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willowz · 04-10-2006, 07:25 PM

Game 2
Buffalo Blues (0-1) @ Philadelphia Phillies (1-0)
Jeff Suppan (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Brett Myers (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

There has not been a time that I can remember where one particular part of a 3-facet team (pitching, offense, fielding) being so poor, so poor that in a game that it could cost the team not only a blowout result but a win all together. And nevertheless, one of the three facets of this Blues team, a facet especially in fielding that needs to be rock solid for us to have any hope this season failed us in game two, amounting to four errors. Making it worse though, was the fact that you're not going to see this much offense from this team very often this year, but at least so far, something positive to bring away from the 2nd game is that the most of our role players, are, in fact, playing their roles.

That included Juan Pierre who, for the second straight game, justified his acquisition as a lead-off man by leading off the game with a sharp lining single, and moved along to second with a quick stolen base. Immediately, the Blues put the pressure on the opposition and allowed the Blues centerfielder to cross the plate off an RBI single from Miguel Cabrera.

Immediately, Phillies pitcher Brett Myers looked shaky, as he struggled to get three outs in the first inning, but eventually did so allowing only 1 run, and Jeff Suppan would go to the mound for the first time as a Buffalo Blue with a 1-0 advantage. The lead would not stand, though, as the Phillies, this time sending out a more conventional lead-off man, played their own version of early-inning small ball by pushing Jimmy Rollins across the plate to tie the game at 1 after 1.

Brett Myers came out shaky again in the second, and though throwing well, was throwing on what appeared to be an invisible tee, as Matt Lawton went deep with 1 on and nobody out to get the inning going. 3-1, Buffalo flavor. Myers countered by striking Dan Uggla out and ending his perfect streak at one game and 4-for-4 and followed up by k'ing the pitcher to get back to the top of the order, where Juan Pierre drew a walk after battling a long full-count at bat, and a few more hits later, Miguel Cabrera stepped in and dropped a blooper in to make two more runs cross the plate. All together, the Blues mini-run accrued 5 runs, and ended Myers day after only 1 2/3.

Suppan came back out in the second and let up another run, and I noticed a precarious pattern, that both runs the Blues new hurler let up were unearned, and Suppan's performance seemed to stifle itself, if only briefly, after one of his fielders failed to make an easy out. Edwin Moreno came in for Philly to start the 3rd, and got two easy outs before Dan Uggla got back on the right path with a 2-out double. It usually wouldn't amount to much with the pitcher behind him, but this time, Jeff Suppan, of all people, came through with an RBI-single to extend the lead to 7-2.

Suppan settled down in the bottom of the 3rd, before the teams traded shutout 4th innings. In the 5th, Dan Uggla continued his early season success story by tagging his second double of the game and knocking in the Blues 8th run to give the team a 6-run edge. Unfortunately though, for some reason, the Blues offense died after the 8th run, and they would come to find they needed a little bit more than that in the long run. Suppan put up a scoreless bottom of the 5th, and the teams traded a scoreless 6th. Buffalo put another goose egg up in the 7th, before things began to fall apart. In the other side of the 7th an early error rattled Suppan who let in two runs off a big double by Pat Burrell before settling down, but the inning wasn't over there, as Hanley Ramirez dropped a 2-out error which cost the team three more runs off of two more hits before Dave Weathers finally came in for relief. All in all, Suppan allowed 7 runs, but 0 earned.

Although Suppan allowed 7 runs, going into the top of the 8th, the Blues had in fact scored 8.

So, the young reliever, originally slated to be the closer until the acquisition of Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Chris Resop was warming up to go for his first hold attempt of the season.

Coming in, in the 8th, Resop had a slim 8-7 lead to protect, and started off well by grabbing hold of two quick outs, but the third was a little harder as Resop ran into Jimmy Rollins, who turned a hot-shot single into a scoring threat with an accompanying steal. Aaron Rowand ended his 0-for date thenafter by slamming an RBI single in his own right to tie the game, and Resop, in his first hold attempt comes up unsuccessful. Resop did have some post hold attempt success however, as he closed out the 8th and swapped shutout innings in the 9th with the Phillies.

