GDT 4/1/24 Cincinnati Reds (Abbott, A) @ Philadelphia Phillies (Sánchez, C)

[kikutaro]

Jonathan India

Mound Visit.
Ball (93.3 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (87.3 mph cutter)
Will Benson steals (1) 2nd base.
Ball in dirt (89.2 mph cutter)
Ball (92.7 mph four-seam fastball)

Jonathan India walks.

[bkox]

Can we please send Brogdon to AAA or Siberia..

[LoneStarPhan]

Isn't Nelson on the active roster? Why is Brogdon pitching in this game?

[Patchmk88]

Why is Brogdon still with the organization. The guy is absolutely cooked.

[bkox]

Has anyone tried giving Brogdon a sandwich... hes so skinny.. maybe he just needs some nutrition.

[kikutaro]

Spencer Steer

Ball (83. mph changeup)
Ball (92.4 mph four-seam fastball)
Mound Visit.
Called strike (94.1 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, run(s) (91.6 mph four-seam fastball)

Spencer Steer hits a grand slam (1) to left center field. Bubba Thompson scores. Will Benson scores. Jonathan India scores.

Cincinnati Reds 6 - Philadelphia Phillies 2

[zambonir]

Well that should do it for Brogdon. Which I think was the point of putting him in there.

[Patchmk88]

This team sleep walks during the beginning of the year and I’m tired of it.

[kikutaro]

Christian Encarnacion-Strand

Ball (85.7 mph cutter)
Swinging strike (82.3 mph changeup)
Foul (93.1 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (83.5 mph changeup)
Swinging strike (81.7 mph changeup)

Christian Encarnacion-Strand strikes out swinging.

[bkox]

Reds should consider demoting Encarnacion-Strand for striking out there

[kikutaro]

Jeimer Candelario

Ball (92.9 mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (82.6 mph changeup)
Ball (82. mph changeup)
Swinging strike (85.9 mph cutter)
Foul (82.8 mph changeup)
Ball (93.5 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (86.3 mph cutter)
Swinging strike (92. mph four-seam fastball)

Jeimer Candelario strikes out swinging.

[andyb]

They probably want Nelson to back up Turnbull tomorrow. Soto is the guy I would have gone to in the 10th if they wanted to save Seranthony.

[dicemen99]

Brogdon has pitched in 3 out of the first 4 games. Twice in high leverage situations.

He hasn't gotten anyone out in two years. WTF is going on?

[kikutaro]

Santiago Espinal

Ball (86.5 mph cutter)
Ball (84.4 mph cutter)
Ball (82.6 mph changeup)
Called strike (91.4 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (91.6 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (81.8 mph changeup)
Foul (93.4 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (84.6 mph cutter)

Santiago Espinal walks.

[LoneStarPhan]

Thomson not getting points toward manager of the year with his moves so far this season.

Baseball is a very long season and there are ups and downs even for the best teams. But I hate starting the season in such a miserable fashion.

[andyb]

The Phillies got too cute thinking someone was going to claim Brogdon. He just is not any good at this velocity.

This is why they got Mercado and his option. He'll probably be here tomorrow because Nelson won't be fresh.

[kikutaro]

Elly De La Cruz

Mound Visit.
Pitching Change: Nick Nelson replaces Connor Brogdon.
Batter Timeout.
Called strike (93.6 mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (94.4 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (83.8 mph slider)
Ball (85.7 mph changeup)
Ball (85.7 mph changeup)
Called strike (94.6 mph four-seam fastball)

Elly De La Cruz called out on strikes.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Cincinnati Reds	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	6	8	0
Philadelphia Phillies	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	0

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Current Batters

Cincinnati Reds

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jonathan India DH	3	2	1	0	2	1	0	.333	.474	.533	1.007
Spencer Steer LF	5	2	2	4	0	1	1	.400	.471	.733	1.204
Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B	5	0	2	1	0	2	0	.167	.167	.333	.500
Jeimer Candelario 3B	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	.188	.235	.438	.673
Santiago Espinal 2B	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393
Elly De La Cruz SS	5	0	1	0	0	4	0	.250	.294	.375	.669
Stuart Fairchild CF	3	0	1	0	1	2	0	.429	.500	.429	.929
Luke Maile C	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.125	.222	.500	.722
Bubba Thompson PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Will Benson RF	3	1	0	0	1	3	0	.333	.412	.733	1.145
Andrew Abbott P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Emilio Pagán P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Justin Wilson P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Brent Suter P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Alexis Díaz P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Kyle Schwarber DH	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.294	.294	.471	.765
Johan Rojas DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200
Trea Turner SS	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.214	.313	.214	.527
Bryce Harper 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167
J.T. Realmuto C	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.286	.375	.500	.875
Alec Bohm 3B	3	0	1	2	1	0	0	.333	.375	.400	.775
Nick Castellanos RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.214	.313	.214	.527
Bryson Stott 2B	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.333	.429	.417	.846
Whit Merrifield LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282
Brandon Marsh CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.222	.222	.556	.778
Cristopher Sánchez P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Jeff Hoffman P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Matt Strahm P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Yunior Marte P								.000	.000	.000	.000
José Alvarado P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Connor Brogdon P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Nick Nelson P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Current Pitchers

Cincinnati Reds

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Andrew Abbott	5.1	3	2	2	2	4	0	90-57	3.38
Emilio Pagán	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	9-6	6.75
Justin Wilson	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17-10	0.00
Brent Suter	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3-3	0.00
Alexis Díaz	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-9	13.50

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Cristopher Sánchez	5.0	5	2	2	1	8	0	85-56	3.60
Jeff Hoffman	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	18-11	0.00
Matt Strahm	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-8	7.71
Yunior Marte	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-6	0.00
José Alvarado	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	15-9	16.88
Connor Brogdon	0.2	1	4	3	3	2	1	37-18	27.00
Nick Nelson	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-4	0.00

[bkeich]

This game should have been won innings ago by the Phils. The Harper failure to drive in the run and Rojas pickoff cost them the game.

Sadly this is a loss to a terrible team.

[David_Criss]

Brogdon just hasn't looked sharp at all since 2022 - when he looked pretty solid.......Guessing he gets DFAed when Kirkering returns April 9. Sad. What happened?

[kikutaro]

Whit Merrifield

Defensive Substitution: Tyler Stephenson replaces left fielder Spencer Steer, batting 2nd, playing catcher.
Defensive switch from center field to left field for Stuart Fairchild.
Bubba Thompson remains in the game as the center fielder.
Pitching Change: Tejay Antone replaces Alexis Díaz.
Bryson Stott starts inning at 2nd base.
Ball in dirt (92.4 mph sinker)
Called strike (92.3 mph sinker)
Ball (83.2 mph slider)
Swinging strike (90.5 mph sinker)
Ball (83.2 mph slider)
Ball (83.7 mph slider)

Whit Merrifield walks.