GDT 8/7/18 Philadelphia Phillies (Pivetta) @ Arizona Diamondbacks (Greinke)

[LoneStarPhan]

Right, 0-2 to Goldschmidt, so put the pitch in the very center of the strike zone. Need outs here.

[kikutaro]

Pollock

In play, run(s) (86.5 mph slider)

A. J. Pollock reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Maikel Franco. David Peralta scores. Paul Goldschmidt to 3rd.

Philadelphia Phillies 5 - Arizona Diamondbacks 2

[kikutaro]

Escobar, E

Mound Visit.
Called strike (93.3 mph two-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (94.8 mph two-seam fastball)

Eduardo Escobar grounds into a double play, second baseman Cesar Hernandez to shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera to first baseman Carlos Santana. J. Pollock out at 2nd.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4		5	6	1
Arizona Diamondbacks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		2	9	2

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Current Batters

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Hernández, C 2B	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.260	.368	.366	.734
Hoskins LF	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.260	.373	.509	.882
Williams, N RF	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	.261	.333	.459	.792
Santana, C 1B	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.218	.357	.404	.761
Cabrera, A SS	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	.274	.327	.485	.812
Herrera, O CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.330	.459	.789
Franco 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.319	.476	.795
Alfaro C	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	.254	.310	.391	.701
Pivetta P	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.129	.182	.161	.343
Quinn PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.400	.733
García, L P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Knapp PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.315	.365	.680
Loup P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Arano P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Arizona Diamondbacks

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Peralta, D LF	4	1	2	0	0	2	0	.300	.356	.516	.872
Goldschmidt 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.276	.386	.515	.901
Pollock CF	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	.284	.347	.548	.895
Escobar, E 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.280	.341	.507	.848
Souza Jr. RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.254	.329	.418	.747
Marte, K 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.257	.327	.436	.763
Ahmed SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.299	.459	.758
Mathis C	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	.211	.296	.286	.582
Greinke P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.300	.340	.640
Diekman P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ziegler P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Descalso PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.260	.379	.457	.836

Current Pitchers

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Pivetta	6.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	96-63	4.51
García, L	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13-8	3.77
Loup	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	0	13-9	5.00
Arano	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6-6	2.06

Arizona Diamondbacks

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Greinke	7.0	3	1	1	4	4	1	101-60	2.89
Diekman	0.1	2	4	2	2	0	0	26-16	3.95
Ziegler	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	14-11	4.47

[kikutaro]

Hernández, C

Daniel Descalso remains in the game as the third baseman.

Daniel Descalso remains in the game as the third baseman.

[kikutaro]

Hernández, C

Pitching Change: T. J. McFarland replaces Brad Ziegler, batting 4th, replacing third baseman Eduardo Escobar.
Called strike (90.0 mph sinker)
Called strike (90.2 mph sinker)
In play, out(s) (82.3 mph changeup)

Cesar Hernandez grounds out, shortstop Nick Ahmed to first baseman Paul Goldschmidt.

[LoneStarPhan]

Maybe Loup is not the answer either. So far, I am far from impressed, but we will see. Tonight, he gets an out and ends up charged with 2 runs.

[kikutaro]

Hoskins

Foul (80.4 mph slider)
Ball (91.1 mph sinker)
Ball (90.6 mph sinker)
Ball (90.5 mph sinker)
Ball (90.6 mph sinker)

Rhys Hoskins walks.

[zambonir]

They have made it pretty clear that he can't get out righties, they decided to see if he could, given the five-run cushion, and he couldn't. Then he, like every other reliever so far, couldn't get Peralta either. No way he was ever facing Goldschmidt.

[kikutaro]

Williams, N

Pickoff Attempt 1B
Called strike (90.9 mph sinker)
Foul tip (91.0 mph sinker)
Swinging strike (91.7 mph sinker)

Nick Williams strikes out swinging.

[LoneStarPhan]

Hoskins hitless tonight but has 3 walks.

[kikutaro]

Santana, C

Ball (80.7 mph slider)
Ball (90.9 mph sinker)
Pickoff Attempt 1B
In play, out(s) (91.7 mph sinker)

Carlos Santana grounds into a force out, shortstop Nick Ahmed to second baseman Ketel Marte. Rhys Hoskins out at 2nd.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	6	1
Arizona Diamondbacks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		2	9	2

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Current Batters

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Hernández, C 2B	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	.259	.367	.366	.733
Hoskins LF	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	.260	.374	.509	.883
Williams, N RF	5	2	2	1	0	1	1	.260	.332	.457	.789
Santana, C 1B	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	.218	.356	.403	.759
Cabrera, A SS	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	.274	.327	.485	.812
Herrera, O CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.330	.459	.789
Franco 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.319	.476	.795
Alfaro C	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	.254	.310	.391	.701
Pivetta P	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.129	.182	.161	.343
Quinn PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.400	.733
García, L P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Knapp PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.315	.365	.680
Loup P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Arano P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Arizona Diamondbacks

