Fish drop game to the Phils in 12
Posted by Rab Bethan on 1:43am, Saturday July 18th 2009
MIAMI (AP)—A midgame downpour meant an early exit for Cole Hamels on a long night for the Philadelphia Phillies. Yet they keep winning, rain or shine.
Chase Utley’s RBI single broke a tie in the 12th inning, and the Phillies extended their winning streak to seven by beating the Florida Marlins 6-5 on Friday.
The Phils were up 4-1 when Hamels left after a rain delay of one hour, 18 minutes midway through the sixth inning. The bullpen blew the lead, then escaped several jams in the final innings.
Brad Lidge, pitching for the first time in a week, walked two in the 12th and gave up a run on a wild pitch but earned his 19th save in 25 chances. Dan Uggla grounded out with a runner at third to end the game.
-STEVEN WINE, AP Sports Writer
Tonight came a heartbreaking loss at the hands of the Phils, this time in extras, and the Marlins are now 46-46, 0-2 in the series and 6 games behind the Phils. As we said before the series, the Marlins must split the series if they want to stay in the division race so the next two games are arguably the most important of the entire season.
Tonight, Cole Hamels looked like he was back to form in his 5 innings of work before the rain delay, only giving up 1 run and 4 hits with 1 walk and 5 strikeouts. Ricky Nolasco, on the other hand, gave up 4 runs and 7 hits with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts in his 6 innings of work, but arguably pitched better than his line. He’s now has a 3.06 ERA since returning from AAA.
On the offense, Paulino, Coghlan, and Hanley all had multi-hit games with Paulino going 3-5 and Coghlan hitting a homer in the bottom of the 1st.
The bullpen before Badenhop, Pinto, Meyer, Calero, and Nunez threw 4 innings while only allowing 2 baserunners.
But, now that that’s out of the way, we get to everyone’s favorite segment after a loss.
It’s of course the Scott Olsen Mugshot Memorial Award, given to the Marlins player who most exemplified why some people should never ever ever play a baseball game. Ever. For the game in question.
Tonight’s “winner” is…
Burke Badenhop!
Look at his smug face… The Hopper has been a great asset to the bullpen this year but in his second inning of work faced 7 men, putting on 4 runners and 2 runs, absorbing the loss. For that he “wins” the Scott Olsen Mugshot Memorial Award! Good job Hopper.