GDT 4/21/18 Pittsburgh Pirates (Brault) @ Philadelphia Phillies (Nola)

[kikutaro]

Altherr

Pitching Change: Edgar Santana replaces Michael Feliz, batting 4th.
In play, out(s) (94.1 mph sinker)

Aaron Altherr flies out to center fielder Starling Marte.

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Alfaro

Called strike (94.6 mph sinker)
Ball (85.0 mph slider)
In play, no out (84.5 mph slider)

Jorge Alfaro singles on a ground ball to left fielder Corey Dickerson.

[LoneStarPhan]

Altherr smoked the one he hit to Marte. Good to see him hitting the ball hard.

Alfaro also hit the ball on the nose.

Garcia warming in the pen.

[kikutaro]

Williams, N

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Nick Williams replaces Aaron Nola.
Foul (94.0 mph sinker)
Called strike (94.7 mph sinker)
Swinging strike (blocked) (85.5 mph slider)

Nick Williams strikes out swinging.

[LoneStarPhan]

Strike outs are okay, they are just outs, but going down on 3 pitches, the last in the dirt, is not a good at bat for Williams.

[kikutaro]

Hernández, C

Ball (95.1 mph sinker)
Foul (93.7 mph sinker)
Mound Visit.
Swinging strike (86.4 mph slider)
In play, out(s) (92.8 mph sinker)

Cesar Hernandez grounds out, second baseman Sean Rodriguez to first baseman David Freese.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	0	0	0	0	1	0			2	6	0
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	0	0	0	3	0			3	4	0

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Current Batters

Pittsburgh Pirates

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Rodríguez, S 2B	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	.231	.333	.577	.910
Polanco RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.197	.310	.479	.789
Marte CF	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	.282	.378	.500	.878
Bell 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.308	.341	.649
Feliz, M P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Santana, Ed P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Dickerson, C LF	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.310	.333	.479	.812
Cervelli C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.366	.483	.849
Moran 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.293	.344	.414	.758
Mercer SS	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	.242	.315	.339	.654
Brault P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444
Freese 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.321	.520	.841

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Hernández, C 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.282	.414	.408	.822
Santana 1B	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.159	.299	.304	.603
Herrera CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.342	.385	.479	.864
Hoskins LF	2	1	1	3	1	0	1	.317	.481	.633	1.114
Franco 3B	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	.250	.302	.429	.731
Kingery SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.234	.306	.438	.744
Altherr RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.085	.232	.234	.466
Alfaro C	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.190	.277	.262	.539
Nola P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100
Williams, N PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.233	.313	.349	.662

Current Pitchers

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Brault	5.1	2	2	2	3	4	0	93-49	4.44
Feliz, M	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	16-13	5.63
Santana, Ed	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-9	5.14

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Nola	7.0	6	2	2	0	9	1	103-75	2.30

[kikutaro]

Freese

Pitching Change: Luis Garcia replaces Aaron Nola, batting 9th, replacing Nick Williams.
Called strike (97.3 mph two-seam fastball)
Swinging strike (84.9 mph slider)
Ball (85.3 mph slider)
Called strike (97.3 mph two-seam fastball)

David Freese called out on strikes.

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Rodríguez, S

Called strike (86.0 mph slider)
Swinging strike (85.3 mph slider)
Foul (86.5 mph slider)
Swinging strike (83.7 mph slider)

Sean Rodriguez strikes out swinging.

[LoneStarPhan]

Garcia gets two Ks but can't be trusted to try for the third out.

Morgan coming in to pitch for the Phillies. Two out, no runners on base.

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Polanco

Mound Visit.
Pitching Change: Adam Morgan replaces Luis Garcia, batting 9th.
Ball (78.6 mph slider)
Called strike (79.0 mph slider)
Foul (93.7 mph two-seam fastball)
In play, no out (78.6 mph curveball)

Gregory Polanco singles on a ground ball to third baseman Maikel Franco.

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Marte

Mound Visit.
Pitching Change: Hector Neris replaces Adam Morgan, batting 9th.

