Ruiz Ks' Garcia for the out #1.
Clever of Ruiz to load the bases with no outs so that he could show Rob and the staff that he can work out of major trouble. Not pretty, but a scoreless inning and a save for Ruiz.
Line score
Phillies 6-9-0
Nationals 3-11-0
W-Nola (14-8)
S-Ruiz (1)
Pat Murphy's gonna be manager of the year for taking over a 92-win team with some key personnel losses and winning 93 games and his team's third division title in four years. Rob will finish second or third for what was certainly a more impressive season top-to-bottom, going from 90 to 95 and first division title in ages. Even if the Phillies talent is better.
I guess if they'd won 100 games and never pitched Walker he'd get it.
Looks like the bot left early for a quick vacation before the Phillies return to play in the post season.
The bot was ejected during the national anthem.
Nice to finish with a win. Now we wait to see if we play the Brewers, Braves, Mets, or Diamondbacks.
I don't think it can be the Braves in the LDS. With the tie-breakers, the Braves are either flying to San Diego or out of the playoffs.
If so that adds another twist to the second game, if they win the first one. But the Braves were the ones that didn't want to go play at a neutral site. Understandably. It will be interesting to see if MLB gets involved at all, should they win Game 1. Like, refuse to let them call people up for the second game, force them to field the best line-up.
Yeah, the bot was having a stare down with @kikutaro. MLB is losing patience with these staring contests.