Thursday 29 September 2011

phillies

Dan Uggla crawl on his knees near second base - Atlanta Hawks. Freddie Freeman, buckled on the bottom right-field line, buried his head between his hands.


In hiding the brave ', everyone just stared at the ground in disbelief.

The collapse is unprecedented in full.

It was last season.

Surrendered to the nearest brave Craig Kimbrel the long link in the ninth, came through Pence Hunter with two out of thousand and operating a single record in the 13th to give the Philadelphia Phillies victory that ended 4-3 season Atlanta on Wednesday night without a visit to the playoffs, which seemed to be certainty just a few weeks ago.

"This is difficult," said Braves catcher Brian McCann. "This is one of the worst feelings I ever had coming off the baseball field."

The game is over more than an hour after St. Louis beat Houston 8-0 to claim at least a share of the wild card. Cardinals got it explicitly when he got David Herndon first career save by getting a Freeman of up to season-ending double play.

For the brave, may damage this one as bad as all those postseason losses in the 1990s and early 2000s.

They were 10 1 / 2 before the game for St. Louis before playing on Aug. 26. Was still increased by 81 / 2 games on the morning of September 6. Instead of popping champagne for the second consecutive trip to the playoffs, and became the first team in major league history to dispel the lead at least eight games for the playoff spot in September.

They had some companies for a short time later, when Boston did the same at the university, as blowing lead the ninth game. But it was a funeral in Atlanta.

"It was a tough game to be very close and then I have a feeling as if he were to fall from your hands," said Kimbrel. "This feeling I have now."

This was the brave one. And dawn, but, and, losing five straight to end the regular season and go 9-18 in the last month.

"I can not understand it," said Freeman, who was still wearing his number 5 shirt for about an hour after the game, as if he could not believe it would be taking it off for the last time. "The Cardinals took care of business."

Riding the strong performance of the writer Tim Hudson and Homer's two-run Uggla, and went to Atlanta the ninth ahead 3-2 record and identify the rising closer to the hill.

But can be hard for Kimbrel throw did not get the three outs necessary to save his country and 47 trip to St. Louis on Thursday night and one playoff game. It was everywhere, and walking three, and Chase Utley sacrifice fly tied. Can the religion of the right hand, does not end until the half, giving way to Chris Medlen.

"My opinion was hasty," said Kimbrel. "Things started moving very quickly. My head started to move very quickly. My brain, and I did not put it together, and it was only after it is too late .... when men walk, nothing good happens at all."

The Medlen pitched only one game in major tournaments each year after his return from Tommy John surgery, but he finished third in the ninth off as well and qualified through 10. Anthony and undeclared Varvaro Cristhian Martinez also pitched scoreless innings, but the crime of the brave "punchless just can not produce another run at the right time.

Atlanta scored only seven runs in their last five games.

The 13th in, got Scott Linebrink (4-4) in the same trouble with one walk to Brian Schneider, hitting .176. Jimmy Rollins flew to center, but the pitch is based Utley 3-2 in the area of ​​the right to maintain the half to go. Followed with a blooper pence to the right off the fists, barely hit the ball low to make a grass outfield.

But it was completely in the right place. Uggla down to get it but did not play anywhere. Schneider raced with the operation of a green light.

"Liney feet big stadium," said Uggla. "Hunter just fought it off and it fell into the no man's land on the border. I could not make the play as only one of those things, and describes the type of the whole of September."

Jones has started the branches of the 13th by striking, but the brave Uggla gave a glimmer of hope by relying on the foot off the Herndon. The rest of the noisy crowd of more than 45,000 admitted Freeman to come through, but was beaten all he could do grounder to first baseman John Mayberry, who began playing the double 3.6.3 The season ended the brave. "

Justin got de Fratus (1-0) his first win with a scoreless 12TH.

The Phillies are off to the playoffs one season after winning 102 regular, the most in its history.

"I think that the most fitting," said manager Charlie Manuel. "Our season is great, but at the same time we still have a lot of work to do, and our ultimate goal, of course, is to go to a series of global and win, and I think we sit in a very good position and it's up to us to go get it."

Hudson pitched six-hit ball over 6 roles 1-3, Atlanta is just the type of performance required as offensive struggles in recent times.

But the roles of the final grinding of the brave, who saw the leadership of Cardinals "on a large plate outside the city, and they knew to be winning.

Eric O'Flaherty got a double play with two aboard to escape the seventh. Johnny Venters struck out Raul Ibanez with the bases loaded to end the eighth. But Kimbrel, which was a record for saves this season, rookie, you can not get one that he needed more than others.

The mood in the Atlanta club sad before the game. Jones was sprawled out in a chair watching television. Sat Uggla quietly in his locker. Hudson stared straight ahead, with a focus on one of the most important start of his career long.

Then, and Jones (39 years) of age shortly before Atlanta took the field, - met the whole team around him in the bunker for an enthusiastic - the only player remaining from the World Series champion in 1995. Everyone listened attentively, then began clapping when they finished.

Gone with the Phillies Joe Blanton rarely used at the beginning, but the NL East champion did not go easy on their division rival. All of the regular starters with the exception of Shane Victorino in the lineup, and even went Blanton only two rounds before giving way to the start of the regular Cole Hamels, who made the first relief appearance of his career to the tune for the playoffs.

With the game tied 1-1, beating the brave against Hamels in the third. Michael Bourn led off with a single and stole second. Martin Prado followed with a infield hit, born in the second decade. Then, I took off for third base born, going to steal his third night. He was thrown out on a disputed call, ripping off his helmet and holding his left hand and reached into a bag just before Polanco made the mark.

Showed-off point was born, and the brave manager Freddie Gonzalez came out to say a brief with the arbitrator Dan Iassogna. Hamels struck out and Jones was one stroke out of the semi 0-2 after jumping to Uggla. Tried to deceive the left baseball with a fastball. However, it does not work.

Uggla led the pitch to the seats in left center of Homer has 36 this season.

It was clear, just an afterthought.

More than three hours later, he went the lead. So it was a game. And this season.

Notes: Atlanta finished the season with the presence of 2372940, the total lowest level since 2004. The killing of two rainouts brave with the dates the house only 79. ... Be brave SS Alex Gonzalez will not play because of an injury in his right calf. Jack Wilson took his place, and Tyler was called up from the league Pastornicky education, such as backup. ... 2500 Hudson passed roles in his career. ... Jump Manuel (646-488) last Mauch genes in the most victories by a manager in Phillies history.

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