GDT 8/21/18 Philadelphia Phillies (Velasquez) @ Washington Nationals (Roark)

[ButlerBulldog]

Great to see Quinn get one here. Ties up the game, 1-1.

If I’m not mistaken, that’s Quinn’s first Major League home run.

[kikutaro]

Santana, C

Swinging strike (87.2 mph changeup)
Ball in dirt (97.2 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, run(s) (96.5 mph four-seam fastball)

Carlos Santana singles on a line drive to right fielder Adam Eaton. Rhys Hoskins scores. Asdrubal Cabrera to 3rd.

Philadelphia Phillies 3 - Washington Nationals 1

[kikutaro]

Franco

Foul (97.0 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (97.5 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (90.7 mph changeup)
Ball in dirt (85.5 mph slider)
Ball (89.9 mph changeup)
In play, run(s) (97.7 mph four-seam fastball)

Maikel Franco grounds out, second baseman Wilmer Difo to first baseman Ryan Zimmerman. Asdrubal Cabrera scores. Carlos Santana to 2nd.

Philadelphia Phillies 4 - Washington Nationals 1

[DurhamBull]

Nice AB by Franco to run a full count after being down 0-2 and then driving in a run.

[kikutaro]

Herrera, O

Swinging strike (85.2 mph slider)
Swinging strike (blocked) (86.2 mph slider)
Foul (85.0 mph slider)
Ball in dirt (97.4 mph sinker)
Foul (86.4 mph slider)
Foul (98.4 mph sinker)
Ball (98.3 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (86.4 mph slider)
In play, out(s) (86.2 mph slider)

Odubel Herrera flies out to left fielder Juan Soto in foul territory.

[kikutaro]

Alfaro

Swinging strike (96.4 mph sinker)
In play, out(s) (98.4 mph sinker)

Jorge Alfaro grounds out, second baseman Wilmer Difo to first baseman Ryan Zimmerman.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	0	0	0	4				4	6	0
Washington Nationals	0	1	0	0	0					1	5	1

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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	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.365	.362	.727
Hoskins LF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.258	.367	.506	.873
Cabrera, A SS	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.267	.318	.467	.785
Santana, C 1B	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	.221	.353	.402	.755
Franco 3B	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.279	.320	.481	.801
Herrera, O CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.266	.319	.438	.757
Alfaro C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.252	.311	.389	.700
Velasquez P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.194	.222	.416
Kingery PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.267	.332	.599
Neris 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
Quinn RF	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	.302	.318	.488	.806

Washington Nationals

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Eaton RF	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.294	.377	.394	.771
Turner SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.266	.334	.409	.743
Harper CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.247	.380	.509	.889
Rendon 3B	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.291	.350	.496	.846
Soto LF	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.288	.411	.518	.929
Zimmerman 1B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.254	.325	.497	.822
Wieters C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.321	.363	.684
Roark P	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.220	.235	.300	.535
Grace P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Cordero P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Difo 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.239	.298	.340	.638

Current Pitchers

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Velasquez	4.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	58-36	4.06
Neris	0.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	18-11	6.27
Arano	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-5	2.06

Washington Nationals

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Roark	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	41-24	4.05
Grace	2.0	4	4	3	0	1	1	34-23	3.04
Cordero	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20-14	3.60

[LoneStarPhan]

Phillies score 4 to take the lead. Nice.

Herrera looked really bad swinging at the first two pitches that were in the dirt at the plate, but after falling in the count to 0-2, he hung in and forced 9 pitches total for the at bat. Sadly, he hit a short fly to the left fielder.

[Patchmk88]

Great inning. Now let’s shut them down with the pen.

[kikutaro]

Soto

Called strike (92.7 mph two-seam fastball)
In play, no out (84.4 mph slider)

Juan Soto singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Maikel Franco.

[kikutaro]

Zimmerman

Called strike (84.3 mph slider)
Swinging strike (86.5 mph slider)
In play, out(s) (87.4 mph slider)

Ryan Zimmerman grounds out softly, third baseman Maikel Franco to first baseman Carlos Santana. Juan Soto to 2nd.

[kikutaro]

Wieters

Ball (86.3 mph slider)
In play, run(s) (94.1 mph two-seam fastball)

Matt Wieters singles on a ground ball to right fielder Roman Quinn. Juan Soto scores.

Philadelphia Phillies 4 - Washington Nationals 2

[kikutaro]

Stevenson

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Andrew Stevenson replaces Jimmy Cordero.
Swinging strike (84.8 mph slider)
In play, run(s) (86.0 mph slider)

Andrew Stevenson homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Matt Wieters scores.

Philadelphia Phillies 4 - Washington Nationals 4

[LoneStarPhan]

Well, that was quick.

Guess letting Arano pitch a second inning was a mistake.

[kikutaro]

Difo

Ball (94.3 mph two-seam fastball)
Ball (84.4 mph slider)
In play, run(s) (92.6 mph four-seam fastball)

Wilmer Difo homers (4) on a fly ball to right field.

Washington Nationals 5 - Philadelphia Phillies 4

[Patchmk88]

And just like that we are back to being tied.

[Patchmk88]

And now losing

[HopeSpringsEternal]

Bullpen back to its early season form. ️

[Patchmk88]

Gabe at his finest here.

[LoneStarPhan]

Sad to see the Phillies score 4 in the top of the inning and the nationals immediately score 4 or more in the bottom of the inning.

Pitching change coming a few hitters too late.

Adam Morgan coming on to pitch. One out and 4 runs already in this inning.

[Patchmk88]

I’m glad we have had a good season but these last few weeks have been rough to watch as a fan. Not a horrible record, but some really disappointing performances.