GDT 7/3/24 Philadelphia Phillies (Wheeler) @ Chicago Cubs (Imanaga)

[zambonir]

Pache is only acceptably good enough for that limited role but yeah his WAR is still higher than Merrifield's (and Casty. And the same as Rojas). Just not worth getting agitated about when he's only playing due to a ton of injuries and lefty starter. But would a LHB have done any worse than him or Whit?

Sosa kind of spoiled us for what we expect from good fielding injury replacements, even though that's over now too.

[kikutaro]

Miguel Amaya

Pitching Change: Matt Strahm replaces Zack Wheeler.
Called strike (93.4 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (94.4 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (94.9 mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (82. mph slider)

Miguel Amaya called out on strikes.

[kikutaro]

Nico Hoerner

Foul (92.4 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (94.1 mph sinker)
Batter Timeout.
Ball (93.7 mph four-seam fastball)
Swinging strike (81.8 mph slider)

Nico Hoerner strikes out swinging.

[kikutaro]

Michael Busch

In play, no out (92.2 mph four-seam fastball)

Michael Busch doubles (14) on a line drive to right fielder Nick Castellanos.

[kikutaro]

Cody Bellinger

Called strike (80.4 mph slider)
Called strike (93.9 mph sinker)
Batter Timeout.
In play, run(s) (94.5 mph four-seam fastball)

Cody Bellinger singles on a soft line drive to center fielder Johan Rojas. Michael Busch scores.

Philadelphia Phillies 3 - Chicago Cubs 3

[kikutaro]

Seiya Suzuki

Pickoff Attempt 1B

With Seiya Suzuki batting, Cody Bellinger picked off and caught stealing 2nd base, second baseman Bryson Stott.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	1	0	0	2	0			3	6	0
Chicago Cubs	0	1	0	1	0	0	1			3	7	1

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Current Batters

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Bryson Stott 2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.243	.335	.360	.695
Trea Turner DH	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	.338	.385	.485	.870
Alec Bohm 1B	3	1	1	2	0	0	1	.297	.349	.492	.841
Nick Castellanos RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.233	.292	.385	.677
Edmundo Sosa SS	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.271	.331	.465	.796
Whit Merrifield 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.184	.272	.277	.549
Cristian Pache LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.188	.293	.247	.540
Johan Rojas CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.231	.268	.292	.560
Rafael Marchán C	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	.257	.297	.571	.868
Zack Wheeler P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Matt Strahm P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Chicago Cubs

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Nico Hoerner 2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.241	.326	.338	.664
Michael Busch 1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.263	.360	.449	.809
Cody Bellinger RF	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	.274	.334	.427	.761
Seiya Suzuki DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.258	.328	.462	.790
Ian Happ LF	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	.228	.344	.418	.762
Christopher Morel 3B	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.194	.304	.368	.672
Dansby Swanson SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.211	.286	.355	.641
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	.199	.247	.294	.541
Miguel Amaya C	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.186	.249	.256	.505
Shota Imanaga P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Porter Hodge P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Current Pitchers

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Zack Wheeler	6.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	102-67	2.74
Matt Strahm	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	12-10	1.64

Chicago Cubs

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Shota Imanaga	6.0	6	3	3	1	8	2	86-62	3.16
Porter Hodge	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-7	1.50

[EDmuch]

How many blown saves has Strahm had in the past two weeks?

[Patchmk88]

Strahm struggling a bit lately.

[kikutaro]

Trea Turner

Pitching Change: Tyson Miller replaces Porter Hodge.
Foul (80.8 mph sweeper)
Swinging strike (77.1 mph sweeper)
Batter Timeout.
Ball (82.1 mph sweeper)
In play, no out (80. mph sweeper)

Trea Turner singles on a line drive to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.

[kikutaro]

Alec Bohm

In play, no out (90.3 mph four-seam fastball)

Alec Bohm singles on a ground ball to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Trea Turner to 2nd.

[bkeich]

Need the run back. Bohm came through last time​

[billgtrman]

Strahm’s stuff is good but two pitches were left in the middle of the plate esp with Bellinger who had a 0-2 count. Not smart - nibble at the corners get him to chase with a breaking pitch

[bkeich]

Need the run back. Bohm came through last time​

…and again

[kikutaro]

Nick Castellanos

Foul (90.5 mph sinker)
In play, out(s) (81.4 mph sweeper)

Nick Castellanos pops out to shortstop Dansby Swanson on the infield fly rule.

[billgtrman]

Will Casty come thru? nada with men on base typically

[kikutaro]

Edmundo Sosa

Called strike (81.6 mph sweeper)
Ball (79.3 mph sweeper)
Passed ball by catcher Miguel Amaya. Trea Turner to 3rd. Alec Bohm to 2nd.
In play, run(s) (80.4 mph sweeper)

Edmundo Sosa out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Trea Turner scores.

Philadelphia Phillies 4 - Chicago Cubs 3

[bkeich]

Will Casty come thru? nada with men on base typically

…but Sosa did

[BostonRoss]

How many blown saves has Strahm had in the past two weeks?

This is his third in the last three weeks.

[billgtrman]

Yep the passed ball helped too lol

But will Whiffy Whit come thru?

[Aquapong]

That would have been close with a better throw.