Now 7-7. Padres actively trying to lose.
Almost thought I was following the Phillies bullpen as the padres pen blows a 4 run lead in the sixth.
I hate on Joe for his slow hook sometimes but the Padres manager just left their awful reliever in there for a couple batters too long.
Padres retake the lead 8-7.
stellar bullpens all around
A good inning from the Padres bullpen.
BRaves down by one going to the 9th with Albies, Riley, Duvall coming up
Albies strikes out
Riley singles
Duvall flies to center.
2 out
wild pitch. riley in scoring position
Tie game
tied 8-8 going to the bottom of the 9th
To make it better for the bullpen, the boxscore said passed ball not wild pitch which would make it an unearned run....no difference to the Phillies though
going xtras
I'd bet that one of their early picks ends up being lost due to a Free Agent signing. They have 11 due to not signing their first round pick this year.
Braves take the lead
Braves win... Phils stay 1.5 back
Heck we could be signing a comp FA too. Or there might not be a such thing under the next CBA.
A lot at stake tomorrow.
Padres had two blown saves and the final reliever in the 10th lost the game. Braves refused to quit and kept fighting back to win 10-8 in 10 innings.
So Phillies stay 1.5 games back of the Braves.
Small sample, but Vierling is making a case for consideration for an OF spot next year.
