Found August 17, 2009 on
Tomahawk Take:
The Atlanta Braves had a perfect opportunity to climb near the top of the National League East, but instead lost two of three games against the league-leading Philadelphia Phillies.
I blame it on Bobby Cox’s insistence that he pitch to Ryan Howard after he was powering balls over the fence in the first two games. [...]
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August 17, 2009
JA Happ went 7.2 innings, allowing only 1 run, and picked up the win, while Ryan Howard supplied the offense with 2 blasts and 4 rbi. Happ continues to make a push for the NL ROY, and it certainly appears Ryan Howard has begun his late season surge (Aug/Sept/Oct). In the last 4 games he's 7-13 with 5 r, 4 hr, and 9 rbi. For his career, Ryan has gone .300/.405/.637, 166 r, 50 dbl...
Via The Fightins
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August 17, 2009
What happened?
Ryan Howard powered the Phillies offense as Jay Happ shut down the Braves to win the series to go to 66-49 on the season.
Who did what?
Jay Happ (W, 9-2) gave up one run on three hits over 7.2 innings. He walked six and struck out three.
Jimmy Rollins went 1 for 4 with a run.
Shane [...]
Via SI.com
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August 16, 2009
ATLANTA(AP) Ryan Howard homered twice and drove in four runs to back rookie J.A. Happ's strong start, and Brad Lidge earned an easy save as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Sunday night.
Via NL East Chatter
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August 17, 2009
The Phillies were able to take the final game of the three game set last night with a score of the Ryan Howard’s 4, Braves 1. Ryan Howard produced all of the offense for the Phillies as he smashed two home runs, a second inning solo shot and a sixth inning three run bomb. He [...]
Via ESPN
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August 16, 2009
Ryan Howard homered twice as the Phillies beat the Braves on Sunday.
Via CBSSports.com
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August 17, 2009
Ryan Howard homered twice and drove in with four runs to back rookie J.A. Happ's 7 2/3 strong innings, and Brad Lidge earned an easy save to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Sunday night.
Via NL East Chatter
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August 17, 2009
The Atlanta Braves(61-56, 3rd in NL East 6GB) had a rough weekend against the Phillies after climbing back into both the divisional and wildcard races in the National League. They were hurt by Ryan Howard against the Phillies as he produced all four runs last night and hit the eventual winning home run on Friday. [...]
Via Sign on San Diego
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August 17, 2009
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel knows Ryan Howard is a dangerous hitter even when he's not tracking pitches perfectly.
Via The Recliner GM
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August 18, 2009
The Phillies close the season October 2-4 with a 3 game series at home against the Florida Marlins. I want that series to mean absolutely nothing. A good start to reaching that goal would be for the Phillies to take advantage of their next 10 games, all against low level competition. We start with the 54-65 Diamondbacks who are missing Justin Upton, then 4 games with the 55-63 Mets...
Via *D Phillies Nation
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August 15, 2009
Philadelphia Phillies (65-48) at
Atlanta Braves (60-55)
Cole Hamels (7-7, 4.77 ERA) vs.
Kenshin Kawakami (5-9 4.12 ERA)
Time: 4 p.m at Turner Field
Weather: Sunny, 88
TV: FOX
Twitter: Phillies Nation
In the opening game of this three game set, the Phillies sneaked by Atlanta 3-2 thanks to the Big Man. Ryan Howard is finally heating up, as he smashed his 28th [...]
Via Sports Page Atlanta
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August 15, 2009
One day after giving up a game-winning home run to the Phillies’ Ryan Howard, Braves closer Rafael Soriano was not available to pitch Saturday because of some soreness in his right shoulder. . . .
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