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Peralta, D LF	4	1	2	0	0	2	0	.300	.356	.516	.872
Goldschmidt 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.276	.386	.515	.901
Pollock CF	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	.284	.347	.548	.895
Escobar, E 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.280	.341	.507	.848
McFarland P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Souza Jr. RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.254	.329	.418	.747
Marte, K 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.257	.327	.436	.763
Ahmed SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.299	.459	.758
Mathis C	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	.211	.296	.286	.582
Greinke P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.300	.340	.640
Diekman P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ziegler P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Descalso PH-3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.260	.379	.457	.836

Current Pitchers

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Pivetta	6.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	96-63	4.51
García, L	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13-8	3.77
Loup	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	0	13-9	5.00
Arano	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6-6	2.06

Arizona Diamondbacks

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Greinke	7.0	3	1	1	4	4	1	101-60	2.89
Diekman	0.1	2	4	2	2	0	0	26-16	3.95
Ziegler	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	14-11	4.47
McFarland	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14-8	1.80

[LoneStarPhan]

The Braves and Nationals split their double header.

[kikutaro]

Souza Jr.

Pitching Change: Pat Neshek replaces Victor Arano, batting 9th.
Called strike (79.3 mph slider)
In play, out(s) (82.4 mph slider)

Steven Souza Jr. flies out to center fielder Odubel Herrera.

[kikutaro]

Marte, K

Called strike (89.3 mph sinker)
In play, out(s) (91.1 mph sinker)

Ketel Marte flies out to center fielder Odubel Herrera.

[kikutaro]

Ahmed

In play, out(s) (80.5 mph slider)

Nick Ahmed bunt grounds out, pitcher Pat Neshek to first baseman Carlos Santana.

Null

[EastFallowfield]

Had 'em all the way, Harry! Gotta love how this team shrugs off the crushing defeats.

[kikutaro]

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	6	1
Arizona Diamondbacks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	9	2

Final

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Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Hernández, C 2B	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	.259	.367	.366	.733
Hoskins LF	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	.260	.374	.509	.883
Williams, N RF	5	2	2	1	0	1	1	.260	.332	.457	.789
Santana, C 1B	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	.218	.356	.403	.759
Cabrera, A SS	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	.274	.327	.485	.812
Herrera, O CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.330	.459	.789
Franco 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.319	.476	.795
Alfaro C	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	.254	.310	.391	.701
Pivetta P	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.129	.182	.161	.343
Quinn PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.400	.733
García, L P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Knapp PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.315	.365	.680
Loup P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Arano P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Neshek P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Arizona Diamondbacks

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Peralta, D LF	4	1	2	0	0	2	0	.300	.356	.516	.872
Goldschmidt 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.276	.386	.515	.901
Pollock CF	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	.284	.347	.548	.895
Escobar, E 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.280	.341	.507	.848
McFarland P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Souza Jr. RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.252	.327	.415	.742
Marte, K 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.257	.326	.435	.761
Ahmed SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.298	.458	.756
Mathis C	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	.211	.296	.286	.582
Greinke P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.300	.340	.640
Diekman P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ziegler P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Descalso PH-3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.260	.379	.457	.836

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Pivetta (W, 7-9)	6.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	96-63	4.51
García, L (H, 12)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13-8	3.77
Loup	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	0	13-9	5.00
Arano	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6-6	2.06
Neshek (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-5	0.73

Arizona Diamondbacks

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Greinke (L, 12-7)	7.0	3	1	1	4	4	1	101-60	2.89
Diekman	0.1	2	4	2	2	0	0	26-16	3.95
Ziegler	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	14-11	4.47
McFarland	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14-8	1.80

[LoneStarPhan]

Neshek doesn't go for the strikeouts but puts them down 1-2-3 on 5 pitches.

Thanks to Loup, Neshek gets a save. Good to see Pivetta get the win. He pitched very well giving them the 6 inning start, no runs on 5 hits, a walk, and 6 Ks.
Now 7-9, 4.51, not unacceptable for a 5th starter.

Nick Williams put the Phillies ahead with his solo home run to lead off the third, his 16th. That was the scoring in the game until the Phillies put up the 4 in the 8th.

A solid win for the Phillies. Record now 64-49. Phillies gain a half game on both the Braves and the Nationals, who split a pair today.

[zambonir]

You just never know. This didn't look like the most winnable game between Greinke and yesterday but Pivetta and the offense really came through.

Loup threw 9 strikes out of 13 pitches for all the good it did him.

Hopefully the Phils will have the edge tomorrow in a day game as they are probably still waking up early from the time change.

[LoneStarPhan]

Greinke struggled early but after the lead off home run in the third, he was pretty tough. His line of one run on 3 hits, 4 walks, over 7 innings is not at all bad. Luckily tonight, Pivetta tossed six scoreless innings, and that was the difference.
Williams and Cabrera had two hits each. Nick put the Phillies ahead to stay with his home run and Cabrera contributed mightily in the 8th with his bases loaded double, contributing to the runs that gave them the cushion to comfortably withstand the D-Backs offensive spurt in the bottom of the 8th.

As I mentioned before, if the ground ball hit up the middle that knocked Loup out of the game had been a few feet in either direction, it might well have been an inning ending double play.