Game 20 - Trouble in Buffalo

2010 Hero Decks Phillies #2C

Blue Jays 3, Phillies 2 (Game 1 - 7 Innings)
Game 20 - Thursday Afternoon, August 20th in Buffalo
Record - 9-11

One Sentence Summary:  The bullpen let another game slip away as the Blue Jays walked off with a 3-2 win.

What It Means:  The last time the Phillies played a game in Buffalo was 1885, and hopefully it's another 135 years before they return.

What Happened:  The Phillies took a quick 2-0 lead after three innings when Bryce Harper homered in the first and Andrew McCutchen drove home Roman Quinn in the third with a single to center.  Spencer Howard was pulled after only 3 2/3 innings, having allowed a run on five hits.  In the fifth, Jose Alvarez had to be carted off the field when a 105-mph line drive from Lourdes Gurriel, Jr. smoked him in his groin.  It was all downhill from there.

Tommy Hunter allowed the Blue Jays to tie the score when Cavan Biggio doubled home Billy McKinney in the sixth.  Deolis Guerra was on the mound in the seventh, and with an assist from a ccostly Quinn error, the winning run scored when Gurriel singled home Teoscar Hernandez.

Featured Card:  Harper's home run was the first home run hit by a Phillies player in Buffalo since Jack Clements homered in the second game of a double header on July 4, 1885 against the Buffalo Bisons.  (Source - Kenny Ayres Tweet.)

Transaction:  Prior to the game, JoJo Romero (lhp) was added as the 29th man for the double header.  Kyle Garlick (of) and Ramon Rosso (rhp) were optioned to Lehigh Valley, Cole Irvin (lhp) was recalled from Lehigh Valley and Reggie McClain (rhp) was activated from the injured list.

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Game 83 - Vintage Phillies Baseball Cards in the Magic Kingdom

Marlins 9, Phillies 6
Game 83 - Saturday Afternoon, June 29th in Miami
Record - 43-40, 2nd place, 6 1/2 games behind the Braves

Annual Post-Vacation Game Summary Catch-Up, Part 4 of 10

One Sentence Summary:  The bullpen duo of Juan Nicasio and Adam Morgan allowed six runs in the seventh inning, as the Marlins stunned the Phillies with a 9-6 win.

What It Means:  The Phillies remain unable to solve the Marlins, losing their fifth in a row to the team after an impressive four-game sweep of the Mets.  They had been up 6-1 as late as the sixth inning before the Marlins began their comeback.

What Happened:  Zach Eflin was effective in his start, giving up three runs over six innings of work.  But Nicasio and Morgan couldn't keep the Marlins off the basepaths.  Scott Kingery contributed a two-run single in the fourth and Rhys Hoskins hit a two-run home run (19) in the fifth.

Featured Card:  On the wall of Casey's Corner, a quick service hot dog restaurant on the northwest corner of Main Street U.S.A. in the Magic Kingdom, there's a frame on the wall containing what appear to be vintage baseball cards.  I took a few pictures as we were heading to our breakfast at The Crystal Palace, making a note to research the cards further when I returned home.

After some searching, and a review of the fantastic book, Classic Baseball Cards, The Golden Years 1886-1956, I came up empty with an exact match for the cards.  They appear to be reproductions (?) of photos used for the Old Judge set issued between 1887 and 1890, featuring Jack Clements, Jim Fogarty and Charlie Ferguson from the Phillies, Billy Nash from the Boston Beaneaters, Duke Farrell from the Washington Senators and Charlie Duffe from the St. Louis Browns.  The three Phillies were teammates between 1884 and 1887, and Nash played for the club from 1896 to 1898.

It would make sense that Disney would crop out any cigarette advertisement from something hung prominently in one of its restaurants, but hopefully these are reproductions and no actual vintage cards were harmed in the production of this display.