The Phillies concluded in throwing six shutout innings after Moreno's performance, and would Esteban Yan come in, in the 10th to try and extend the game for the Blues.

Yan did well in the 10th, and showed that he may be a reliable short inning guy for the Blues this year, but allowed a 1-out double to young Philly up-and-comer Greg Golson. Though Yan returned with a strikeout to Jimmy Rollins, a walk to pitcher Ian Kennedy led to a 2-out single from Chris Roberson, which pushed the winning run across the plate, and somehow the Blues turns a blowout into a miracle nailbiter that we somehow gave away.

Code:

 
    
     1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10    11         R    H    E
Buffalo    1    5    1    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0         8    15    4
Philadelphia    1    1    0    0    0    0    5    1    0    0    1         9    10    1
    
 
 
Buffalo    AB    R    H    RBI    BB    K    LOB    AVG    HR    RBI
J. Pierre CF    5    2    1    0    1    0    2    .333    0    1
H. Ramirez SS    6    1    2    1    0    1    1    .300    0    1
M. Jacobs 1B    6    1    1    0    0    2    2    .100    0    0
M. Cabrera 3B    5    0    3    3    1    0    0    .333    0    3
J. Willingham C     6    0    1    0    0    0    5    .100    0    0
J. Hermida RF    4    1    2    0    1    0    0    .375    0    0
M. Lawton LF    5    2    2    2    0    1    3    .222    1    2
D. Uggla 2B    5    1    2    1    0    2    0    .667    0    2
J. Suppan P     4    0    1    1    0    0    0    .250    0    1
    D. Weathers P     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    .000    0    0
    C. Resop P     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    .000    0    0
    1-R. Klesko PH    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    .000    0    0
    E. Yan P     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    .000    0    0
Totals    47    8    15    8    3    6    13    .277    1    10
Substitution Notes
1 - R. Klesko pinch hit for C. Resop in the 10th
BATTING
Doubles: M. Cabrera (1, 2nd inning off Myers, 2 on, 2 out.) D. Uggla 2 (5, 3rd inning off Moreno, 0 on, 2 out, 5th inning off Moreno, 1 on, 1 out.)
Homeruns: M. Lawton (1, 2nd inning off Myers, 1 on, 0 out.)
Runs Batted In: H. Ramirez (1), M. Cabrera 3 (3), M. Lawton 2 (2), D. Uggla (2), J. Suppan (1)
Stolen Bases: J. Pierre (2), H. Ramirez (1)
Caught Stealing: J. Hermida (1)
Team LOB: 1

FIELDING
Errors: J. Willingham (1), M. Jacobs (1), H. Ramirez (1), D. Uggla (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Suppan-Ramirez-Jacobs)
 
Philadelphia    AB    R    H    RBI    BB    K    LOB    AVG    HR    RBI
J. Rollins SS    5    2    2    1    1    1    3    .444    1    3
A. Rowand CF    4    1    1    1    0    1    2    .500    0    3
    A. Simpson P     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    .000    0    0
    T. Gordon P     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    .000    0    0
    1-B. Davis PH    1    0    0    0    0    1    0    .400    0    1
    I. Kennedy P     0    0    0    0    1    0    0    .000    0    0
P. Burrell LF    3    0    1    3    0    1    1    .250    0    3
    2-C. Roberson LF    2    0    1    1    0    0    0    .500    0    1
R. Howard 1B    5    0    0    0    0    0    2    .000    0    0
B. Abreu RF    4    2    0    0    1    2    1    .222    0    3
C. Utley 2B    4    1    1    0    0    2    1    .375    0    0
M. Vechionacci 3B    5    1    1    1    0    1    2    .333    0    1
J. Paul C     4    0    0    0    1    1    4    .000    0    0
B. Myers P     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    .000    0    0
    J. Santana P     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    .000    0    0
    3-A. Nunez PH    1    0    0    0    0    0    1    .000    0    0
    E. Moreno P     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    .000    0    0
    4-J. Thurston PH    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    .000    0    0
    L. Dawson P     0    0    0    0    0    0    0    .000    0    0
    5-G. Golson CF    3    2    3    2    0    0    0    1.000    0    2
Totals    42    9    10    9    4    10    17    .304    1    18
Substitution Notes
1 - B. Davis pinch hit for T. Gordon in the 9th
2 - C. Roberson pinch ran for P. Burrell in the 7th
3 - A. Nunez pinch hit for J. Santana in the 2nd
4 - J. Thurston pinch hit for E. Moreno in the 5th
5 - G. Golson pinch hit for L. Dawson in the 7th
BATTING
Doubles: P. Burrell (1, 7th inning off Suppan, 2 on, 2 out.) G. Golson (1, 11th inning off Yan, 0 on, 0 out.)
Runs Batted In: J. Rollins (3), A. Rowand (3), P. Burrell 3 (3), C. Roberson (1), M. Vechionacci (1), G. Golson 2 (2)
Stolen Bases: J. Rollins 2 (2)
Sacrifice Flies: P. Burrell (1)
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: J. Rollins (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Utley-Rollins-Howard)
 
