SIGNS: Rollins' Hitting Streak Ends at 38, Sparkling Diamond
Here's kind of a sad Sign:
When you pay attention to Sports Scores, you can keep track of discrepancies in Baseball based off of who gets struck out, who commits an error, and who scores:
Rollins' Hitting Streak Ends at 38 as Cards Sweep Phillies
Shortstop's Run Was Longest in Baseball Since Molitor's 39-Gamer in 1987
By ROB MAADDI, AP Sports
PHILADELPHIA (April 6) - Jimmy Rollins watched the final out with his bat in his hands, turned and walked down the steps of the dugout.
He was more disappointed over Philadelphia's third straight loss than the end of his 38-game hitting streak.
Rollins went 0-for-4, snapping a hitting streak that stretched over two seasons, and the Phillies lost 4-2 to the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.
"I said I'd trade a hit for a win," Rollins said. "Unfortunately it didn't happen."
After finishing with a 36-game hitting streak last year, Rollins kept up his pursuit of Joe DiMaggio's major league record 56-game streak with hits in his first two games this season.
But he was hitless in three tries against Jason Marquis - he's 3-for-25 against him - and one at-bat against Josh Hancock. Rollins flied out to right field (first inning), left field (fifth) and center field (seventh), and was retired trying to bunt for a single in the third.
Rollins was the fifth batter due up in the ninth, but Jason Isringhausen retired the side in order, getting Mike Lieberthal to ground out to third base for the final out.
"The thing I like best is we went after him every time the whole series," said Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, who signaled for a strike before Rollins doubled against Adam Wainwright on a 3-0 pitch with the streak on the line in the eighth inning of Monday's opener. "He didn't walk one time."
Rollins' season-ending 36-game hitting streak was the ninth-longest over one season in big league history, and the longest in the majors since 1987, when Paul Molitor hit safely in 39 consecutive games. The 38-game streak is the eighth-longest overall.
A three-time All-Star shortstop, Rollins' pursuit of DiMaggio's 65-year-old record had a catch. DiMaggio accomplished his feat in the same season in 1941. The major league marks for longest hitting streak in one season and longest hitting streak spanning two seasons are separate records.
DiMaggio holds both with his 56-game streak, but there is a difference in the NL records: Pete Rose (1978) and Willie Keeler (1897) share the NL mark at 44 games. However, Keeler got a hit in his final game of 1896, so his run of 45 games overall was the first record Rollins could've eclipsed.
The old Phillies franchise record of 31 was set by Ed Delahanty in 1899.
"I appreciated it from the time I knew about it," Rollins said of DiMaggio's record. "That's a large number."
Marquis (1-0) pitched 5 1/3 effective innings and had an RBI double, Jim Edmonds singled in the go-ahead run in a four-run fifth inning and the Cardinals swept a three-game series in Philadelphia for the first time since 1986.
Philadelphia hadn't started 0-3 since losing the first three games in Arizona in 2000. The Phillies' last 0-3 start at home came in 1982 with one loss to the New York Mets and two against Montreal.
"Every day you lose is disappointing," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "When you start the season and lose the first three, you have to regroup and play better."
Marquis gave up two runs and five hits. An NL Silver Slugger Award winner last year, Marquis got the Cardinals going in the fifth with a run-scoring double off Cory Lidle that cut the deficit to 2-1.
After David Eckstein popped up a bunt, Juan Encarnacion reached on third baseman David Bell's fielding error. Albert Pujols, Edmonds and Scott Rolen followed with consecutive RBI singles to give the Cardinals a 4-2 lead.
"I enjoy hitting and anything I can do to help win the game helps the team," Marquis said.
Lidle (0-1) escaped a bases-loaded jam in the third by striking out Edmonds to end the inning. He retired the side in order with two strikeouts in the fourth, but ran into trouble when he hit Aaron Miles to start the fifth and Marquis followed with his hit.
Lidle allowed four runs - three earned - and six hits in five innings. None of Philadelphia's starters - Jon Lieber, Brett Myers and Lidle - have pitched more than five innings and they have a 9.45 ERA in the first three games.
