GDT 10/28/22 Philadelphia Phillies (Nola, Aa) @ Houston Astros (Verlander)

[Brashin]

I agree, he has earned the right to manage as he sees fit, we question it but he's been right more than wrong

[kikutaro]

Chas McCormick

Ball (90.3 mph cutter)
Ball (93.9 mph sinker)
Foul (94. mph sinker)
Ball in dirt (78.1 mph curveball)
Foul (91.1 mph cutter)
Injury Delay.
Ball (76.6 mph curveball)

Chas McCormick walks. Yuli Gurriel to 2nd.

[LoneStarPhan]

Some close pitches taken for balls.

[kikutaro]

Martin Maldonado

Ball (93.3 mph sinker)
Ball in dirt (93.6 mph sinker)
In play, out(s) (94.1 mph sinker)

Martin Maldonado grounds out, third baseman Alec Bohm to first baseman Rhys Hoskins.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	0	3	2	0				5	6	0
Houston Astros	0	2	3	0	0	0				5	7	0

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Current Batters

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Kyle Schwarber LF	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.189	.373	.432	.805
Rhys Hoskins 1B	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.191	.240	.532	.772
J.T. Realmuto C	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	.250	.327	.409	.736
Bryce Harper DH	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.413	.438	.870	1.308
Nick Castellanos RF	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	.227	.277	.295	.572
Alec Bohm 3B	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	.200	.267	.300	.567
Bryson Stott SS	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	.188	.278	.313	.591
Jean Segura 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.237	.293	.289	.582
Brandon Marsh CF	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.179	.233	.393	.626
Aaron Nola P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Jose Alvarado P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Zach Eflin P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Houston Astros

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jose Altuve 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.086	.158	.114	.272
Jeremy Pena SS	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	.306	.324	.667	.991
Yordan Alvarez LF	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.226	.368	.484	.852
Alex Bregman 3B	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.313	.371	.563	.934
Kyle Tucker RF	3	2	2	4	0	0	2	.258	.343	.548	.891
Yuli Gurriel 1B	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	.394	.394	.576	.970
Trey Mancini DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.111	.000	.111
Chas McCormick CF	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	.273	.385	.545	.930
Martin Maldonado C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.235	.350	.294	.644
Justin Verlander P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Bryan Abreu P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Current Pitchers

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Aaron Nola	4.1	6	5	5	2	5	2	81-52	4.57
Jose Alvarado	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-5	3.00
Zach Eflin	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	16-7	5.14

Houston Astros

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Justin Verlander	5.0	6	5	5	2	5	0	90-66	7.20
Bryan Abreu	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9-7	0.00

[Brashin]

Zach keeps getting behind in the count...living dangerously

[BostonRoss]

Our catcher is waaaay faster than theirs

[bkeich]

That was not an easy play. Once he got it he knew he had tons of time, but getting that ball when he was way off the line was not easy.

[phillychuck]

Squeezing Zach.

[el-pietro]

Postseason baseball is stressful.
I have never been comfortable watching Eflin pitch in relief, feels like he never has a clean inning but he got out of that one.
Do we see Seranthony in the next inning with the top of the order coming up? Maybe two, and then Ranger in the 9th if we have the lead?

[bkeich]

Honestly, that sounds reasonable and logical El-p. Let's see what Thomson has in mind, I bet it isn't that. .

If Thomson doesn't win NL Manager of the year they shouldn't even give the award

[Aquapong]

At some point we’re going to need an inning from Brogdon or Belatti.

[kikutaro]

Brandon Marsh

Called strike (85.5 mph curveball)
Ball (97.4 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (97.1 mph four-seam fastball)

Brandon Marsh flies out to right fielder Kyle Tucker.

[el-pietro]

Ranger is warming up in the pen.

[EastFallowfield]

The most predictable thing about the Phils postseason bullpen usage is that no one is able to predict it.

[el-pietro]

There we go, lets get a rally going on a weird hit/error

[kikutaro]

Kyle Schwarber

Called strike (88.3 mph slider)
Ball (88.6 mph slider)
Called strike (84.3 mph curveball)
Ball (85.7 mph curveball)
In play, no out (87. mph slider)

Kyle Schwarber reaches on a ground ball to second baseman Jose Altuve. Official Scorer ruling pending.

[el-pietro]

https://twitter.com/CSeidmanNBCS/status/1586185820305690630
Hector is warming up for the Astros

[kikutaro]

Rhys Hoskins

Ball (88. mph slider)
Pickoff Attempt 1B
Called strike (87.8 mph slider)
Ball (88.3 mph slider)
Called strike (89. mph slider)
Swinging strike (88.3 mph slider)

Rhys Hoskins strikes out swinging.

[BostonRoss]

Schwarber likes tacos!

[kikutaro]

J.T. Realmuto

Pickoff Attempt 1B
Swinging strike (88.6 mph slider)
Ball in dirt (88.9 mph slider)
Ball (98.9 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (89. mph slider)
Kyle Schwarber steals (3) 2nd base.
Ball (89.2 mph slider)

J.T. Realmuto walks.