Howard not in lineup
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Howard not in lineup
Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer
A day after going ballistic and being ejected in the 14th inning of the Phillies' 4-2 loss, Ryan Howard is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game.
Howard, as of yet, has not been suspended by Major League Baseball for his actions Tuesday. For now, it appears this is a day off for the first baseman to collect his thoughts and rest.
Howard was 0 for 7 with five strikeouts Tuesday -- the most strikeouts he's ever had in a game. In fact, he tied a franchise record and was just the seventh Phillie to ever strikeout five times in a game. The others:
Pat Burrell, Sept. 16, 2008
Jim Thome, July 2, 2004
Scott Rolen, Aug. 23, 1999
Darren Daulton, April 16, 1991
Larry Hisle, May 28, 1970
Dick Allen, June 28, 1964
Rolen, Hisle and Allen each did it in just five at-bats.
The rest of the lineup that will face former Phillie J.A. Happ:
1. Jimmy Rollins SS
2. Shane Victorino CF
3. Placido Polanco 3B
4. Chase Utley 2B
5. Jayson Werth RF
6. Mike Sweeney 1B
7. Ben Francisco LF
8. Carlos Ruiz C
9. Roy Halladay P
Fishthing, I hate to tell you but this lineup played pretty well while Howard and Utley were injured— micconway- Tori Hunter got suspended this season for going bonkers. But he did make contact and also started throwing equipment onto the field. I don't think anything Howard did would warrant a suspension. It's not Howard's fault the 3rd base umpire couldn't control his bowels...— realzeel
- This is what I was afraid of. The team was actually scoring some runs and now these two come back and it starts all over again. I know they're pedigree, blah, blah,blah, but just look at the stats. Utley is having an awful year and howards stats are there, but that doesn't change the fact that they didn't break out of the scoring funk until the subs started playing more. Now Utley and Howard are back, and the runs are gone. These guys better wake up or this is gonna be over soon. Can't win 2-1 every night.— newintown
It would be nice if Utley were to rediscover his power stroke. He should be well rested. The Phillies' power outage is starting to get alarming. Ruiz and Rollins shouldn't be the only guys dropping 'em into the seats.- These people on here crying about Howard and Utley kill me. They both have been out for some time and need to play to get in a groove. Anyone who thinks playing Sweeny, Valdez, or any other bench player is going to get us back to the World Series is and idiot. Sure the guys on the bench have to play but, there is a reason they are bench players. We need Howard and Utley playing well to get to the playoffs and then the series, that isn't going to happen sitting on the bench.— phillies09
- GET REAL ...THAT UMP. JUST CAMP UP AS A TEMP. FROM THE MINORS...WHEN THE LEAGUE SEES HIS WORK ON THE FIELD LAST NIGHT...HE'S BACK TO THE MINORS FOR RETRAINING OF HOW TO BE A BIG LEAGUE UMP...— onephillyphil
- Howard can't hit lefthanders anyway. Good move.— dctwmt
Howard is obviously not back to his old self yet, I vote for not letting him kill someone in his mounting frustration. And Raul would probably prefer to rest his old bones after last night. I like the lineup.— gho_matt- its funny reading people criticize Charlie for using the right/left match-ups all the time...because no other manager in the history of the game ever did the smart, sensible thing.— ESFjellin
- Stop blaming the umpire!!! 2 runs in 16 innings against the lowly Astros. Maybe you have to keep Howard and Utley in the lineup, but they don't have to bat 3rd and 4th. Maybe you bat them 6th and 7th until they get their stroke back. The team cannot afford to have 2 easy outs batting 3rd and 4th, especially the way the rest of the team is hitting. And by the way, they umpire probably did us a favor by throwing Howard out, at least Oswald puts the bat on the ball and swung at pitches in the strike zone.— foreclosure11
- Who thinks that, @cemego? I don't hear anyone saying that.— itsRyan
- I have a problem with referees in sports in general! When a player loses his cool its automatic suspension, besides Tim Donaghy when was the last ref/ump suspended? They make mistakes and never any suspensions. Howard lost his cool so what! The umpire tried to stare him down, I would have punched him!— city slicker
- On an unrelated question, Should Charlie go after Manny Ramirez and platoon him in left field with Raul as well as a PH? Inquiring minds wanna know.— phillyfunk
Comment removed.- Hope the fans BOO the hell out of ump Scott Barry tonight ... and make his life miserable.— misterhman
