3-2 playoffs
Played PHILADELPHIA -109 (HAPP VS HAMMEL LISTED)
With the pitching change to Happ in this game, I absolutely love the Phillies in this one. I don't like the fact that Happ only has 2.1 career innings pitched at Coors field, but I do like the fact that in those 2.1 innings, he only gave up 1 hit and 0 runs. Happ is a Lefty and the Rockies do tend to have some problems with the southpaws and he has also shown he is very capable vs this lineup as on Aug 5th, he pitched a complete game shutout only giving up 4 hits and striking out 10.
Another big plus with Happ is his abitlity to pitch on the road very well. In 18 games including 13 starts on the road this season, he is 7-2 with 1.99 ERA. His home ERA if you were wondering was 4.18 this season. You don't see this too much with pitchers, especially young pitchers.
As i said in my post yesterday, a lot of pitchers struggle at Coors Field and Colorado starter Jason Hammel is no different. His numbers are horrible:
Jason Hammel at home at Coors: 81.2 Innings pitched, 114 hits allowed, 12 homeruns, 5.73 ERA, and and a whopping .330 batting average against.
It's a night game and Hammel also has an ERA of over a full run higher in his night starts vs his day starts.
Hammel also struggles a bit when runners get on base....this season he's allowing a .305 average when runners are on base.
Bottom line in this one, I think the Phillies can get some runs and barring the Phillies pen from blowing it, I think the Phillies take this one. If Happ holds true to form it will be a Philadelphia win.
Good luck to all today :0corn
-ndnfan
Played PHILADELPHIA -109 (HAPP VS HAMMEL LISTED)
With the pitching change to Happ in this game, I absolutely love the Phillies in this one. I don't like the fact that Happ only has 2.1 career innings pitched at Coors field, but I do like the fact that in those 2.1 innings, he only gave up 1 hit and 0 runs. Happ is a Lefty and the Rockies do tend to have some problems with the southpaws and he has also shown he is very capable vs this lineup as on Aug 5th, he pitched a complete game shutout only giving up 4 hits and striking out 10.
Another big plus with Happ is his abitlity to pitch on the road very well. In 18 games including 13 starts on the road this season, he is 7-2 with 1.99 ERA. His home ERA if you were wondering was 4.18 this season. You don't see this too much with pitchers, especially young pitchers.
As i said in my post yesterday, a lot of pitchers struggle at Coors Field and Colorado starter Jason Hammel is no different. His numbers are horrible:
Jason Hammel at home at Coors: 81.2 Innings pitched, 114 hits allowed, 12 homeruns, 5.73 ERA, and and a whopping .330 batting average against.
It's a night game and Hammel also has an ERA of over a full run higher in his night starts vs his day starts.
Hammel also struggles a bit when runners get on base....this season he's allowing a .305 average when runners are on base.
Bottom line in this one, I think the Phillies can get some runs and barring the Phillies pen from blowing it, I think the Phillies take this one. If Happ holds true to form it will be a Philadelphia win.
Good luck to all today :0corn
-ndnfan