Buffalo    IP    H    R    ER    BB    K    HR    PI    PS    ERA    RECORD
J. Suppan     6.2    7    7    0    1    5    0    94    60    0.00     
D. Weathers     0.1    0    1    1    1    0    0    7    3    27.03     
C. Resop     2    1    0    0    1    4    0    35    22    0.00     
E. Yan L    1.1    2    1    1    1    1    0    25    12    6.75    0-1
PITCHING
Batters Faced: J. Suppan 30, D. Weathers 2, C. Resop 9, E. Yan 7
Inherited Runners-Scored: D. Weathers 1-0, C. Resop 1-1
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J. Suppan 7-9, D. Weathers 1-0, C. Resop 1-2, E. Yan 3-0
Game Score: J. Suppan 50
 
Philadelphia    IP    H    R    ER    BB    K    HR    PI    PS    ERA    RECORD
B. Myers     1.2    7    6    6    1    1    1    45    28    32.41     
J. Santana     0.1    0    0    0    0    0    0    5    2    0.00     
E. Moreno     3    4    2    2    0    2    0    46    30    6.00     
L. Dawson     2    2    0    0    1    2    0    30    17    0.00     
A. Simpson     1    2    0    0    1    1    0    22    12    0.00     
T. Gordon     1    0    0    0    0    0    0    6    3    0.00     
I. Kennedy W    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    21    10    0.00    1-0
PITCHING
Intentional BB: A. Simpson
Batters Faced: B. Myers 13, J. Santana 1, E. Moreno 14, L. Dawson 9, A. Simpson 5, T. Gordon 2, I. Kennedy 6
Inherited Runners-Scored: J. Santana 1-0, T. Gordon 1-0
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B. Myers 3-1, J. Santana 0-1, E. Moreno 5-2, L. Dawson 0-4, A. Simpson 1-0, T. Gordon 1-1, I. Kennedy 3-3
Game Score: B. Myers 11

