22 Philadelphia Phillies (Syndergaard) @ Washington Nationals (Romero, T)

Patchmk88 2022-10-02 02:26:14 UTC #101

Marlins take the lead in the top of the ninth

HopeSpringsEternal 2022-10-02 02:27:56 UTC #102

Marlins up 3-2! Brewers closer Williams may have been overextended in last night’s save. He’s being replaced with a runner on 2nd and still only one out.

HopeSpringsEternal 2022-10-02 02:41:39 UTC #103

Marlins win! Don Mattingly sending the Phillies some parting gifts before he retires!

bkeich 2022-10-02 03:14:42 UTC #104

4 games to go, magic number of 3. Having the tie breaker is certainly a good thing in this playoff rule set.

Season was somewhat saved tonight, they could have been in bad trouble if these night games had gone the other way.

Now we get the Astros, luckily they have nothing to play for, but the simple fact is their backups might be better than our starters. They can't just play their AAA players until the last game.

xogfog 2022-10-02 03:26:45 UTC #105

The Astros are still pitching McCullers and Verlander in games 1 and 2. Hoping maybe just for a few innings as a tune up.

bkeich 2022-10-02 03:31:14 UTC #106

I suspect that is what we will see. 3-5 innings at most. Certainly the 3rd game will be almost exclusively guys that are not starters.

That said, Houston has a bye, they might want to give some of there guys some time on the field to keep fresh. Hopefully not.

Sabin 2022-10-02 04:35:04 UTC #107

Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves

zambonir 2022-10-02 04:37:21 UTC #108

They will do that but that doesn't mean they'll be performing at a high level.

phillychuck 2022-10-02 11:28:22 UTC #109

Dusty said that they will play all three games to win for the integrity of the game. Of course, that makes no sense if other teams are resting guys and the schedule is unbalanced.

Brewers play the Marlins one more time, then host the horrible D-Backs. Of course, we couldn't even win a game this season v. the horrible Cubs, so weird things happen. I think we have to go at least 2-2 to make the playoffs. Brewers probably go 3-1.

zambonir 2022-10-02 14:10:52 UTC #110

I think the key is to win this Nats game (assuming it is played). Then they just need 1 win in Houston and one Brewers loss. Clearly the Brewers are no better at sweeping every series/winning every game they are supposed to on paper than the Phillies are.

But the thing is, the Cubs aren't actually horrible. They went .500 in August, are 16-11 since, and 37-29 in the second half. Phillies are 36-30. Of course the difference there is literally the head-to-head!

And I think Dusty is just blowing hot air. Ya really think he's gonna let those starters throw 100 pitches, for instance, or overwork his bullpen trying to win for "integrity."? But I'm sure they will be at full-strength in Game 1 and then the starters will still play Sunday.