Scorecard: July 3, 2011 Phillies at Blue Jays - Game 3 of 3

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Philadelphia Phillies

(53-31)

Manager: Charlie Manuel

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Toronto Blue Jays

(40-44)

Manager: John Farrell

Game 3 of 3

First pitch: 1:07 PM EST

Starting Pitchers:
Philadelphia - Cliff Lee
Toronto - Jo-Jo Reyes



Umpires:
Home - Ed Hickox
First Base - Ed Rapuano
Second Base - Brian Onora
Third Base - Alfonso Marquez

Weather:
Sunny - clear blue sky :)
Temp: 28°C | 88°F
Wind:NW at 23 kph | 15 mph
(left field line out to right field corner)



Bottom of 3

Lead-off hitter R Davis hits 3BH8(9) 8-6-5 safe. FAN590 Radio Play by Play co-host Alan Ashby mentions the no-hit 5 seconds before the pitch --- WHAM! Next batter ruins the 3 game no run streak with a 6-3 ground out that scores the hit.


Bottom of the 8th

We've all heard the expression 'You could tell it was a home run by the sound of the bat hitting the ball." Well I'd always thought I knew what that meant, in fact I was sure I heard it, but until I heard the sound of Encarnacion's bat hitting the ball squarely for the third HR of the 8th inning, I hadn't heard that most distinctive of sounds. Clear like the ring of a bell, it had a tone I've never heard before - like an exceptionally load snap of the fingers.

I was busy at the keyboard and I didn't even look up, I just typed in the 'HR' in the little box... .


Post Game

Now I'm not saying any of the following is well thought out but two things:

1.  Eric Thames
2.  Rajia Davis

Eric Thames is looking very comfortable in a major league uniform, and hitting the ball more often now with what looks like great authority -  well it changes everything. Eric Thames is a young man who looks and caries himself a lot older than he is, but without this new metric piling all kinds of expectation on him, what about this line-up:


1.  C Patterson LF
2.  R Davis CF
3.  E Thames RF
4.  J Bautista 3B
5.  A Lind 1B
6.  J Arencibia C
7.  E Encarnacion DH
8.  A Hill 2B
9.  J McDonald SS

Rajia Davis' play today, hitting the ball away, plus a fine at-bat in the 8th, shows he wants to hit higher in the order and 'Rickey Henderson' this League, and by the looks of it he could - he stole with impunity on the Phillies battery today. 

Putting him 2nd gives him the opportunity to get some at bats in lad-off type situations and moving Bautista down to the 4 stop, and Thames up to the 3 spot takes the pressure off the top of the order and adds to the possibility of a big inning and more team RBI.





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Line ups and pitching totals from ESPN - Box Score.

Colour Legend (as of this date)

Neon Green is a Base Hit Forest Green is a runner advanced by a Base Hit or a Sacrifice Yellow is Intentional Base on Balls, Defensive Indifference, a Sacrafice or Fielder's Choice Red is an out Pink are un-earned bases - Wild Pitch, Passed Ball or an Error Neon Blue is a Stolen Base Navy Blue is a base earned via a Hit or a Sacrifice, that results in a Run Scored

The Scoring Notations

BB Base on Balls - Batter to first base because the umpire ruled that pitched ball was the forth pitch of the at-bat out of the strike zone HBP Hit By Pitch - Batter is ruled by the umpire to have been hit by pitch - awarded one base BH Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at first base via a hit ball 2BH Two Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at second base via a hit ball 3BH Three Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at third base via a hit ball HR Home Run - Batter-runner safe at home plate via a hit ball RBI Run Batted In - via a SAC, a BH or a BB - a run scores RS Run Scored. SAC Sacrifice - With less than two outs the batter causes a base runner to advance but in the process, is put out FC Ball hit on the ground, fielded and a put out made anywhere but at 1B DI Defensive Indifference - A baserunner advances because the defence, for strategic reasons, does nothing IBB Intentional Base on Balls - The defences decides to walk a batter for strategic reasons

