"Our chances might be pretty slim to none. But anybody we can take down with us,
we're going to do it. If we're not going, we don't want anybody else to go."
we're going to do it. If we're not going, we don't want anybody else to go."
-Marlins 2B Dan Uggla on Sept. 10
BY SCOTT LAUBER
FORT LAUDERDALE -- So, the Marlins aren't going to roll over for the Phillies?
No kidding.
"Look at what they did last year to the Mets," Jayson Werth said yesterday, referring to the last series of last season when the Marlins won two of three at Shea Stadium. "I don't expect them to lay down. Everyone knows what's at stake here. These are meaningful games for everybody."
Charlie Manuel added, "It's up to our players to go beat them. For [Uggla] to say something like that, that's all right. I don't see nothing wrong with that. Probably he should feel that way, as long as he feels that way about everybody. I look at that like that's a professional. That's a competitor wanting to compete. Nobody gives you nothing in this game. I always say, if we don't beat somebody, why should we feel like we have to go play in the playoffs or something? It's up to us to win. What he said, that makes sense to me. That didn't make me mad or anything. I just thought, well, that's good then, we'll beat you."
The Phillies have won seven straight games. The Marlins -- who haven't been eliminated from wild-card contention, by the way -- have won eight in a row. The Phillies are 6-9 against the Marlins this season, losing six of the last eight games.
Ready to rumble?
PHILLIES (86-67) at MARLINS (80-72)
Tonight, 7:10: RHP Brett Myers (10-11, 4.06) vs. RHP Josh Johnson (5-1, 3.30)
Tomorrow, 7:10: RHP Joe Blanton (2-0, 4.53) vs. RHP Anibal Sanchez (2-4, 5.87)
Sunday, 4:10: LHP Jamie Moyer (14-7, 3.86) vs. RHP Chris Volstad (5-3, 3.07)
Hot: Phillies CF Shane Victorino has 11 hits in his last 14 at-bats; Phillies 1B Ryan Howard is batting .368 (32-for-87) with 11 home runs and 30 RBIs over his last 23 games; Marlins CF Cameron Maybin, a top prospect, is went 4-for-4 last night and is 5-for-6 since being called up; 3B Jorge Cantu is batting .362 with five homers and 14 RBIs in 14 games against the Phillies.
FORT LAUDERDALE -- So, the Marlins aren't going to roll over for the Phillies?
No kidding.
"Look at what they did last year to the Mets," Jayson Werth said yesterday, referring to the last series of last season when the Marlins won two of three at Shea Stadium. "I don't expect them to lay down. Everyone knows what's at stake here. These are meaningful games for everybody."
Charlie Manuel added, "It's up to our players to go beat them. For [Uggla] to say something like that, that's all right. I don't see nothing wrong with that. Probably he should feel that way, as long as he feels that way about everybody. I look at that like that's a professional. That's a competitor wanting to compete. Nobody gives you nothing in this game. I always say, if we don't beat somebody, why should we feel like we have to go play in the playoffs or something? It's up to us to win. What he said, that makes sense to me. That didn't make me mad or anything. I just thought, well, that's good then, we'll beat you."
The Phillies have won seven straight games. The Marlins -- who haven't been eliminated from wild-card contention, by the way -- have won eight in a row. The Phillies are 6-9 against the Marlins this season, losing six of the last eight games.
Ready to rumble?
PHILLIES (86-67) at MARLINS (80-72)
Tonight, 7:10: RHP Brett Myers (10-11, 4.06) vs. RHP Josh Johnson (5-1, 3.30)
Tomorrow, 7:10: RHP Joe Blanton (2-0, 4.53) vs. RHP Anibal Sanchez (2-4, 5.87)
Sunday, 4:10: LHP Jamie Moyer (14-7, 3.86) vs. RHP Chris Volstad (5-3, 3.07)
Hot: Phillies CF Shane Victorino has 11 hits in his last 14 at-bats; Phillies 1B Ryan Howard is batting .368 (32-for-87) with 11 home runs and 30 RBIs over his last 23 games; Marlins CF Cameron Maybin, a top prospect, is went 4-for-4 last night and is 5-for-6 since being called up; 3B Jorge Cantu is batting .362 with five homers and 14 RBIs in 14 games against the Phillies.
Not: Phillies LF Pat Burrell is batting .185 (28-for-151) with five homers and 15 RBIs in his last 42 games; Phillies 3B Pedro Feliz has one hit in his last 14 at-bats; Marlins RF Jeremy Hermida has one hit in his last 12 at-bats; Marlins INF Wes Helms hasn’t homered in 130 at-bats since June 15.
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