Liveblog: Phillies Go For Sweep

[Courtesy of phillyskyline]

The Phillies play the Mets today at 1:05 today at the Bank. The Phils have won the first three games of the series and outscored the Mets 16-6 to boot. That the Phils have only given up six runs — and the bullpen has been scoreless — is exactly the reason why they get our hopes up every year around this time.

Well, consider me fooled again. I’ll be keeping an eye on the game after the jump this afternoon. Haw, haw.

12:48 - Before the game begins, Charlie talks about Mets and Phillies fans fighting in the stands.

12:50 - Also, if you want to hear what Marcus Hayes has to say (since he won’t respond to your emails), he’s on the pregame show, too.

1:22 - Mets pitcher Orlando Hernandez throws one pitch approximately every 10 minutes. I should be able to milk this liveblog all day. Thanks, Orlando!

1:28 - Heeey! The Mets pitch to Ryan Howard, and Howard crushes it to center; a guy on Ashburn Alley apparently tries to catch it with his beer cup and (not surprisingly) fails. It’s 2-0.

1:41 - Everything’s going right: Carlos Ruiz snap throws after a pitch and Howard tags out Delgado at first to end the second.

2:08 - Bahahahaha Pat Burell homered right to the Phanatic in the outfield. Then announcer Gary Matthews celebrated by making a plug for Geico.

2:11 - Aaron Rowand homered now. Oh, and the Phillie Phanatic was arrested for stealing the ball from the guy next to him that caught it.

2:45 - All hell broke loose, the Mets scored 3 runs, Phils starter Kyle Lohse was taken out, Geoff Geary popped out, the Phanatic probably got arrested again. It’s 5-3, Phillies.

3:06 - We have been told Geoff Geary gets double play groundballs 1 out of every 8 times he has the chance. We are not told if this is good. Oh, and a sac fly ties the game at 5. Here come the Phillies we know and love!

3:22 - 7-5 8-5, Phillies, on a bunch of bloop hits. The Phillie Phanatic has been taken in for questioning in a triple homicide.

3:51 - Top of the 7th, and for some reason we come in to “Sunshine Day.” But of course.

4:02 - OMG Beerleaguer is going to break its own comments record!

4:32 - And the bullpen breaks down, Phils are now down 10-8 in the bottom of the eighth. Again, those Phillies are back.

4:43 - To respond to the comments: I don’t know, does Man City have any players who come out to “Dirty Laundry”? Pat Burrell does, and he hit another homer to make it 10-9.

4:55 - Bottom 9th, Jayson Werth hits a bloop single to give us hope before the Phils blow it somehow.

5:00 - Jayson Werth stole second and third on back-to-back pitches without throws.

5:08 - Iguchi hit, Iguchi steal, J-Rolli intentional walk, Utley single, Iguchi scores, game over, Phils sweep.

5:13 - Ha, ha, the Beerleaguer page exploded!