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Given extra day, Phils to go with Happ

Mark Bowman / MLB.com
Cold weather forced Game 3 of the National League Division Series to be pushed back until Sunday and led the Phillies to decide to start J.A. Happ instead of Pedro Martinez.
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J.A. Happ

  • #43 LHP
  • (0-0) -.-- ERA 0 SO
The Game 3 start that was originally supposed to go to Pedro Martinez is now Happ's, after the originally scheduled game for Saturday was bumped back to Sunday due to wintry conditions in Colorado. Happ, who will be making his first postseason start, was struck on the left leg with a line drive during a seventh-inning relief appearance during Game 2 on Thursday. The rookie left-hander threw just four pitches during the outing and has since said that his leg isn't bothering him. One of the leading candidates to be named the National League's Rookie of the Year, Happ went 10-4 with a 2.99 ERA in the 23 starts that he made this year. He tossed a four-hit shutout against the Rockies on Aug. 5 at Citizens Bank Park.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 13-5 3.21 201.2 72 150 .246
Season 12-4 2.93 166.0 56 119 .244
October 0-0 9.00 2.0 1 1 .500
Vs. Colorado 1-0 0.00 11.1 2 11 .139

Series at a Glance

Standings - 10/11/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Philadelphia Phillies (NL East) 93 69 .574 - 45-36 48-33
Colorado Rockies (NL West) 92 70 .568 3.0 51-30 41-40
Stats - 10/11/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
PHI .258 820 224 788 119 1155 4.16 1455.2 1479 489 1153
COL .261 804 190 760 106 1277 4.22 1438.1 1427 528 1154
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Hammel takes unusual route to playoffs

Corey Brock / MLB.com
While the Phillies were being tight-lipped about their Game 3 starter, the Rockies had no such conundrum choosing Jason Hammel to take the mound when the series shifts to Coors Field on Sunday.
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Jason Hammel

  • #46 RHP
  • (0-0) -.-- ERA 0 SO
Hammel battled inconsistency early in the season but turned into a threat to win against high-quality lineups when he decided to eliminate a sinker and go with his four-seam fastball. The sinker was a good idea, considering that balls hit in the air at Coors Field can be dangerous. However, he didn't control it as well as the four-seamer, so he went with what was working for him. Of late, Hammel has been efficient in early innings. That was the improvement he needed to make to last longer in games. There is one red flag, though, as the Rockies head into Game 3. he was 3-3 with a 5.63 ERA in 16 regular-season starts at Coors Field, as opposed to 7-5, 3.13 on the road. Nonetheless, his strong second-half performance led manager Jim Tracy to pick him over Jason Marquis for the start.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 17-23 5.18 384.0 138 273 .292
Season 10-8 4.33 176.2 42 133 .290
October 0-0 0.00 2.0 0 2 .250
Vs. Philadelphia 1-0 4.82 9.1 2 7 .359

Phillies hitters vs Jason Hammel
Regular Season stats only

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Berry, Quintin - - - - - - - -
Dobbs, Greg .000 2 0 0 .000 2 0 0
Francisco, Ben - - - - .143 7 0 0
Howard, Ryan .000 4 0 0 .000 4 0 0
Ibanez, Raul .750 4 1 1 .500 8 1 1
Mayberry, John - - - - - - - -
Rollins, Jimmy .400 5 1 2 .400 5 1 2
Ruiz, Carlos .333 3 0 0 .167 6 0 1
Utley, Chase .250 4 0 1 .250 4 0 1
Victorino, Shane .600 5 0 0 .600 5 0 0
Werth, Jayson .250 4 0 0 .250 4 0 0

Rockies hitters vs J.A. Happ
Regular Season stats only

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Atkins, Garrett .333 3 0 0 .333 3 0 0
Barmes, Clint .000 4 0 0 .000 4 0 0
Fowler, Dexter .333 3 0 0 .333 3 0 0
Gomez, Hector - - - - - - - -
Gonzalez, Carlos - - - - - - - -
Hawpe, Brad .000 4 0 0 .000 4 0 0
Helton, Todd .200 5 0 0 .200 5 0 0
Iannetta, Chris .000 1 0 0 .000 1 0 0
McKenry, Michael - - - - - - - -
Murton, Matt - - - - - - - -
Nelson, Chris - - - - - - - -
Smith, Seth .000 1 0 0 .000 1 0 0
Spilborghs, Ryan .000 3 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Stewart, Ian - - - - - - - -
Tulowitzki, Troy .000 5 0 0 .000 5 0 0
Young, Eric - - - - - - - -

Champs stave off comeback kids (2-1) (1-2)

