GDT 7/28/23 Philadelphia Phillies (Wheeler) @ Pittsburgh Pirates (Keller, M)

[kikutaro]

Andrew McCutchen

Ball (94.2 mph four-seam fastball)
Swinging strike (95.2 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (95.7 mph four-seam fastball)
Batter Timeout.
Ball (84. mph sweeper)
Swinging strike (95.2 mph sinker)

Andrew McCutchen strikes out swinging.

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

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Current Batters

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Kyle Schwarber DH	2	1	2	2	1	0	1	.186	.314	.437	.751
Trea Turner SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.243	.295	.381	.676
Bryce Harper 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.292	.382	.412	.794
Nick Castellanos RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.278	.322	.454	.776
Bryson Stott 2B	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	.303	.345	.434	.779
J.T. Realmuto C	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.245	.304	.454	.758
Alec Bohm 3B	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.283	.333	.414	.747
Brandon Marsh CF	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	.278	.359	.451	.810
Jake Cave LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.284	.325	.609
Zack Wheeler P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Pittsburgh Pirates

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jack Suwinski CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.225	.344	.502	.846
Bryan Reynolds LF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.257	.321	.431	.752
Andrew McCutchen DH	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	.263	.382	.408	.790
Ji Man Choi 1B	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.197	.217	.515	.732
Henry Davis RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.256	.346	.410	.756
Endy Rodriguez C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.258	.321	.579
Jared Triolo 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.319	.291	.610
Nick Gonzales 2B	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.229	.279	.375	.654
Alika Williams SS	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167
Mitch Keller P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Ryan Borucki P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Current Pitchers

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Zack Wheeler	6.0	2	1	1	1	9	0	72-45	3.76

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Mitch Keller	5.2	6	2	2	3	8	1	108-70	3.97
Ryan Borucki	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3-3	3.68

[kikutaro]

Jake Cave

Foul (86.9 mph slider)
Foul (86.7 mph slider)
Swinging strike (82.6 mph sweeper)

Jake Cave strikes out swinging.

[kikutaro]

Kyle Schwarber

Swinging strike (87.4 mph slider)
Ball (82.2 mph sweeper)
Ball (87.4 mph slider)
Ball (87.3 mph slider)
Ball (88. mph slider)

Kyle Schwarber walks.

[kikutaro]

Trea Turner

Mound Visit.
In play, out(s) (94.2 mph sinker)

Pirates challenged (play at 1st): Trea Turner grounds into a force out, shortstop Alika Williams to second baseman Nick Gonzales. Kyle Schwarber out at 2nd. Trea Turner to 1st.

[LoneStarPhan]

Double, homer, and two walks. Someone is having a good night at the plate.

Then there are those that are not. They are coming up now.

Replay confirms that Turner hit into the double play to end the inning.

It is almost getting ridiculous watching Turner and since the all star break, Castellanos. Failure is so predictable. This just has to turn around. Both of them are far better players than we are seeing now.

[kikutaro]

Ji Man Choi

Called strike (95.1 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (91. mph sinker)
Ball (94.1 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (94.1 mph four-seam fastball)
Swinging strike (blocked) (81.7 mph curveball)

Ji Man Choi strikes out swinging.

[kikutaro]

Henry Davis

Foul (93.8 mph sinker)
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StringJoin[Ball (Missing[KeyAbsent, startSpeed] mph , ToLowerCase[], )]
StringJoin[Foul (Missing[KeyAbsent, startSpeed] mph , ToLowerCase[], )]
Ball (94. mph sinker)
Swinging strike (95.4 mph sinker)

Henry Davis strikes out swinging.

[RolenRules]

My fear is that Turner's and Nick's best days are behind them and what we see now is what we will get going forward.

[kikutaro]

Endy Rodriguez

Called strike (96. mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (83.7 mph sweeper)
Ball (94.4 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (94.7 mph sinker)

Endy Rodriguez lines out to center fielder Brandon Marsh.