Marquis left after Pat Burrell walked with one out to put two runners on in the sixth. Ricardo Rincon came in and struck out Ryan Howard. Hancock then entered and retired Bell on a grounder to shortstop. Hancock pitched a scoreless seventh, Randy Flores worked a perfect eighth and Isringhausen finished for his second save in two tries.
Lieberthal's RBI double in the third gave the Phillies a 1-0 lead. Bobby Abreu and Chase Utley hit consecutive two-out doubles to left field to make it 2-0 in the fourth.
Notes: Marquis batted .310 (27-for-87) with one homer and 10 RBI last season. ... Abreu was 1-for-19 against Marquis before he doubled. ... Bell had two errors. ... The Cardinals' relievers pitched 3 2-3 hitless innings.
04/06/06 19:29 EDT
Updated: 07:30 PM EDT
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- Jimmy Rollins: JR = Jessica Rabbit. I said 1/26/2006 that Jessica Jaymes is JR
- He was more disappointed over Philadelphia's third straight loss than the end of his 38-game hitting streak:
- I said 2/14/2006 that Jessica Jaymes is Number 38 because she's born 3/8
- I said 3/28/2006 that Jessica "ditched" me
- I said 2/14/2006 that Jessica Jaymes is Number 38 because she's born 3/8
- Marquis (1-0) pitched 5 1/3 effective innings and had an RBI double:
- Marquis is a type of Diamond
- 5 1/3 = 5/13 = Sunny Leone's B-Day. I said Sunny Leone is the real Satine from "Moulin Rouge" who was the "Sparkling Diamond
- Marquis is a type of Diamond
- After David Eckstein popped up a bunt, Juan Encarnacion reached on third baseman David Bell's fielding error:
- David Eckstein: I said 3/6/2006 that David is Davis
- Juan Encarnacion: Encarnacion = "Incarnation" in Spanish
- David Bell: I said David = Davis
- David Eckstein: I said 3/6/2006 that David is Davis
- Albert Pujols, Edmonds and Scott Rolen followed with consecutive RBI:
- Initials AP = Non-PA = Ma = Mother
- Edmonds is a City in Washington State
- Scott Rolen is for Scott.
- I said Scott and I are from Washington State
- Initials AP = Non-PA = Ma = Mother
- Ricardo Rincon came in and struck out Ryan Howard:
- Initials RR = Rod Rodillon
- Ryan Howard: I said 10/12/2005 that Charlie is Howard in "Minority Part" caught by a Psychic. I said I'm Psychic
- Initials RR = Rod Rodillon
- Marquis batted .310:
- I said Marquis is a Diamond and Sunny Leone is the "Sparkling Diamond"
- I said 3/6/2006 that I fiddled with the Program so that S(unny) (Le)one = S(cott) (Bo)oone
- I said 3/10/2006 that Scott is born 3/10
- I said Marquis is a Diamond and Sunny Leone is the "Sparkling Diamond"
- David Bell had two errors: I said that I've been fiddling with Davis' "Luck Factor"
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- The Baseball Field is the Electromagnetic Field generated by the Earth spinning on its Axis
- I's a baseball diamond for the Superman Insignia.
- You can nudge little things like Referee Calls and Errors by the Players
- Those things can change the outcome of the game
- I said 10/26/2005 about the strange Umpire Calls tilting the game in favor of the White Sox allowing them to win the World Series
- there's the scene where Veronica Corningstone sees a great shot of the Panda being born. As she's standing on the Ledge, she's calling to Scotty the Cameraman
- Tim Robbins' Character (TR) shoves Veronica into the Bear Pit
- Tim Robbins calls over to "Howie."
- Howie = Howard
Rollins' Hitting Streak Ends at 38 as Cards Sweep Phillies
Shortstop's Run Was Longest in Baseball Since Molitor's 39-Gamer in 1987
By ROB MAADDI, AP Sports
PHILADELPHIA (April 6) - Jimmy Rollins watched the final out with his bat in his hands, turned and walked down the steps of the dugout.
He was more disappointed over Philadelphia's third straight loss than the end of his 38-game hitting streak.
Rollins went 0-for-4, snapping a hitting streak that stretched over two seasons, and the Phillies lost 4-2 to the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.
