When you're at the game with your mother-in-law and it's still tied after nine innings and its pushing 10:30 on a worknight, you kind of know you have to go. Don't get me wrong, I've converted her to full blown die-hard (although she seems to be taking a fairweather liking to teams like the Red Sox and Red Wings). If the game was brisk and going into extras, maybe you get a 10th inning. As it was the Phillies were held scoreless during the walk to the car, but two of the biggest plays of the game were described by Wayne Hagin in the car- Jayson Werthless robbing David Wright and Chase Utley hitting his second homerun of the game in the Jody Gerut corner. They hit cheap homeruns at CBP and find a way to get them at Citi.
The bottom of the 11th was watched at home, always the weirdest feeling, one that I'm not used to and refuse to experience under any other circumstances. Sticking it out for the 16 inning classic back in May 2006 on a Tuesday night was one of the better recent experiences in Flushing. By the way, that walkoff homerun was against Ryan Madson, who shut the door last night.
I guess Charlie Manuel does not care too much about matchups. He stacks three lefties in the lineup, perfect for Pedro Feliciano in the 8th, and then keeps J.C. Romero in the game with 1st and 2nd one out in the 8th and Sheffield and Wright coming up. Speaking of Wright, there was a stat flashed on Citivision last night before that Wright at-bat that showed him hitting .370-something in the 7th or later. We are still waiting for that memorable hit late in the game.
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