2022 Phillies Thread
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eh, they haven't gotten a lot out of Stott or Segura in the WS.
I suspect Topper has Stott 7th, Segura 8th, and Marsh 9th so that he doesn't have back-to-back lefties in Stott and Marsh.
Needed to get to Verlander with the runners on base earlier... 
I hope this post ages POORLY.
I hope this post ages POORLY.
So sick of hearing about the Astros' "underdog", "overcoming the odds", and "redemption" stories. Altuve has a long successful postseason history; his slow start against the Mariners is irrelevant. Smoltz must have forgotten that the Astros are the 100+ win team and were the prohibitive favorites. They lost ZERO games in the American League playoffs and didn't lose in this postseason until game 1 of the World Series. They don't also get to be the underdogs who "turned around" their postseason LOL
another 2-out threat by the Fightins. Need to plate a runner
so much for that. Schwarber grounds out to 2nd to end the inning
and if you think of it, if Stott were batting 8th then you could potentially have Stott, Marsh, then Schwarber (batting 1st), so that would be 3 straight lefties. As it is, Houston brought in Abreu to face Marsh (he hit him), but then he faced Schwarber. Abreu is really tough on lefties.
Segura with a single with men on 1st & 2nd, and the Phils plate a run, and have 1st & 3rd with 1 out in the bottom of the 8th.
3-2, Astros.
Houston is making a pitching change
3-2, Astros.
Houston is making a pitching change
Crowd really back into it.Things are getting interesting
So annoying...call it a great play as much as you want, but the ball going straight to Mancini is purely LUCK...
Why not have Marsh squeeze Bohm in? Don’t understand not trying to get that run home.
It was Castellanos on 3rd. Bohm had struck out earlier in the inning.
The Phils rarely play small ball. Many times in this thread they've been blasted for not doing so. (There was 1 game in September, I think, where they surprised us and did play small ball.)
Beyond that, Pressly's ball has a lot of movement on it. If Marsh had missed the bunt, then Castellanos would have been a sitting duck.
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This close to upsetting a heavily favored team and it could be decided by a Schwarber hot shot right at someone and a Realmuto hit about 2 feet short of a homerun.
Castellanos grounds out to SS for the 3rd out in the bottom of the 9th (with Harper on 1st).
Astros win 3-2, and lead the series 3-2.
frustrating, frustrating, frustrating
Astros win 3-2, and lead the series 3-2.
frustrating, frustrating, frustrating
Yeah, when you consider two well hit balls that could have turned the tide in both the 8th and 9th, but great defensive plays. But hey, this is not over. Hopefully we'll be watching on Sunday.