Pitching Change: Hector Neris replaces Adam Morgan, batting 9th.

[LoneStarPhan]

Yet another slowly hit grounder to Franco for a base hit. That is 3 hits to Franco on balls not hit hard. Add in a pop up for a hit and the Pirates have had some good luck today.
Neris coming in to try to get the third out.

[kikutaro]

Marte

Pickoff Attempt 1B
Ball (94.0 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (93.2 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (84.9 mph splitter)
In play, out(s) (84.4 mph splitter)

Starling Marte flies out to right fielder Aaron Altherr.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		2	7	0
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	0	0	0	3	0			3	4	0

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Current Batters

Pittsburgh Pirates

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Rodríguez, S 2B	4	2	2	1	0	2	1	.222	.323	.556	.879
Polanco RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.208	.318	.486	.804
Marte CF	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	.278	.374	.494	.868
Bell 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.308	.341	.649
Feliz, M P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Santana, Ed P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Dickerson, C LF	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.310	.333	.479	.812
Cervelli C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.366	.483	.849
Moran 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.293	.344	.414	.758
Mercer SS	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	.242	.315	.339	.654
Brault P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444
Freese 1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.231	.310	.500	.810

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Hernández, C 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.282	.414	.408	.822
Santana 1B	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.159	.299	.304	.603
Herrera CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.342	.385	.479	.864
Hoskins LF	2	1	1	3	1	0	1	.317	.481	.633	1.114
Franco 3B	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	.250	.302	.429	.731
Kingery SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.234	.306	.438	.744
Altherr RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.085	.232	.234	.466
Alfaro C	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.190	.277	.262	.539
Nola P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100
Williams, N PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.233	.313	.349	.662
García, L P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Morgan P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Neris P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Current Pitchers

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Brault	5.1	2	2	2	3	4	0	93-49	4.44
Feliz, M	0.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	16-13	5.63
Santana, Ed	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-9	5.14

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Nola	7.0	6	2	2	0	9	1	103-75	2.30
García, L	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	8-7	2.61
Morgan	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	3.12
Neris	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	4.50

[LoneStarPhan]

Three pitchers get a scoreless 8th inning. It certainly worked out but I cannot say that I am a fan of the constant pitching changes. It is, however, the modern way and likely will continue unless MLB puts in some rules to force relievers to pitch to a certain number of batters.

I'd love to see the Phillies score one or more runs in the bottom of this inning.

[kikutaro]

Santana

Ball (87.6 mph slider)
Ball (93.4 mph sinker)
Ball (94.1 mph sinker)
Ball (94.4 mph four-seam fastball)

Carlos Santana walks.

[LoneStarPhan]

No hits for Santana today but two walks and a HBP put him on base three times.

Vazquez coming in to pitch for the Pirates. Their LH closer.

[kikutaro]

Herrera

Mound Visit.
Defensive Substitution: Adam Frazier replaces pitcher Edgar Santana, batting 4th, playing center field.
Pitching Change: Felipe Vazquez replaces Edgar Santana, batting 3rd.
Foul (97.7 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (97.8 mph four-seam fastball)
Swinging strike (81.2 mph curveball)
With Odubel Herrera batting, wild pitch by Felipe Vazquez, Carlos Santana to 2nd.

With Odubel Herrera batting, wild pitch by Felipe Vazquez, Carlos Santana to 2nd.

[LoneStarPhan]

Herrera swung at the wild pitch. Both wild pitches. Both in the dirt and bounced off the catcher.

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Herrera

Swinging strike (80.5 mph curveball)

Odubel Herrera strikes out swinging. Wild pitch by pitcher Felipe Vazquez. Carlos Santana to 3rd. Odubel Herrera to 1st.

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Hoskins

In play, run(s) (96.5 mph four-seam fastball)

Rhys Hoskins singles on a fly ball to right fielder Gregory Polanco. Carlos Santana scores. Odubel Herrera to 2nd.

Philadelphia Phillies 4 - Pittsburgh Pirates 2