SB Stolen Base - Base runner advances on a pitched ball despite the defence's best efforts CS Caught Stealing - A baserunner is put out while tring to advance on a pitch K Called third strike - Batter out because the umpire ruled that with two strikes in an at-bat, a pitched ball was in the strike zone Ks Batter out, swinging third strike IFR Infield Fly Rule - A ball popped up on the infield that an umpire rules is easily catch-able - batter-runner is out, the ball is dead LO Ball caught that was hit so hard it appears like the vector was a straight line GO Ball hit on the ground, fielded and the batter-runner is put out at 1B FO A high arching hit ball caught on the fly by a fielder E The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar play Eth The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar throw WP Wild Pitch - a pitched ball that bounces in and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing PB Passed Ball - a pitched ball that doesn't bounce and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing

pop A ball hit in a high arch such that the distance travelled up is greater than the distance travelled from the plate GR To prevent injury, "Ground Rules" define what hit or thrown balls are in, and out of play - announced before each game by the home team manager f Hit ball caught in foul territory - for example "FO3f" - Fly Ball caught by First Base, foul op Out of Play - for example "FO5op", Fly ball caught by Third Base across the railing in the stands, or in the camera bay... BRIF Base runner is out for interfering with the defence while they're making a play on a batted ball Kf2 Foul tip with 2 strikes, caught by catcher - strike three - - - - - - - - - - - -

Box Score - Final	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Philadelphia Phillies	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			4	10	2	6
Toronto Blue Jays	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	x			7	11	0	5

Philadelphia Phillies	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
1.  J Rollins SS	FO8	2RBI BH9 #7 3,H #8 2,H			6-3		Rzepczynski + 5-3		BCCS Ks /
2.  P Polanco DH	FO8	FO8 /			FO8		3UA
3.  C Utley 2B	3UA /		4-3		BH8		FO7 /
4.  R Howard 1B		FO8	shift> pop foul 7 FO5f long run from shifted 3B		BH8 #3 1,3			BBBC X saw off grounder 2nd 4-3
5.  S Victorino CF		RS GR-2BH7 (line) touched by good fan	BB		FO7 /			CX GR-2BH9 bounced hit foul mesh - fan caught it in play
6.  B Francisco LF 8th PH  R Ibanez - LF		RS RBI BH8(7) short #5 2,H	5-3 /			5-3		BS2X Dotel + PH #5 CS 1-6-5-4 2BH8(7)
7.  D Brown RF		RS BH8 #6 1,2		pop FO5f		4-3		X pop FO6 /
8.  C Ruiz C		RS RBI GR-2BH8(9) #6 2,H #7 1,3 (#6 was past 3rd)		BH8		BB			BBCF C K
9.  W Valdez 3B 9th PH R Gload		pop FO3f		GB4 DP 4-6-3 #8 out /		5-3 /			BCBX FO7(6)
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	0 0 1 0	4 5 0 1	0 0 0 1	0 1 0 0	0 2 0 2	0 0 1 1	0 0 0 0	0 2 0 1	0 0 x 0			4 10 2 6

Phillies Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Cliff Lee	7.1	10	7	6	0	9	3	99/74	2.92
Michael Stutes	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	12/8	2.73

Toronto Blue Jays	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
1.  A Hill 2B	LD5 dropped Eth5		Ks		>B>B CX RBI #8 1,2 #8 2,3 BH7 #8 3,H		pop FO4 /
2.  E Thames RF	FO8		BH8		FO8 /			X RS RBI HR8
3.  J Bautista 3B	FO9		K /			CBFB X RS LD5(6) BH7		BBCX RS RBI HR7
4.  A Lind DH	Ks /			FO8		X Wasn't watching? Should have moved up on #5 FO. blooper7 BH7 #3 1,2 7 bobble E7 #3 2,3 #4 1,2		FX RS BH8
5.  J Rivera LF 9th C Patterson lf		Ks		Ks		SAC RBI FO8 short #3 3,H 8 trips on seam - np		X FO8(9)
6.  E Encarnacion 1B		K		FO8 /		LO9		CX RS 2RBI HR7 #4 1,H C Lee out
7.  J Arencibia C		Ks /			Ks	Ks /		BFFS Stutes + Ks
8.  R Davis CF			RS 3BH8(9) 8-6-5 safe Ashby says "no-hits" - WHAM!		SB SB RS BH9		X FO8 (trying to go the other way again)	BBSF BX SB 2BH7 (8) (good AB)
9.  J McDonald SS			RBI 6-3 #8 3,H		FO8		pop FO4	>CX #8 2,3 pop 7 short 5 FO6 /
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	0 0 0 1	0 0 0 0	1 2 0 1	0 0 0 0	1 2 0 1	1 2 0 1	0 0 0 0	4 5 0 1	x x 0 x			7 11 0 5

Jays' Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Jo-Jo Reyes	6.0	8	4	4	2	0	0	108/73	4.85
Marc Rzepczynski	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	16/9	3.12
Octavio Dotel	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	17/11	3.86