies. He wound up throwing 60 strikes and only 16 balls!! Not only did he have complete command, but he was throwing staying in the strike zone and only gave up 1 earned run over 7 innings. Great start and I hope to see more like this from Geer in the future.

Tough game to lose. We really should’ve walked Ibanez, I’m pretty sure he’s the only player on the Phils that’s hitting over .300 (he’s hitting about .400 with a handful of HRs). I’m also pretty sure that I would’ve rather faced Matt Stairs in the bottom of the 9th rather than Ibanez.

"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock

by John Gennaro on Apr 19, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

I should fix this before someone else does

Utley .366
Howard .341 (after going 3-for-4 today)
Ibanez .386
Feliz .314

"I did not invent the wheel, I was the crooked spoke adjacent." - Aesop Rock

by John Gennaro on Apr 19, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm no manager

but Geer should have stayed in. He had the momentum, a relatively low pitch count, and would have had fewer butterflies closing than a newbie like Moreno. People discount closers all the time (i.e. “anyone could go out and throw one inning”), but it’s an extremely high-pressure situation you don’t ask a rookie to go out and handle. Especially against a lineup like the Phillies.

Geer has great potential. I know he had a rough spring, but he has shown he’s got the stuff. As decent as Silva looked last couple of outings, I’m curious to see how Geer fares his next time out.

Funny how our last three—better, on paper—starters before this (Peavy, Young, Hill) had shaky or even bad starts, yet we still managed to win those games. . .and even give Peavy a “W”. Geer has a relatively flawless start. . .and we lose the ballgame.

by Mr. Meadows on Apr 19, 2009 8:24 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs