Phillies vs. Cardinals: Tony La Russa In The Zone, Game Proceeds To Ninth
Tony La Russa baseball, bitches.
Rzepczynski was pulled after he threw too far inside to Chase Utley and clipped his jersey with a fastball. Boggs came in and got the potential 6-4-3 ground ball he wanted, but Utley broke up the double play with a wicked takeout slide at second.
About what you'd expect from a guy recently voted the second-meanest player in baseball. Behind A.J. Pierzynski. So basically, first-meanest player with a soul.
Up came Ryan Howard, so in came Rhodes, and the ageless Rhodes whiffed Howard on three pitches. That meant Shane Victorino with one on and two out.
And that meant Motte. Motte got ahead of Victorino with two swinging strikes, and Victorino popped the third pitch up to center for the final out.
Off we go to the ninth, and the Cardinals are still clinging to a 5-4 lead. Safe to say nobody figured we’d be here an hour and a half ago.