Phillies 6, Rockies 5

Phillies forge ahead

Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
The Phillies put themselves a win away from a return trip to the NL Championship Series after pulling ahead for good on Ryan Howard's sacrifice fly in the ninth. Chase Utley homered, Howard and Carlos Ruiz each drove in two runs, and Brad Lidge survived a two-walk ninth to get the save.
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Rox on the brink

Thomas Harding / MLB.com
Carlos Gonzalez scored the game-tying run three times in a game played under record-tying cold temperatures, but the Phillies put Colorado on the brink of elimination. Gonzalez, who finished a triple shy of a cycle, was stranded on second as the tying run in the ninth.
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Phillies 6, Rockies 5

Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Rollins, SS 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 .214
Victorino, CF 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .333
Utley, 2B 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 .417
Howard, 1B 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 .417
Werth, RF 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 .300
Ibanez, LF 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 .400
  Lidge, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Feliz, 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 .300
Ruiz, C 4 0 2 2 0 1 2 .333
Happ, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
  a-Dobbs, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
  Blanton, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
  Eyre, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Madson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Stairs, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
  Durbin, C, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Francisco, B, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 6 8 6 8 11 16  

a-Grounded into a forceout for Happ in the 4th. b-Struck out for Madson in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Feliz (1, Betancourt, R).
HR: Utley (1, 1st inning off Hammel, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Rollins; Utley 6; Howard; Feliz 2; Ruiz 2.
RBI: Utley (1), Howard 2 (4), Ibanez (5), Ruiz 2 (3).
2-out RBI: Utley; Ruiz.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dobbs; Rollins; Stairs 2; Ibanez.
S: Victorino.
SF: Howard.
GIDP: Feliz.
Team RISP: 4-for-11.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
DP: (Rollins-Utley-Howard).
 
Colorado AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Gonzalez, C, LF 4 3 3 1 1 0 1 .615
Fowler, CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .200
  b-Giambi, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Helton, 1B 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 .167
  1-Young, E, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Tulowitzki, SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 .273
Torrealba, C 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .300
Atkins, G, 3B 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 .300
Spilborghs, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .250
  Street, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Barmes, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Hammel, P 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
  Belisle, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Beimel, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Contreras, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Smith, S, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500
  Morales, F, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Betancourt, R, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Hawpe, RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 5 10 5 4 6 19  

a-Popped out for Contreras in the 6th. b-Popped out for Fowler in the 9th.
1-Ran for Helton in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Atkins, G (2, Happ), Gonzalez, C (2, Eyre, S).
HR: Gonzalez, C (1, 4th inning off Blanton, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Gonzalez, C 7; Fowler 2; Helton; Tulowitzki; Atkins, G 3; Spilborghs.
RBI: Helton (2), Atkins, G 2 (2), Gonzalez, C (1), Tulowitzki (2).
2-out RBI: Atkins, G 2; Gonzalez, C.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Spilborghs 2; Tulowitzki.
SF: Tulowitzki.
GIDP: Tulowitzki.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Gonzalez, C (2, 2nd base off Lidge/Ruiz).

FIELDING
DP: (Hammel-Torrealba-Helton).
 
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Happ 3.0 5 3 3 2 4 0 9.00
Blanton 2.2 3 1 1 0 0 1 4.91
Eyre, S (H, 1) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.75
Madson (BS, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Durbin, C (W, 1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Lidge (S, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
 
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hammel 3.2 4 4 4 3 5 1 9.82
Belisle 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Beimel 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Contreras 1.0 1 1 1 2 2 0 4.50
Morales, F 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Betancourt, R 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 5.40
Street (L, 0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4.50

Eyre, S pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

Pitches-strikes: Happ 76-42, Blanton 34-23, Eyre, S 8-6, Madson 16-11, Durbin, C 10-7, Lidge 20-9, Hammel 75-45, Belisle 19-10, Beimel 1-1, Contreras 29-12, Morales, F 6-5, Betancourt, R 24-14, Street 19-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Happ 2-3, Blanton 4-4, Eyre, S 0-1, Madson 0-1, Durbin, C 3-0, Lidge 1-2, Hammel 3-3, Belisle 1-1, Beimel 0-1, Contreras 1-0, Morales, F 1-2, Betancourt, R 0-0, Street 2-1.
Batters faced: Happ 16, Blanton 10, Eyre, S 3, Madson 3, Durbin, C 3, Lidge 5, Hammel 17, Belisle 4, Beimel 1, Contreras 6, Morales, F 3, Betancourt, R 5, Street 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Eyre, S 1-0, Madson 2-1, Belisle 2-0, Beimel 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Jerry Meals. 1B: Ron Kulpa. 2B: Angel Hernandez. 3B: Tim Timmons. LF: Gerry Davis. RF: Bob Davidson.
Weather: 35 degrees, clear.
Wind: 3 mph, In from RF.
T: 4:06.
Att: 50,109.
October 11, 2009

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