Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Marlins at Phillies (8/7)

by craig on Aug 7, 2008 8:00 AM EDT

Miami Marlins at Philadelphia Phillies, Aug 7, 2008 1:05 PM EDT

Next Game

Thursday, Aug 7, 2008, 1:05 PM EDT
Citizens Bank Park

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Chris Volstad	2-2	5	4	0	0	0	0	27.2	27	11	10	1	11	21	3.25	1.37

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Cole Hamels	9-7	23	23	2	2	0	0	160.1	130	68	60	23	40	140	3.37	1.06

The Marlins are going to try this win the series thing again today.

This will be the only post of the day since we are up against a weekday day game and I have some stuff I need to do at my day job.

Volstad has pitched in two day games since joining the Marlins and did pretty well in them. Volstad's day game ERA is 2.25. His last start didn't go as well as his previous three giving up five runs in five innings. But it wasn't all his fault since he was required to get at least four outs in two of the innings due to errors. Also, the offense has yet to score more than three runs in any of his starts.

Hamels is the ace of the Phillies but he hasn't logged a win in over a month. The last time the Marlins faced Hamels he tried to do his Moyer impersonation and soft toss the Marlins. And for the most part, it went pretty well for Hamels giving up only 2 runs in 8.0 innings. The Fish went on to win the game in the 11th. It will be interesting to see if he tries that soft tossing thing again. Hamels is a lefty.

Ichthyomancy really hates weekday day games. Best of Luck to You!

FishStriper	Attendance	Player	AAB
Architect	41,876	Uggla	Game: 0 R thru 4 inn.
Auh11
Breckenridge
Brickell	40,040	Hermida	Marlins: XTRA inn. W
Bumppo	44,000	Uggla	Marlins: never trail after 1st inn.
C60	45,250	Ramirez	Cantu: HR
Colombo
Dan
Dgriot	44,600	Ramirez	Volstad: QS
Eelly
Fishcrazy	45,023	Cantu	Marlins: H+R-E > 9
FishFilet	44,500	Ross	Ross: HR
Fishstick
Fishtail
Fluxuation
FriedFish
FSUMarlins
GameFish	43,000	Ramirez	Cantu: HR
Gbirdc
GMFB
HadMatter	44,986	Hermida	Marlins: 3+ HR
HoyaMarlin
Hurricane	45,503	Cantu	Hamels: no W
Jacob
Jrsyeagle	44,276	Uggla	Hamels: IP < 6, 4+ R
Jsprt08
LadyFish	43,900	Helms	Game: someone gets tossed
LaHabanayAlmendares
Little Nicky
Long Live the Fish
MattyStar
Matt Wilson
Mbaamin
Nynolelaw
Orlando Rays
Sdsuaztec
SoFlaHomer
Spud	43,500	Cantu	Game: 2 IBB
Stlcardinalsfan	41,101	Ramirez	Hamels: CG CHO
Tedhill
UCFbeta
Y08Marlin
Zheke