GDT 8/6/22 Washington Nationals (Corbin) @ Philadelphia Phillies (Suárez, R)

[LoneStarPhan]

You just cannot accept walks in this situation.

[kikutaro]

Joey Meneses

Ball (95.2 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (95.6 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (94.3 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (94.9 mph four-seam fastball)
Swinging strike (94.4 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (95.1 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (94.2 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (95. mph four-seam fastball)

Joey Meneses grounds into a force out, fielded by third baseman Edmundo Sosa. Luke Voit out at 3rd. Nelson Cruz to 2nd. Joey Meneses to 1st.

[LoneStarPhan]

Throw to first pulled Hoskins off the bag costing the DP.

[kikutaro]

Lane Thomas

Called strike (78.7 mph knuckle curve)
Ball (78.7 mph knuckle curve)
Ball (79.9 mph knuckle curve)
Ball (94.6 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (95.4 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, no out (96.1 mph four-seam fastball)

Lane Thomas singles on a line drive to left fielder Kyle Schwarber. Nelson Cruz to 3rd. Joey Meneses to 2nd.

[bkeich]

Knebel is doing his best to make this interesting, but he is no Familia

[kikutaro]

Luis Garcia

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Luis Garcia replaces Maikel Franco.
Mound Visit.
Ball (78.6 mph knuckle curve)
Foul tip (95.9 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (79.2 mph knuckle curve)

Luis Garcia flies out to left fielder Kyle Schwarber.

[kikutaro]

Keibert Ruiz

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Keibert Ruiz replaces Tres Barrera.
Called strike (96.3 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (78.5 mph knuckle curve)

Keibert Ruiz grounds out, third baseman Edmundo Sosa to first baseman Rhys Hoskins.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington Nationals	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	5	13	0
Philadelphia Phillies	6	3	0	0	0	2	0	0		11	13	0

Final

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Washington Nationals

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Victor Robles CF	5	0	2	1	0	1	0	.236	.295	.326	.621
Cesar Hernandez 2B	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	.236	.302	.302	.604
Luke Voit 1B	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	.231	.323	.425	.748
Nelson Cruz DH	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	.231	.318	.343	.661
Joey Meneses LF	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	.200	.250	.400	.650
Lane Thomas RF	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	.240	.291	.402	.693
Maikel Franco 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.229	.257	.340	.597
Luis Garcia PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.301	.432	.733
Tres Barrera C	4	1	1	2	0	2	0	.167	.231	.208	.439
Keibert Ruiz PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.303	.342	.645
Ildemaro Vargas SS	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	.281	.351	.469	.820
Patrick Corbin P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Jordan Weems P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Steve Cishek P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Hunter Harvey P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Carl Edwards Jr. P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Kyle Finnegan P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Andres Machado P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Kyle Schwarber LF	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	.202	.308	.495	.803
Rhys Hoskins 1B	5	1	1	1	0	1	1	.252	.341	.489	.830
Alec Bohm DH	3	3	1	0	2	1	0	.296	.330	.418	.748
J.T. Realmuto C	5	2	2	3	0	0	1	.265	.337	.443	.780
Nick Castellanos RF	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	.259	.302	.385	.687
Brandon Marsh CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.282	.349	.631
Matt Vierling RF	4	1	1	3	1	2	1	.236	.302	.343	.645
Jean Segura 2B	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	.277	.323	.401	.724
Nick Maton 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.571	1.333	1.904
Edmundo Sosa 3B	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.192	.257	.280	.537
Bryson Stott SS	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	.200	.264	.322	.586
Ranger Suarez P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Nick Nelson P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Andrew Bellatti P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Jose Alvarado P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Corey Knebel P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Washington Nationals

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Patrick Corbin (L, 4-16)	0.2	5	6	6	2	0	2	43-22	7.02
Jordan Weems	2.1	4	3	3	0	3	0	57-38	6.57
Steve Cishek	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-7	3.86
Hunter Harvey	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	19-14	2.63
Carl Edwards Jr.	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	1	27-14	3.46
Kyle Finnegan	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	3.30
Andres Machado	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14-11	4.64

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Ranger Suarez (W, 8-5)	5.1	7	3	3	2	5	1	96-61	3.68
Nick Nelson	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	22-11	4.26
Andrew Bellatti	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	13-6	3.47
Jose Alvarado	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15-10	4.88
Corey Knebel	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	28-16	3.53

[julio]

[LoneStarPhan]

Plenty of offense early in the game pretty much settled this one. I could have done without the Nationals scoring as many as they did later in the game. Luckily, they had a big cushion and go on to the win.

Realmuto had another triple, two games in a row for a triple. Not something we see often from a catcher. And he added a home run in each game as well.

Homer and Triple in back to back games.

Hoskins continues to hit home runs.

Hoskins has first inning home runs in 3 games in a row.

Phillies win the series and go for the sweep tomorrow behind Nola.

[bkeich]

Phillies now only 0.5 games back for 2nd WC (SD) and 4 games back from 1st WC (ATL). We might even see some home games this postseason

[zambonir]

I think it started at 6:35 because of the ceremonies and then I think the bottom of the first was close to 40 minutes

[Sabin]

Not normally a good thing for the visiting team if there's no rain involved.

[xogfog]

And The Cardinals have now passed the Brewers in the Central, I suspect they will take control of that division and the Brewers will fall behind and as long as the Philies don't go into a funk, I think they will win more than the Brewers easily.

[Aquapong]

I seem to have lost my decoder ring.

[BostonRoss]

The Phillies are closer to the Braves than the Braves are to the Mets.

[julio]

I seem to have lost my [secret] decoder ring.

"Put This One In The Win Column For The Phitin' Phils!" - Scott Graham.

[andyb]

Interesting that they played Stott at SS with Sosa in the lineup too. On reputation I think Sosa is supposed to be a bit better, but I clearly think they want to give Stott some defensive consistency and they also think he is decent at SS.

It was a pretty gutsy (and correct) move to give the SS job to a kid hitting .200. Good for DD and RT. A little long term perspective is refreshing even when fighting for a playoff spot.

[zambonir]

Stott made it happen himself really. 111 OPS+ in the past 28 days. Not out of the woods yet but has shown enough. Of course it also helped that Didi wasn't any better. Thomson definitely gets a ton of the credit for embracing Stott compared to Girardi, even if injuries also made it automatic.