04-10-2006, 07:25 PM	#9
willowz Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 38	Game 2 Buffalo Blues (0-1) @ Philadelphia Phillies (1-0) Jeff Suppan (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Brett Myers (0-0, 0.00 ERA) There has not been a time that I can remember where one particular part of a 3-facet team (pitching, offense, fielding) being so poor, so poor that in a game that it could cost the team not only a blowout result but a win all together. And nevertheless, one of the three facets of this Blues team, a facet especially in fielding that needs to be rock solid for us to have any hope this season failed us in game two, amounting to four errors. Making it worse though, was the fact that you're not going to see this much offense from this team very often this year, but at least so far, something positive to bring away from the 2nd game is that the most of our role players, are, in fact, playing their roles. That included Juan Pierre who, for the second straight game, justified his acquisition as a lead-off man by leading off the game with a sharp lining single, and moved along to second with a quick stolen base. Immediately, the Blues put the pressure on the opposition and allowed the Blues centerfielder to cross the plate off an RBI single from Miguel Cabrera. Immediately, Phillies pitcher Brett Myers looked shaky, as he struggled to get three outs in the first inning, but eventually did so allowing only 1 run, and Jeff Suppan would go to the mound for the first time as a Buffalo Blue with a 1-0 advantage. The lead would not stand, though, as the Phillies, this time sending out a more conventional lead-off man, played their own version of early-inning small ball by pushing Jimmy Rollins across the plate to tie the game at 1 after 1. Brett Myers came out shaky again in the second, and though throwing well, was throwing on what appeared to be an invisible tee, as Matt Lawton went deep with 1 on and nobody out to get the inning going. 3-1, Buffalo flavor. Myers countered by striking Dan Uggla out and ending his perfect streak at one game and 4-for-4 and followed up by k'ing the pitcher to get back to the top of the order, where Juan Pierre drew a walk after battling a long full-count at bat, and a few more hits later, Miguel Cabrera stepped in and dropped a blooper in to make two more runs cross the plate. All together, the Blues mini-run accrued 5 runs, and ended Myers day after only 1 2/3. Suppan came back out in the second and let up another run, and I noticed a precarious pattern, that both runs the Blues new hurler let up were unearned, and Suppan's performance seemed to stifle itself, if only briefly, after one of his fielders failed to make an easy out. Edwin Moreno came in for Philly to start the 3rd, and got two easy outs before Dan Uggla got back on the right path with a 2-out double. It usually wouldn't amount to much with the pitcher behind him, but this time, Jeff Suppan, of all people, came through with an RBI-single to extend the lead to 7-2. Suppan settled down in the bottom of the 3rd, before the teams traded shutout 4th innings. In the 5th, Dan Uggla continued his early season success story by tagging his second double of the game and knocking in the Blues 8th run to give the team a 6-run edge. Unfortunately though, for some reason, the Blues offense died after the 8th run, and they would come to find they needed a little bit more than that in the long run. Suppan put up a scoreless bottom of the 5th, and the teams traded a scoreless 6th. Buffalo put another goose egg up in the 7th, before things began to fall apart. In the other side of the 7th an early error rattled Suppan who let in two runs off a big double by Pat Burrell before settling down, but the inning wasn't over there, as Hanley Ramirez dropped a 2-out error which cost the team three more runs off of two more hits before Dave Weathers finally came in for relief. All in all, Suppan allowed 7 runs, but 0 earned. Although Suppan allowed 7 runs, going into the top of the 8th, the Blues had in fact scored 8. So, the young reliever, originally slated to be the closer until the acquisition of Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Chris Resop was warming up to go for his first hold attempt of the season. Coming in, in the 8th, Resop had a slim 8-7 lead to protect, and started off well by grabbing hold of two quick outs, but the third was a little harder as Resop ran into Jimmy Rollins, who turned a hot-shot single into a scoring threat with an accompanying steal. Aaron Rowand ended his 0-for date thenafter by slamming an RBI single in his own right to tie the game, and Resop, in his first hold attempt comes up unsuccessful. Resop did have some post hold attempt success however, as he closed out the 8th and swapped shutout innings in the 9th with the Phillies. The Phillies concluded in throwing six shutout innings after Moreno's performance, and would Esteban Yan come in, in the 10th to try and extend the game for the Blues. Yan did well in the 10th, and showed that he may be a reliable short inning guy for the Blues this year, but allowed a 1-out double to young Philly up-and-comer Greg Golson. Though Yan returned with a strikeout to Jimmy Rollins, a walk to pitcher