GDT 4/9/22 Oakland Athletics (Irvin) @ Philadelphia Phillies (Gibson)

[zambonir]

First walk of the season is a lead-off by the closer in save situation.

And now the runner's on third.

[LoneStarPhan]

Runner to third as ball bounces off JT. Throw to second gets by Didi and there is no player covering third.

[LoneStarPhan]

Knebel not looking nearly as sharp as yesterday.

[kikutaro]

Jed Lowrie

Ball (95.3 mph four-seam fastball)
Passed ball by catcher J. T. Realmuto. Throwing error by catcher J. T. Realmuto.
Called strike (94.9 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (95.7 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (94.3 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (95. mph four-seam fastball)
In play, run(s) (95.5 mph four-seam fastball)

Jed Lowrie singles on a line drive to left fielder Kyle Schwarber. Tony Kemp scores.

Philadelphia Phillies 4 - Oakland Athletics 2

[kikutaro]

Sean Murphy

Mound Visit.
Ball (78.8 mph knuckle curve)
In play, out(s) (93.9 mph four-seam fastball)

Sean Murphy grounds into a double play, shortstop Didi Gregorius to second baseman Jean Segura to first baseman Rhys Hoskins. Jed Lowrie out at 2nd. Sean Murphy out at 1st.

[LoneStarPhan]

That DP sure looked good. Need one more.

[kikutaro]

Chad Pinder

Called strike (94.4 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (94.8 mph four-seam fastball)
Swinging strike (78.9 mph knuckle curve)

Chad Pinder strikes out swinging.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland Athletics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	0
Philadelphia Phillies	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		4	7	1

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Current Batters

Oakland Athletics

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Tony Kemp 2B	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.143	.250	.143	.393
Jed Lowrie DH	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800
Sean Murphy C	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.125	.125	.250	.375
Chad Pinder LF	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	.250	.250	.625	.875
Seth Brown 1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.167	.667	.834
Sheldon Neuse 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Elvis Andrus SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429
Kevin Smith 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Stephen Piscotty RF	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100
Cristian Pache CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.167	.167	.334
Cole Irvin P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Dany Jimenez P								.000	.000	.000	.000
A.J. Puk P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Zach Jackson P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Kyle Schwarber LF	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.556	.833	1.389
J.T. Realmuto C	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.125	.222	.125	.347
Bryce Harper RF	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.333	.286	.619
Nick Castellanos DH	4	1	1	2	0	1	1	.250	.250	.750	1.000
Rhys Hoskins 1B	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	.667	.750	1.333	2.083
Jean Segura 2B	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.429	.500	1.000	1.500
Didi Gregorius SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.125	.125	.125	.250
Alec Bohm 3B	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500
Johan Camargo 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Matt Vierling CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Kyle Gibson P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Jose Alvarado P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Corey Knebel P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Current Pitchers

Oakland Athletics

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Cole Irvin	5.1	7	4	4	1	4	3	88-62	6.75
Dany Jimenez	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	9-4	0.00
A.J. Puk	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	20-11	0.00
Zach Jackson	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	16-9	0.00

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Kyle Gibson	7.0	2	0	0	0	10	0	82-57	0.00
Jose Alvarado	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	15-10	9.00
Corey Knebel	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	18-10	4.50

[BaseballCat]

I had to stop commenting until the game was in the bag. Ring the Bell - 162-0 - Go Phils!

[LoneStarPhan]

My confidence in Knebel grows. Well done getting the save.

Another win for the Phillies. Another great start, this time from Gibson. He sure can give the rotation a boost if he can continue to pitch like he did today.

Bullpen not perfect but good enought.

More home runs, three, to produce the four runs.

Great to be a Phillies phan!

[allentown]

Good to start the year with two wins, even if against the Oakland Tankers. Still, more than once in recent years our overall record has been stunted by the inability to win against a bad team. Not a division rival like Miami, but still a plus to get business done. Especially encouraged by Gibson and very pleased for both Bohm and Stott to start well with the bat.

[zambonir]

Yup even a bad team is going to win more than 1/3 of their games but let's not do that this time!

Maybe we'll get Camargo at 3B and Stott at SS tomorrow, if not Muzziotti (but maybe him too).

[bkox]

Kyle Gibson today and Zack Wheeler last season are the only Phillies in the last 25 years to go at least 7 scoreless with 10+ strikeouts in their season debut.

— Corey Seidman ( @CSeidmanNBCS ) April 9, 2022

[bkox]

When asked if Bryce Harper’s party on broad street comment before the game pumped him up, Kyle Gibson said he doesn’t know where that street is lol

— Alex Coffey ( @byalexcoffey ) April 9, 2022

[zambonir]

Someone tell him it's really 14th.

[julio]

Belatedly…

PTOITWCFTPP!

[bkeich]

After 2 games we have 2 guys with an OPS over 2.000(one didn't play yesterday, but still) That is a nice start.

[zambonir]

Maybe we'll get Camargo at 3B and Stott at SS tomorrow, if not Muzziotti (but maybe him too).

No game thread yet, but that's exactly what we're getting for the Sunday day game (the first two things, not the third). Plus Stubbs.