2022 Phillies Thread

[Tom McAndrew]

Love what I'm seeing from Brogdon here.

very impressive. Now the Phils' bats need to wake up

 

[Nits74]

The one nostril nose clear from Maldonado at the plate had to be the worst I've seen.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Raise your hand if you would rather have Segura in that 7th spot right now. Not going to argue with Rob, but he seems very stubborn.

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.

 

[Shadow99]

Needed to get to Verlander with the runners on base earlier...

I hope this post ages POORLY.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Castellanos with a good battle, but flys out to LF with Bryce on 2nd to end the inning.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Shadow99]

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

 

[BW Lion]

Why was there just an extended delay of action?

Did someone run on the field?

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Why was there just an extended delay of action?

Did someone run in the field?

 

[Tom McAndrew]

another 2-out threat by the Fightins. Need to plate a runner

 

[Tom McAndrew]

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

 

[Tom McAndrew]

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.

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.

 

[Pocono Lion]

Just can’t get a big 2 out hit.

 

[Shadow99]

The Phillies got out of the "runner on third nobody out" 7th inning jam!

That said, the Astros had 106 regular season wins; they don't need bloops like Gurriel's.

 

[BW Lion]

Weird game with neither team being able to hit with RISP.

I guess everyone is a bit tense.

 

[BobPSU92]

The Phillies would do well to get some hits.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

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

 

[BW Lion]

Things are getting interesting

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Nits74]

Things are getting interesting

Crowd really back into it.

 

[BW Lion]

Crowd really back into it.

I have a feeling this one’s going extra innings

 

[BobPSU92]

Need more hits.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

3-2, Astros, after 8.

Pressly got Marsh on a K, and Schwarber hit a sharp grounder that the 1st baseman got. If he wasn't holding Segura on 1st, I doubt that he would have gotten the ball.

 

[Shadow99]

So annoying...call it a great play as much as you want, but the ball going straight to Mancini is purely LUCK...

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Need more hits.

for 2 games

 

[Nits74]

Need more hits.

Thought they had one there. That one hurt.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[WestSideLion]

That 8th inning sums this team. Tying run on 3rd with one out and they can’t plate the guy.

So wasteful.

 

[rudedude]

Why not have Marsh squeeze Bohm in? Don’t understand not trying to get that run home.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

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.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Nice play by Bohm to get the double play, when Houston had 1st & 2nd and 1 out in the top of the 9th.

Last opportunity in this game for the Fightins.

Let's Do This!!!

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Shadow99]

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.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

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

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Nits74]

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.