Ian Kennedy led to a 2-out single from Chris Roberson, which pushed the winning run across the plate, and somehow the Blues turns a blowout into a miracle nailbiter that we somehow gave away. Code: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E Buffalo 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 15 4 Philadelphia 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 9 10 1 Buffalo AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI J. Pierre CF 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 .333 0 1 H. Ramirez SS 6 1 2 1 0 1 1 .300 0 1 M. Jacobs 1B 6 1 1 0 0 2 2 .100 0 0 M. Cabrera 3B 5 0 3 3 1 0 0 .333 0 3 J. Willingham C 6 0 1 0 0 0 5 .100 0 0 J. Hermida RF 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 .375 0 0 M. Lawton LF 5 2 2 2 0 1 3 .222 1 2 D. Uggla 2B 5 1 2 1 0 2 0 .667 0 2 J. Suppan P 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250 0 1 D. Weathers P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 C. Resop P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1-R. Klesko PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 E. Yan P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Totals 47 8 15 8 3 6 13 .277 1 10 Substitution Notes 1 - R. Klesko pinch hit for C. Resop in the 10th BATTING Doubles: M. Cabrera (1, 2nd inning off Myers, 2 on, 2 out.) D. Uggla 2 (5, 3rd inning off Moreno, 0 on, 2 out, 5th inning off Moreno, 1 on, 1 out.) Homeruns: M. Lawton (1, 2nd inning off Myers, 1 on, 0 out.) Runs Batted In: H. Ramirez (1), M. Cabrera 3 (3), M. Lawton 2 (2), D. Uggla (2), J. Suppan (1) Stolen Bases: J. Pierre (2), H. Ramirez (1) Caught Stealing: J. Hermida (1) Team LOB: 1 FIELDING Errors: J. Willingham (1), M. Jacobs (1), H. Ramirez (1), D. Uggla (1) Double Plays: 1 (Suppan-Ramirez-Jacobs) Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI J. Rollins SS 5 2 2 1 1 1 3 .444 1 3 A. Rowand CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .500 0 3 A. Simpson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 T. Gordon P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1-B. Davis PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 0 1 I. Kennedy P 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 P. Burrell LF 3 0 1 3 0 1 1 .250 0 3 2-C. Roberson LF 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 0 1 R. Howard 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 B. Abreu RF 4 2 0 0 1 2 1 .222 0 3 C. Utley 2B 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .375 0 0 M. Vechionacci 3B 5 1 1 1 0 1 2 .333 0 1 J. Paul C 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 .000 0 0 B. Myers P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 J. Santana P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3-A. Nunez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 E. Moreno P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 4-J. Thurston PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 L. Dawson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 5-G. Golson CF 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 Totals 42 9 10 9 4 10 17 .304 1 18 Substitution Notes 1 - B. Davis pinch hit for T. Gordon in the 9th 2 - C. Roberson pinch ran for P. Burrell in the 7th 3 - A. Nunez pinch hit for J. Santana in the 2nd 4 - J. Thurston pinch hit for E. Moreno in the 5th 5 - G. Golson pinch hit for L. Dawson in the 7th BATTING Doubles: P. Burrell (1, 7th inning off Suppan, 2 on, 2 out.) G. Golson (1, 11th inning off Yan, 0 on, 0 out.) Runs Batted In: J. Rollins (3), A. Rowand (3), P. Burrell 3 (3), C. Roberson (1), M. Vechionacci (1), G. Golson 2 (2) Stolen Bases: J. Rollins 2 (2) Sacrifice Flies: P. Burrell (1) Team LOB: 6 FIELDING Errors: J. Rollins (1) Double Plays: 1 (Utley-Rollins-Howard) Buffalo IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD J. Suppan 6.2 7 7 0 1 5 0 94 60 0.00 D. Weathers 0.1 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 3 27.03 C. Resop 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 35 22 0.00 E. Yan L 1.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 25 12 6.75 0-1 PITCHING Batters Faced: J. Suppan 30, D. Weathers 2, C. Resop 9, E. Yan 7 Inherited Runners-Scored: D. Weathers 1-0, C. Resop 1-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J. Suppan 7-9, D. Weathers 1-0, C. Resop 1-2, E. Yan 3-0 Game Score: J. Suppan 50 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD B. Myers 1.2 7 6 6 1 1 1 45 28 32.41 J. Santana 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0.00 E. Moreno 3 4 2 2 0 2 0 46 30 6.00 L. Dawson 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 30 17 0.00 A. Simpson 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 22 12 0.00 T. Gordon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0.00 I. Kennedy W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 10 0.00 1-0 PITCHING Intentional BB: A. Simpson Batters Faced: B. Myers 13, J. Santana 1, E. Moreno 14, L. Dawson 9, A. Simpson 5, T. Gordon 2, I. Kennedy 6 Inherited Runners-Scored: J. Santana 1-0, T. Gordon 1-0 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B. Myers 3-1, J. Santana 0-1, E. Moreno 5-2, L. Dawson 0-4, A. Simpson 1-0, T. Gordon 1-1, I. Kennedy 3-3 Game Score: B. Myers 11 Last edited by willowz; 04-10-2006 at 08:33 PM.