GDT 7/28/25 Philadelphia Phillies (Sánchez, C) @ Chicago White Sox (Martin)

[kikutaro]

Otto Kemp

Defensive Substitution: Josh Rojas replaces second baseman Lenyn Sosa, batting 7th, playing second base.
Pitching Change: Grant Taylor replaces Steven Wilson.
Ball (98.2 mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (95.1 mph cutter)
Ball (99.4 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (95.6 mph cutter)

Otto Kemp flies out sharply to right fielder Mike Tauchman.

[kikutaro]

Max Kepler

Ball (97.1 mph cutter)
Called strike (96.2 mph cutter)
Ball (97.1 mph cutter)
Called strike (85.3 mph curveball)
Swinging strike (99.2 mph four-seam fastball)

Max Kepler strikes out swinging.

[kikutaro]

Bryson Stott

Called strike (96.2 mph cutter)
Ball (87. mph curveball)
Ball (97.2 mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (95.3 mph cutter)
Foul (99.6 mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (100.4 mph four-seam fastball)

Bryson Stott called out on strikes.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
Chicago White Sox	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2		6	10	0

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Current Batters

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Trea Turner SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.291	.345	.433	.778
Kyle Schwarber DH	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	.253	.381	.573	.954
Bryce Harper 1B	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	.265	.372	.497	.869
Nick Castellanos RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.268	.308	.435	.743
J.T. Realmuto C	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.270	.322	.395	.717
Brandon Marsh CF	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.253	.328	.349	.677
Otto Kemp 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.241	.313	.397	.710
Max Kepler LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.205	.301	.361	.662
Bryson Stott 2B	3	1	1	0	1	2	0	.232	.307	.339	.646
Cristopher Sánchez P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Max Lazar P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Seth Johnson P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Chicago White Sox

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Chase Meidroth SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.253	.331	.322	.653
Austin Slater RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.244	.308	.437	.745
Mike Tauchman RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.368	.472	.840
Edgar Quero C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.346	.357	.703
Miguel Vargas 1B	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.230	.308	.401	.709
Andrew Benintendi DH	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	.236	.306	.436	.742
Luis Robert Jr. CF	4	1	1	2	0	2	1	.205	.292	.348	.640
Lenyn Sosa 2B	3	1	3	1	1	0	0	.271	.296	.411	.707
Josh Rojas 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.246	.238	.484
Colson Montgomery 3B	4	1	2	3	0	1	1	.273	.333	.515	.848
Michael A. Taylor LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.217	.283	.389	.672
Davis Martin P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Jordan Leasure P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Steven Wilson P								.000	.000	.000	.000
Grant Taylor P								.000	.000	.000	.000

Current Pitchers

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Cristopher Sánchez	6.2	7	4	4	1	5	2	88-62	2.55
Max Lazar	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-2	2.96
Seth Johnson	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	24-15	4.50

Chicago White Sox

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Davis Martin	5.2	6	2	2	3	7	0	94-59	3.84
Jordan Leasure	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	27-14	4.62
Steven Wilson	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-9	2.91
Grant Taylor	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15-9	4.43

[zambonir]

Apparently similar to that awful game in St. Louis in that the Sox were already home and the Phillies got in at 4am Eastern time due to flight delays.

[EastFallowfield]

The Boeing 757 jet that was supposed to carry the Phillies from New York to Chicago in plenty of time for a fine Sunday night dinner was stuck in Atlanta because of bad weather. So, for six hours, the Phillies were stranded at Yankee Stadium. They played cards. They tried to distract the many children along for the ride on the annual family trip.

I'm tired just reading about that ordeal.

[zambonir]

Well, I guess that's sort of better than being stuck at the airport. The family trip must have made it a much bigger pain.

[andyb]

And they had Phil Cuzzi to mess with them mentally. He only favored the White Sox by 0.21 runs last night, but mentally I would not trust him after the last time out.

[Philsmania]

You hate to lose the opener of a series to make the rest of the series must-win games but, just speaking anecdotally, the Phillies have managed to win a few series this season after dropping the opener.

[zambonir]

We might have thought they'd go 1-2 in the Bronx and 3-0 here so hopefully they can still make it a 4-2 road trip.

[EastFallowfield]

White Sox have only been swept at home twice this year. They're bad, but they're not quite as bad at home (nor are the Colorado Rockies level bad). At home they're a .426 team.

[EastFallowfield]

The family trip must have made it a much bigger pain.

I tried to explain that to one employer who kept wanting me to work night shifts when I was the only one in my group who had a toddler at home, they wondered why I was so exhausted if I did a bunch of night shifts in a row, 'you can just sleep in' wasn't really an option.

[zambonir]

I was also just thinking, on a normal road trip, if the team had actually known it was going to be a six-hour delay [which they probably didn't], just check into a hotel and go in the morning. But that couldn't be done with a larger travelling party. The 757 was probably specifically chartered for this trip too, had it just been the team they'd have a smaller plane that was already in NY.

[EastFallowfield]

Hadn't thought of that, makes sense.