GDT 8/22/20 Philadelphia Phillies (Wheeler) @ Atlanta Braves (Erlin)

[kikutaro]

Roman Quinn

In play, no out (91.7 mph cutter)

Roman Quinn singles on a soft bunt ground ball to pitcher Mark Melancon. Neil Walker to 2nd.

[kikutaro]

Andrew McCutchen

Ball in dirt (81.6 mph knuckle curve)
Ball in dirt (82.7 mph knuckle curve)
Called strike (81.7 mph knuckle curve)
In play, out(s) (92.2 mph cutter)

Andrew McCutchen flies out to right fielder Adam Duvall.

[kikutaro]

Rhys Hoskins

Mound Visit.
Foul (81.3 mph knuckle curve)
Ball (92.7 mph cutter)
Ball in dirt (81.8 mph knuckle curve)
Foul (92.8 mph cutter)
Hit by pitch (91.2 mph cutter)

Rhys Hoskins hit by pitch. Neil Walker to 3rd. Roman Quinn to 2nd.

[kikutaro]

Bryce Harper

Foul (92.1 mph cutter)
In play, run(s) (82.2 mph knuckle curve)

Bryce Harper out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Cristian Pache. Neil Walker scores.

Philadelphia Phillies 5 - Atlanta Braves 5

[kikutaro]

J.T. Realmuto

Foul (92. mph cutter)
Ball (92.7 mph cutter)
Swinging strike (81.9 mph knuckle curve)
Swinging strike (91.9 mph cutter)

J.T. Realmuto strikes out swinging.

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

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Current Batters

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Andrew McCutchen DH	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	.228	.279	.342	.621
Rhys Hoskins 1B	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	.211	.417	.324	.741
Bryce Harper RF	2	1	1	3	2	1	1	.343	.478	.714	1.192
J.T. Realmuto C	4	0	2	1	0	2	0	.300	.356	.638	.994
Phil Gosselin LF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.341	.413	.634	1.047
Adam Haseley LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.318	.348	.409	.757
Jean Segura 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.219	.333	.391	.724
Didi Gregorius SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.341	.443	.784
Scott Kingery 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.169	.115	.284
Neil Walker PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.217	.240	.304	.544
Roman Quinn CF	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.245	.273	.396	.669
Zack Wheeler P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Hector Neris P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Brandon Workman P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Atlanta Braves

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Dansby Swanson SS	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.299	.336	.449	.785
Freddie Freeman 1B	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.293	.414	.522	.936
Marcell Ozuna LF	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.278	.377	.546	.924
Cristian Pache LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Adam Duvall RF	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.316	.478	.794
Matt Adams DH	4	0	2	2	0	2	0	.209	.227	.395	.623
Charlie Culberson DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429
Austin Riley 3B	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	.189	.247	.365	.612
Johan Camargo 2B	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.195	.241	.378	.619
Tyler Flowers C	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	.348	.483	.609	1.091
Ender Inciarte CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.289	.239	.528
Robbie Erlin P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Darren O'Day P								.000	.000	.000	.000
A.J. Minter P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Grant Dayton P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Shane Greene P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Mark Melancon P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Current Pitchers

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Zack Wheeler	7.0	5	2	2	0	8	1	105-71	2.76
Hector Neris	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	0	12-7	11.12
Brandon Workman	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	6-5	3.68

Atlanta Braves

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Robbie Erlin	4.0	2	2	2	2	3	1	67-39	5.14
Darren O'Day	0.2	0	1	0	0	1	0	11-8	1.08
A.J. Minter	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	11-6	0.90
Grant Dayton	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	25-15	3.21
Shane Greene	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	18-11	0.73
Mark Melancon	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	20-12	2.00

[kikutaro]

Tyler Flowers

Neil Walker remains in the game as the second baseman.
Ball (87.9 mph cutter)
In play, no out (77.2 mph knuckle curve)

Tyler Flowers singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Adam Haseley.