"I said I'd trade a hit for a win," Rollins said. "Unfortunately it didn't happen."
After finishing with a 36-game hitting streak last year, Rollins kept up his pursuit of Joe DiMaggio's major league record 56-game streak with hits in his first two games this season.
But he was hitless in three tries against Jason Marquis - he's 3-for-25 against him - and one at-bat against Josh Hancock. Rollins flied out to right field (first inning), left field (fifth) and center field (seventh), and was retired trying to bunt for a single in the third.
Rollins was the fifth batter due up in the ninth, but Jason Isringhausen retired the side in order, getting Mike Lieberthal to ground out to third base for the final out.
"The thing I like best is we went after him every time the whole series," said Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, who signaled for a strike before Rollins doubled against Adam Wainwright on a 3-0 pitch with the streak on the line in the eighth inning of Monday's opener. "He didn't walk one time."
Rollins' season-ending 36-game hitting streak was the ninth-longest over one season in big league history, and the longest in the majors since 1987, when Paul Molitor hit safely in 39 consecutive games. The 38-game streak is the eighth-longest overall.
A three-time All-Star shortstop, Rollins' pursuit of DiMaggio's 65-year-old record had a catch. DiMaggio accomplished his feat in the same season in 1941. The major league marks for longest hitting streak in one season and longest hitting streak spanning two seasons are separate records.
DiMaggio holds both with his 56-game streak, but there is a difference in the NL records: Pete Rose (1978) and Willie Keeler (1897) share the NL mark at 44 games. However, Keeler got a hit in his final game of 1896, so his run of 45 games overall was the first record Rollins could've eclipsed.
The old Phillies franchise record of 31 was set by Ed Delahanty in 1899.
"I appreciated it from the time I knew about it," Rollins said of DiMaggio's record. "That's a large number."
Marquis (1-0) pitched 5 1/3 effective innings and had an RBI double, Jim Edmonds singled in the go-ahead run in a four-run fifth inning and the Cardinals swept a three-game series in Philadelphia for the first time since 1986.
Philadelphia hadn't started 0-3 since losing the first three games in Arizona in 2000. The Phillies' last 0-3 start at home came in 1982 with one loss to the New York Mets and two against Montreal.
"Every day you lose is disappointing," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "When you start the season and lose the first three, you have to regroup and play better."
Marquis gave up two runs and five hits. An NL Silver Slugger Award winner last year, Marquis got the Cardinals going in the fifth with a run-scoring double off Cory Lidle that cut the deficit to 2-1.
After David Eckstein popped up a bunt, Juan Encarnacion reached on third baseman David Bell's fielding error. Albert Pujols, Edmonds and Scott Rolen followed with consecutive RBI singles to give the Cardinals a 4-2 lead.
"I enjoy hitting and anything I can do to help win the game helps the team," Marquis said.
Lidle (0-1) escaped a bases-loaded jam in the third by striking out Edmonds to end the inning. He retired the side in order with two strikeouts in the fourth, but ran into trouble when he hit Aaron Miles to start the fifth and Marquis followed with his hit.
Lidle allowed four runs - three earned - and six hits in five innings. None of Philadelphia's starters - Jon Lieber, Brett Myers and Lidle - have pitched more than five innings and they have a 9.45 ERA in the first three games.
Marquis left after Pat Burrell walked with one out to put two runners on in the sixth. Ricardo Rincon came in and struck out Ryan Howard. Hancock then entered and retired Bell on a grounder to shortstop. Hancock pitched a scoreless seventh, Randy Flores worked a perfect eighth and Isringhausen finished for his second save in two tries.
Lieberthal's RBI double in the third gave the Phillies a 1-0 lead. Bobby Abreu and Chase Utley hit consecutive two-out doubles to left field to make it 2-0 in the fourth.
Notes: Marquis batted .310 (27-for-87) with one homer and 10 RBI last season. ... Abreu was 1-for-19 against Marquis before he doubled. ... Bell had two errors. ... The Cardinals' relievers pitched 3 2-3 hitless innings.
04/06/06 19:29 EDT
Updated: 07:30 PM EDT
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