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

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Current Batters

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Kyle Schwarber DH	2	1	2	2	2	0	1	.186	.315	.437	.752
Trea Turner SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.242	.294	.380	.674
Bryce Harper 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.292	.382	.412	.794
Nick Castellanos RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.278	.322	.454	.776
Bryson Stott 2B	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	.303	.345	.434	.779
J.T. Realmuto C	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.245	.304	.454	.758
Alec Bohm 3B	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.283	.333	.414	.747
Brandon Marsh CF	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	.278	.359	.451	.810
Jake Cave LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.281	.321	.602
Zack Wheeler P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Pittsburgh Pirates

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jack Suwinski CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.225	.344	.502	.846
Bryan Reynolds LF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.257	.321	.431	.752
Andrew McCutchen DH	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	.263	.382	.408	.790
Ji Man Choi 1B	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.194	.214	.507	.721
Henry Davis RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.254	.343	.407	.750
Endy Rodriguez C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.250	.310	.560
Jared Triolo 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.319	.291	.610
Nick Gonzales 2B	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.229	.279	.375	.654
Alika Williams SS	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167
Mitch Keller P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Ryan Borucki P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Current Pitchers

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Zack Wheeler	7.0	2	1	1	1	11	0	87-54	3.73

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Mitch Keller	5.2	6	2	2	3	8	1	108-70	3.97
Ryan Borucki	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	12-8	3.45

[bkox]

Nick Castellanos in July entering tonight:

.176/.213/.555, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 45 wRC+, .240 wOBA, 30.3 K%, 2.2 BB%

He is also 0/3 tonight with 2 K’s

— The Good Phight ( @TheGoodPhight ) July 29, 2023

Rob Thomson, before the game, on why he chose to stick with Trea Turner in the No. 2 spot: "Hopefully the two days off is going to help, and if it doesn't, then we're going to have to make another decision."

Turner is 0-for-4 with a strikeout.

— Scott Lauber ( @ScottLauber ) July 29, 2023

[bkox]

Endy Rodriguez lines out to center fielder Brandon Marsh.

this was a single..

And now we are in a rain delay

[LoneStarPhan]

Endy Rodriguez

Called strike (96. mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (83.7 mph sweeper)
Ball (94.4 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (94.7 mph sinker)

Endy Rodriguez lines out to center fielder Brandon Marsh.

[/details]

This is what Gameday reports but he got a hit. Inning is not over and there is a rain delay.

[bkox]

Oh man. They can't get the tarp on the field at PNC Park. It's too wet!

— Matt Gelb ( @MattGelb ) July 29, 2023

The tarp is stuck. pic.twitter.com/ciVmLxGokl

— Matt Gelb ( @MattGelb ) July 29, 2023

[zambonir]

Nick was fine until two weeks ago! And Turner will be fine for a few more years I think.

That's not to say I wouldn't move on from Nick or Schwarber sooner than later if it's possible. You can't even really say that signing both of them last year actually worked. It worked in spite of Nick last year and it's working somewhat in spite of Schwarber's narrow production this year.

I'm more concerned that JT is done tbh. But it is all related. The window closes at least for a little bit in two years regardless and that is part of what makes it so hard to decide whether to commit to Nola (and if not him, Wheeler) for another 3-5 years.

[LoneStarPhan]

Unfortunate development. Sure would have been nice for that inning to have been over. Wheeler at 90 pitches and likely will not continue after the rain delay.

[bkox]

The rain has passed, but it might take some time to get this field playable. pic.twitter.com/GRQcVxq4by

— Todd Zolecki ( @ToddZolecki ) July 29, 2023

[bkox]

It stopped raining less than 10 minutes into the delay. But it’s going to take a long time to prepare the field. It’s in bad shape. pic.twitter.com/HGxfdcWGsD

— Matt Gelb ( @MattGelb ) July 29, 2023

[HopeSpringsEternal]

I guess Wheeler is done. Not sure who will follow him. Normally I think it would be Dominguez, but since he’s just back from the IL, perhaps Soto gets the call. He looked good closing out the win against the Orioles

[LoneStarPhan]

I think they make the pitching change because of the delay. Wheeler looked on track to go 8 innings tonight.

There is a runner on first and two outs. The batter is RH and the count is 1-2.

[bkeich]

13 Years ago today.... my post:

"And the Domonic Brown Era has begun... crushed the ball for a RBI Double in his first AB. This kid is going to be fun to watch for a long time I have a feeling."

Oh well