24 Philadelphia Phillies (Nola, Aa) @ Washington Nationals (Irvin, J)

EastFallowfield 2024-09-29 21:43:43 UTC #21

Ruiz Ks' Garcia for the out #1.

EastFallowfield 2024-09-29 21:45:18 UTC #22

Ruiz gets Wood looking for out #2.

zambonir 2024-09-29 21:45:42 UTC #23

A bit of audition for Ruiz, partly of his own making.

EastFallowfield 2024-09-29 21:46:02 UTC #24

Clemens grabs a scary drive to left and bangs off the wall, and we had 'em all the way, Harry!

zambonir 2024-09-29 21:46:07 UTC #25

Classic closer performance

VoteForKalas 2024-09-29 21:46:57 UTC #26

Thank goodness we won. After watching the Eagles debacle, I needed a lift.

EastFallowfield 2024-09-29 21:47:02 UTC #27

Our lousy team finishes with 95 wins.

LoneStarPhan 2024-09-29 21:48:57 UTC #28

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)

VoteForKalas 2024-09-29 21:50:42 UTC #29

Thanks LSP for keeping us all up to date on this game

zambonir 2024-09-29 21:52:19 UTC #30

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.

LoneStarPhan 2024-09-29 21:52:43 UTC #31

Looks like the bot left early for a quick vacation before the Phillies return to play in the post season.

zambonir 2024-09-29 22:06:14 UTC #32

The bot hit its innings limit

Aquapong 2024-09-29 22:12:37 UTC #33

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.

bkeich 2024-09-29 22:38:38 UTC #34

I am still hoping for the White Sox, but hope is fading.

mdougherty12 2024-09-29 22:52:15 UTC #35

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.

zambonir 2024-09-29 23:01:53 UTC #37

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.

RolenRules 2024-09-30 00:17:02 UTC #38

"The bot was ejected during the national anthem."

That made me LOL.

HopeSpringsEternal 2024-09-30 00:28:35 UTC #39

Yeah, the bot was having a stare down with @kikutaro. MLB is losing patience with these staring contests.

zambonir 2024-09-30 00:54:49 UTC #40

The bot just has no time for MLB's contrived last day of the season Sunday starts.