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

[kikutaro]

Herrera, O

Mound Visit.
Ball (96.0 mph sinker)
Ball (86.0 mph changeup)
Called strike (95.7 mph sinker)
Ball in dirt (94.6 mph sinker)
Ball (94.8 mph sinker)

Odubel Herrera walks.

[kikutaro]

Alfaro

Foul (92.4 mph slider)
In play, out(s) (91.7 mph slider)

Jorge Alfaro flies out to center fielder Bryce Harper.

[LoneStarPhan]

For just a few seconds, I thought Alfaro might have gotten a little more of that one.

Two on, two out. Bour to bat.

[kikutaro]

Bour

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Justin Bour replaces Edubray Ramos.
Mound Visit.
Ball (94.6 mph sinker)
Ball (94.7 mph sinker)
Ball (92.4 mph slider)
Ball (94.8 mph sinker)

Justin Bour walks. Maikel Franco to 3rd. Odubel Herrera to 2nd.

[LoneStarPhan]

Clearly not wanting to give Bour a chance to tie up this game.

[kikutaro]

Quinn

Mound Visit.
Pitching Change: Wander Suero replaces Koda Glover, batting 8th.
Ball (91.9 mph cutter)
Called strike (91.1 mph cutter)
Swinging strike (91.7 mph cutter)
Swinging strike (92.2 mph cutter)

Roman Quinn strikes out swinging.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		4	8	0
Washington Nationals	0	1	0	0	0	5	1			7	12	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	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.257	.367	.505	.872
Cabrera, A SS	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.266	.318	.466	.784
Santana, C 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.220	.352	.401	.753
Franco 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.281	.322	.485	.807
Herrera, O CF	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.266	.320	.438	.758
Alfaro C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.251	.310	.388	.698
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
Morgan P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Williams, N PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.264	.332	.454	.786
Ramos, E P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bour PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.226	.345	.404	.749
Quinn RF	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	.311	.326	.489	.815

Washington Nationals

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Eaton RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.292	.375	.393	.768
Turner SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.268	.335	.410	.745
Harper CF	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	.248	.381	.513	.894
Rendon 3B	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	.291	.352	.496	.848
Soto LF	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.289	.411	.518	.929
Zimmerman 1B	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	.257	.327	.513	.840
Wieters C	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.235	.323	.364	.687
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
Stevenson PH	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	.271	.327	.375	.702
Collins, T P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Miller P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Reynolds PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.337	.497	.834
Glover P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Suero P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Difo 2B	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.240	.299	.351	.650

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	1.0	4	4	4	0	0	2	21-14	2.79
Morgan	0.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	16-11	4.30
Ramos, E	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	16-11	2.00

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
Collins, T	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8-4	2.45
Miller	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	13-10	3.73
Glover	0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	16-7	6.23
Suero	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4-3	3.34

[ButlerBulldog]

Not a good at-bat by Quinn, though the ump calling pitches well off the plate for strikes didn’t help matters.

[LoneStarPhan]

A tough at bat for Quinn. The second strike was a ball just outside the strike zone that was called a strike. He K'd swinging at a pitch very close to the same area. Had the first been called a ball (which it was), the at bat might have been different. Still, hitters have to adjust and go with the umpire's strike zone.

Phillies leave 3 on base and still trail by 3.

[EastFallowfield]

At some point we'll win some games again, if we're lucky the races will still be close.

[kikutaro]

Eaton

Pitching Change: Yacksel Rios replaces Edubray Ramos, batting 8th, replacing Justin Bour.
Ball (95.1 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (84.5 mph slider)
Ball (95.8 mph two-seam fastball)
Ball (95.1 mph four-seam fastball)

Adam Eaton walks.

[EastFallowfield]

Ball 3 a strike to a robot ump, but not this guy

[LoneStarPhan]

Rios comes on for the Phillies and he walks the first batter he faces on 4 pitches.

Just not good enough to hold a job in the bullpen. Not being able to throw a strike doesn't cut it.

[kikutaro]

Turner

Called strike (88.1 mph slider)
Ball (97.0 mph four-seam fastball)
Pickoff Attempt 1B
Foul (89.3 mph slider)
Swinging strike (90.5 mph slider)

Trea Turner strikes out swinging. Adam Eaton steals (5) 2nd base.

[kikutaro]

Harper

Ball in dirt (90.0 mph slider)
Foul (96.7 mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (84.7 mph slider)
Ball (85.1 mph slider)
In play, out(s) (90.5 mph slider)

Bryce Harper grounds out to first baseman Carlos Santana. Adam Eaton to 3rd.

[kikutaro]

Rendon

Foul (83.5 mph slider)
In play, run(s) (97.2 mph four-seam fastball)

Anthony Rendon doubles (30) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Rhys Hoskins. Adam Eaton scores.

Washington Nationals 8 - Philadelphia Phillies 4

[ButlerBulldog]

With the way this evening has gone, Hoskins will probably hit a home run in the ninth inning.

[kikutaro]

Soto

Yacksel Rios intentionally walks Juan Soto.

[LoneStarPhan]

Lead off walk = run. Just when it looked like Rios was going to get out of this inning okay, he gives up the big two out hit and the Nationals score again.

[HopeSpringsEternal]

Rios comes on for the Phillies and he walks the first batter he faces on 4 pitches.

Just not good enough to hold a job in the bullpen

Someone needs to go down to AAA to make room for Eflin tomorrow. Seems like Rios or Neris are likely candidates.

[kikutaro]

Zimmerman

Ball (89.8 mph slider)
Ball (97.3 mph two-seam fastball)
Ball (85.5 mph slider)
Called strike (96.6 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (96.5 mph four-seam fastball)

Ryan Zimmerman walks. Anthony Rendon to 3rd. Juan Soto to 2nd.