GDT 4/4/21 Atlanta Braves (Anderson) @ Philadelphia Phillies (Eflin)

[LoneStarPhan]

Yes. Got a break there. Ball four called strike three. We deserve some breaks.

[kikutaro]

Freddie Freeman

Ball (84.3 mph splitter)
Ball (84.6 mph splitter)
Called strike (82.9 mph splitter)
Ball (84.9 mph splitter)
Foul (84.1 mph splitter)
Ball (83.8 mph splitter)

Freddie Freeman walks.

[kikutaro]

Marcell Ozuna

Ball in dirt (86.1 mph splitter)
Ball (94.3 mph four-seam fastball)
Swinging strike (94.2 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (93.5 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (94.1 mph four-seam fastball)

Marcell Ozuna walks. Freddie Freeman to 2nd.

[LoneStarPhan]

Gotta get this out. Let's go.

[kikutaro]

Travis d'Arnaud

Mound Visit.
Ball (93.8 mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (93.2 mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (85. mph splitter)
Ball (85.4 mph splitter)
In play, out(s) (93.4 mph four-seam fastball)

Travis d'Arnaud flies out to right fielder Bryce Harper.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta Braves	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1
Philadelphia Phillies	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	8	0

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Current Batters

Atlanta Braves

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ronald Acuna Jr. RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.167	.231	.250	.481
Ozzie Albies 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Freddie Freeman 1B	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250
Marcell Ozuna LF	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.091	.167	.091	.258
Travis d'Arnaud C	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.273	.273	.545	.818
Dansby Swanson SS	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	.100	.100	.100	.200
Austin Riley 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.222	.300	.222	.522
Cristian Pache CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.100	.100	.200	.300
Ian Anderson P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000
Ender Inciarte PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Tyler Matzek P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
A.J. Minter P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Johan Camargo PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Chris Martin P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Grant Dayton P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Andrew McCutchen LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.111	.385	.111	.496
Rhys Hoskins 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.385	.615
Bryce Harper RF	3	0	1	0	1	2	0	.300	.462	.300	.762
Alec Bohm 3B	4	0	2	1	0	2	0	.200	.308	.200	.508
Didi Gregorius SS	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.273	.385	.273	.657
Jean Segura 2B	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.250	.308	.250	.558
Andrew Knapp C	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.667	2.333
Jose Alvarado P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Brad Miller PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Hector Neris P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Adam Haseley CF	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.400	.400	.400	.800
J.T. Realmuto C	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.444	.500	.667	1.167
Zach Eflin P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Roman Quinn CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167

Current Pitchers

Atlanta Braves

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Ian Anderson	5.0	4	1	1	2	7	1	88-55	1.80
Tyler Matzek	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	16-10	0.00
A.J. Minter	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	13-12	0.00
Chris Martin	0.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	17-9	5.40
Grant Dayton	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0.00

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Zach Eflin	7.0	4	1	1	1	8	1	80-54	1.29
Jose Alvarado	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10-8	0.00
Hector Neris	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	23-10	0.00

[donaldorc]

Phew!!!

[lindberg]

Exhale. Breathe..... exhale.

There aren't too many Neris outings I enjoy.

[LoneStarPhan]

Tremendous pitching leads to the sweep of the Braves. What a way to start this season. Let's keep it going against the Mets.

[el-pietro]

Facing deGrom tomorrow, I'm not expecting too much. If they can take one from three ill be very happy. Anything beyond that would be fantastic.

[zambonir]

I'm also reminded that Enciarte was selected by the Phillies in the rule 5 draft as well as Herrera. Phillies ended up returning Enciarte.

Yeah, people like to "what-might-have-been" Enciarte, but he wouldn't necessarily have become what he became had the Phillies kept him in the majors before he was ready. Getting returned allowed him to develop.

Good old Hector, I didn't mind the Freeman walk even if it did bring the winning run to the plate, but it got stressful after that.

[Philsmania]

A nice opening series with fantastic pitching. Special kudos to the bullpen even though Neris gave us some white knuckles this afternoon.

The Mets have really had our number at CBP pretty much since it opened, 83-72 all-time and, in particular, with a 40-17 run here from 2012-17.

https://www.ultimatemets.com/parks.php?ThisPark=49

[zambonir]

Facing deGrom tomorrow, I'm not expecting too much. If they can take one from three ill be very happy. Anything beyond that would be fantastic.

Aim higher, if this year isn't gonna be like the last three (or last 11) we should expect to win every home series! Mets have been sitting around for days and hopefully one of or the other of our new starters has a good one in him.

[flyers19rw]

The SP matches are now off. The Phillies roll out the end of their rotation against the Mets top. Tough for our guys.

[zambonir]

We get a higher chance of winning Nola's start, they get a higher chance of winning DeGrom's. And I don't mind getting a first look at Stroman, he hasn't pitched in a year and probably better to see him than not.

[Patchmk88]

Yea the only game Where we have a very low chance of winning is game 1. The other two I think we can definitely take.

[LoneStarPhan]

Of course, I am hoping to win each game as they unfold and of course, we know the Phillies will lose some games. Clearly, the Mets have the expected edge for game 1 of the series, but we all have seen enough games where the better pitcher doesn't win the game. I don't concede anything and hope for a series win.

The season starts with the Phillies having the first 13 games against the Braves or the Mets. It is on to Atlanta after the upcoming series with the Mets and then four in NY to end that seven game road trip. These early series with the two teams figuring to be in the mix for the division championship are very important. The sweep of the Braves got the Phillies off on a hugely positive start to the season. I hope they can continue to play well and win more often than not.

[Austinfan]

I was told Eflin was a #4 at best and I was foolish projecting him as a 2/3.

Shows you what an idiot the last pitching coach was, "throw 4 seamers high", well, you tailor your coaching to the player.
Eflin has a 2 seamer that's as good as Nola's, but he's not as good at spotting 4 seamers, for him, it's a "show me" pitch.
But he's got a plus curve (except for one he hung) and an average slider.

The key for Eflin to take the next step is developing a plus changeup, he threw a couple that looked good, if he can master that pitch he can become a 1/2. Right now his curve is his off speed pitch, with the slider in the low to mid 80s, the change gives him something similar that tails away from LH hitters.

[donaldorc]

We are in first place!

[bkox]

I was told Eflin was a #4 at best and I was foolish projecting him as a 2/3.

It was one start. I do believe Eflin has potential as a 2/3 but... lets not forget that in 2019 he also dominated his first start... striking out 9 in 5 innings and giving up no runs versus the eventual world series winning Nats. That season he was still sub 3 ERA through mid June and finished above 4.

He needs to show me a full season.

[el-pietro]

I was at that game. Miserable day, game was delayed due to rain. He completely out-dueled Scherzer. The highlight was Harper. Nats fans booing him constantly, as he struck out twice early on, before he came back with two doubles and a homer. I think one of the doubles might actually have been ruled a single. The next day was a much nicer day, I got sunburned. That was the infamous David Robertson walk off walk game.