[kikutaro]

Ender Inciarte

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Alex Jackson replaces Tyler Flowers.
Missed bunt (80.3 mph knuckle curve)
Ball (91.6 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (75.9 mph knuckle curve)
Called strike (91.1 mph four-seam fastball)
Swinging strike (blocked) (81.7 mph knuckle curve)

Ender Inciarte strikes out swinging.

[kikutaro]

Dansby Swanson

Called strike (79.8 mph knuckle curve)
Ball (92.9 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball in dirt (80.1 mph knuckle curve)
Foul (89.2 mph cutter)
Foul (79.7 mph knuckle curve)
In play, no out (80.8 mph knuckle curve)

Dansby Swanson singles on a line drive to left fielder Adam Haseley. Alex Jackson to 3rd. Dansby Swanson to 2nd.

Freddie Freeman

StringJoin[Automatic ball (Missing[KeyAbsent, startSpeed] mph , ToLowerCase[], )]
StringJoin[Automatic ball (Missing[KeyAbsent, startSpeed] mph , ToLowerCase[], )]
StringJoin[Automatic ball (Missing[KeyAbsent, startSpeed] mph , ToLowerCase[], )]
StringJoin[Automatic ball (Missing[KeyAbsent, startSpeed] mph , ToLowerCase[], )]

Brandon Workman intentionally walks Freddie Freeman.

[kikutaro]

Travis d'Arnaud

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Travis d'Arnaud replaces Cristian Pache.
Ball (92.7 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (92. mph four-seam fastball)
In play, run(s) (87.8 mph cutter)

Travis d'Arnaud reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by shortstop Didi Gregorius. Alex Jackson scores. Dansby Swanson to 3rd. Freddie Freeman to 2nd.

Atlanta Braves 6 - Philadelphia Phillies 5

[kikutaro]

Adam Duvall

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Adeiny Hechavarria replaces Travis d'Arnaud.
Ball (92.3 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (78.3 mph knuckle curve)
Ball (77.9 mph knuckle curve)
In play, run(s) (77.2 mph knuckle curve)

Adam Duvall singles on a line drive to center fielder Roman Quinn. Dansby Swanson scores. Freddie Freeman to 3rd. Adeiny Hechavarria to 2nd.

Atlanta Braves 6 - Philadelphia Phillies 5

[zambonir]

I guess the bot doesn't like overturned calls. Ended the same anyway. Not sure why I watched that instead of NBA/NHL.

[kikutaro]

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia Phillies	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	5	7	1
Atlanta Braves	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	6	11	1

Final

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Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Andrew McCutchen DH	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	.228	.279	.342	.621
Rhys Hoskins 1B	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	.211	.417	.324	.741
Bryce Harper RF	2	1	1	3	2	1	1	.343	.478	.714	1.192
J.T. Realmuto C	4	0	2	1	0	2	0	.300	.356	.638	.994
Phil Gosselin LF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.341	.413	.634	1.047
Adam Haseley LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.318	.348	.409	.757
Jean Segura 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.219	.333	.391	.724
Didi Gregorius SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.341	.443	.784
Scott Kingery 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.169	.115	.284
Neil Walker 2B	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.217	.240	.304	.544
Roman Quinn CF	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.245	.273	.396	.669
Zack Wheeler P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Hector Neris P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Brandon Workman P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Atlanta Braves

