As expected (or suspected), Chase Utley isn't in the lineup tonight against tough Angels LHP Joe Saunders. Utley, as you may have heard, is in an 0-for-23 slump. Here's the full lineup:SS Jimmy Rollins (.283/6/25), CF Shane Victorino (.278/2/18), LF Pat Burrell (.275/18/47), 1B Ryan Howard (.219/19/63), RF Jayson Werth (.268/9/28), C Chris Coste (.306/6/17), 3B Pedro Feliz (.259/8/33), 2B Eric Bruntlett (.250/2/12), RHP Brett Myers (3-8, 5.58).
Once again, Myers is the focus of tonight's game. Keep an eye on his first-inning performance. If he can survive that (his ERA in the first inning is 12.60, and opponents are batting .368 against him), he may be OK.
2 comments:
If Charlie is giving Chase the day off, then I hope he won't use him as a late-inning pinch hitter. Day off should mean day off. I'm a Manuel fan, but he kept pinch-hitting Howard on his days off just to strike out and negate the point of a mental health day.
Now that Chase is in his predictable mid-year slump, it's time for the Phillies to sign heavy-hitting Gil Valezquez as a replacement.
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