GDT 8/20/20 Philadelphia Phillies (Velasquez) @ Toronto Blue Jays (Thornton)

[LoneStarPhan]

After a rocky start, Velasquez is now pitching very well. Strikes out 3 more in the fifth inning.

Brogdon was starting to throw in the Phillies bullpen.

[kikutaro]

Andrew Knapp

Ball (72.3 mph curveball)
Ball (87.9 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (84.2 mph changeup)
Called strike (89.3 mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (88.7 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (90.4 mph four-seam fastball)

Andrew Knapp flies out to right fielder Teoscar Hernandez.

[kikutaro]

Scott Kingery

Ball (71.7 mph curveball)
Swinging strike (91.7 mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (87. mph changeup)
Ball (87.3 mph changeup)
Swinging strike (85. mph changeup)

Scott Kingery strikes out swinging.

[bkeich]

Wow, tempting to send Vinny out again, but I hope they don’t. He has had a good outing, take it and run

[LoneStarPhan]

I tend to agree. While VV has been doing well, he has a history of going off the rails quickly. We just have to trust somebody in the bullpen.

Kingery sure does look messed up at the plate. He is now back down to .111 BA.

Jays making a pitching change. Anthony Kay comes in to pitch. A lefty.

[kikutaro]

Andrew McCutchen

Mound Visit.
Pitching Change: Anthony Kay replaces Shun Yamaguchi.
Called strike (92.4 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (86.4 mph changeup)
In play, out(s) (85.8 mph changeup)

Andrew McCutchen pops out to first baseman Rowdy Tellez.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia Phillies	7	0	0	0	0	0				7	6	0
Toronto Blue Jays	2	0	0	0	0					2	3	0

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Current Batters

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Andrew McCutchen LF	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	.243	.289	.329	.618
Rhys Hoskins 1B	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	.206	.419	.317	.736
Bryce Harper RF	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.343	.476	.687	1.163
Didi Gregorius SS	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.306	.350	.472	.822
Alec Bohm 3B	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	.280	.400	.360	.760
Jay Bruce DH	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.231	.273	.596	.869
Neil Walker 2B	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	.190	.217	.286	.503
Andrew Knapp C	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	.438	.471	.563	1.033
Scott Kingery CF	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.111	.172	.111	.284
Vince Velasquez P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Toronto Blue Jays

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Cavan Biggio 2B	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	.244	.363	.500	.863
Randal Grichuk CF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.310	.364	.592	.955
Rowdy Tellez 1B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.224	.281	.431	.712
Teoscar Hernandez RF	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	.281	.293	.607	.900
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. DH	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.233	.305	.384	.689
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.263	.286	.350	.636
Joe Panik SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432
Danny Jansen C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.323	.306	.629
Brandon Drury 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.184	.171	.356
Trent Thornton P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Jacob Waguespack P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Shun Yamaguchi P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Anthony Kay P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Current Pitchers

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Vince Velasquez	5.0	3	2	2	2	7	1	84-54	6.23

Toronto Blue Jays

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Trent Thornton	0.2	5	6	6	1	1	0	32-20	13.50
Jacob Waguespack	2.1	1	1	1	0	3	0	47-33	3.97
Shun Yamaguchi	2.2	0	0	0	2	4	0	54-30	5.19
Anthony Kay	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	1.69

[kikutaro]

Rowdy Tellez

Ball (84.5 mph changeup)
In play, run(s) (92.3 mph four-seam fastball)

Rowdy Tellez homers (4) on a line drive to right field.

Philadelphia Phillies 7 - Toronto Blue Jays 3

[LoneStarPhan]

Exactly why I would not have sent VV out for the sixth.

It seems to me that everyone would feel so much better had the bullpen taken over to start the inning. Now they do with one run less on the lead and a runner on base with nobody out.

[kikutaro]

Rowdy Tellez

Ball (84.5 mph changeup)
In play, run(s) (92.3 mph four-seam fastball)

Rowdy Tellez homers (4) on a line drive to right field.

Philadelphia Phillies 7 - Toronto Blue Jays 3

Teoscar Hernandez

Ball (84.7 mph knuckle curve)
Called strike (94.9 mph four-seam fastball)
Swinging strike (83.8 mph knuckle curve)
In play, no out (94.5 mph four-seam fastball)

Teoscar Hernandez singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Roman Quinn.

[zambonir]

Managers are all the same man.

[kikutaro]

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Mound Visit.
Pitching Change: Connor Brogdon replaces Vince Velasquez.
Ball (94.1 mph four-seam fastball)
Pickoff Attempt 1B
Ball (83.4 mph changeup)
Foul (83.9 mph changeup)
Ball (83.5 mph changeup)
Ball (82.4 mph changeup)

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. walks. Teoscar Hernandez to 2nd.

[LoneStarPhan]

I can understand why Joe was hesitant to go to the bullpen.

[kikutaro]

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Ball (94.8 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (82.7 mph changeup)
In play, run(s) (83.5 mph changeup)

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Teoscar Hernandez scores. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scores.

Philadelphia Phillies 7 - Toronto Blue Jays 6

[zambonir]

Sure, but five-run lead and you still have Morgan and Neris. But now the window is rapidly closing to even use your low-leverage guys (I see they already sat down Romero for McLain, and Hector...

Oh boy, can't even finish that sentence now.

[LoneStarPhan]

We may be watching the end of the Phillies' hopes for this season.

[kikutaro]

Joe Panik

Ball (94.6 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (94.9 mph four-seam fastball)
Mound Visit.
Called strike (94.8 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (85.2 mph changeup)

Joe Panik grounds out, second baseman Scott Kingery to first baseman Rhys Hoskins.

[zambonir]

haha not at all. even if we lose this game the goal is only to go .500 on the road. Especially when you're a .500 team to begin with. if they get beat up Orioles-style this weekend that would be a different story.

Do you give Hector this inning and then let the chips fall where they may in the 9th or take your chances with Reggie who hasn't pitched in weeks?

[LoneStarPhan]

Neris coming in with one out.

Phillies have not had a hit since they went ahead 7-0 in the top of the first inning. That is also the problem in addition to the pitching.

[zambonir]

that's actually three games in a row where the offense stopped, just a much bigger cushion this time.

Five outs from Neris is... not ideal. And really not fair to him. He is what he is, but the bad bullpen has forced him into more multi-inning saves and "shouldn't have been saves in the first place" situations.

[kikutaro]

Danny Jansen

Mound Visit.
Pitching Change: Hector Neris replaces Connor Brogdon.
Foul (94.5 mph four-seam fastball)
Swinging strike (85.5 mph splitter)
Ball (85.1 mph splitter)
In play, no out (84. mph splitter)

Danny Jansen reaches on a ground ball to second baseman Scott Kingery. Official Scorer ruling pending.