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Dansby Swanson SS	5	2	2	0	0	2	0	.306	.342	.454	.796
Freddie Freeman 1B	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	.293	.420	.522	.941
Marcell Ozuna LF	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.278	.377	.546	.924
Cristian Pache LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Travis d'Arnaud PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.339	.364	.613	.976
Adeiny Hechavarria PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.240	.440
Adam Duvall RF	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.271	.325	.486	.810
Matt Adams DH	4	0	2	2	0	2	0	.209	.227	.395	.623
Charlie Culberson DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429
Austin Riley 3B	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	.189	.247	.365	.612
Johan Camargo 2B	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.195	.241	.378	.619
Tyler Flowers C	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	.375	.500	.625	1.125
Alex Jackson PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714
Ender Inciarte CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.206	.286	.235	.521
Robbie Erlin P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Darren O'Day P								.000	.000	.000	.000
A.J. Minter P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Grant Dayton P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Shane Greene P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Mark Melancon P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Zack Wheeler	7.0	5	2	2	0	8	1	105-71	2.76
Hector Neris (H, 1)	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	0	12-7	11.12
Brandon Workman (L, 0-1)(BS, 1)	1.1	4	1	1	1	2	0	26-16	4.50

Atlanta Braves

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Robbie Erlin	4.0	2	2	2	2	3	1	67-39	5.14
Darren O'Day	0.2	0	1	0	0	1	0	11-8	1.08
A.J. Minter	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	11-6	0.90
Grant Dayton	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	25-15	3.21
Shane Greene	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	18-11	0.73
Mark Melancon (W, 2-0)(BS, 1)	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	20-12	2.00

[HopeSpringsEternal]

Another ruined experience. Got to find a new hobby

[Lucky_Beagle]

time for some other relief pitchers, lol

[zambonir]

That valuable hold is really gonna boost Hector's arbitration salary

[LoneStarPhan]

Neris might be working on getting non-tendered. Really, I think he has value in a bullpen but I am not sure they will project him as the closer for next season and he could project to an arbitration salary that they deem too expensive.

I guess it has been nice to have held a lead in each of the five losses in this string of losses, but it is hard to take five bullpen failures in a row and five leads blown in the end.

I guess the effect of losing 5 in a row in this short season is like losing 13 in a row in a normal season. One 5 game losing streak can shuttle the season unless they can win a a percentage rate well above .500 soon.

[Philsmania]

That's what I was thinking too. At this point, Neris should be a non tender.

[zambonir]

Hector is Hector. He usually bounces back. His failures are magnified when every other member of the bullpen (except maybe our two lefties, most of the time) also fail.

Also, and I forgot this too: Hector didn't go to arbitration last year. He signed an extension. Phillies have a $7 million option on him, with no buyout. That's still good value even for a veteran set-up man, and cost certainty means he also still has trade value. They could also pass up the option and submit a lower figure in arbitration if he continues to stumble. But if you think the Phillies were dumb not to spend $10 million on some veteran, highly variable late-inning reliever this season (Hudson, Harris, Smith), they'd be dumb not to keep the one they have in hand for less next season.

It's unfortunate the shortened season means he doesn't have 2-3 weeks to pitch through it. I still don't really care about "closers" but obviously the Phillies are always going to be a better team if Hector is your 2nd or 3rd best reliever, not your first. That's how they drew it up last year, but...

[kmc1019]

Just as concerning as Hector's recent lack of effectiveness was how pedestrian Workman looked last night. Very mediocre stuff, he basically threw curveball after curveball with a low to mid 90s fastball mixed in. The Braves hitters were just sitting on his stuff. I am not sure how he gets any strikeouts or functions as any type of shut-down reliever the Phillies so desperately need.

[andyb]

The revised schedule is probably hurting Hector. Since his main pitch is a splitter that is most effective out of the strike zone, hitters who have seen him more often tend to do better. An NL East-dominated schedule is going to be full of players that have faced him multiple times.

Career ERA splits (3.43 overall).
Atlanta - 3.57
Miami - 2.41
NY Mets - 5.31
Washington - 4.25

American League - 2.41

So he is close to a career ERA of 4.00 against the NL East and 3.00 against everyone else that he sees less often. Don't chase the splitter and he gets behind in counts and is a very ordinary reliever. In 152.2 IP against the NL East he has walked 63 hitters. In 164.1 IP against everyone else he has walked 48 hitters. His HR rates are pretty similar. He just gets behind more batters in the NL East that are familiar with him, and then big innings happen.