17 Chicago Cubs (J Quintana) @ Philadelphia Phillies (J Eickhoff)

LoneStarPhan 2017-08-26 01:38:34 UTC #70

Eickhoff pitched the first five innings. Milner a scoreless sixth; Morgan a scoreless seventh.

Phillies coming up in the bottom of the 7th, Nick Williams due to lead off the inning.

HopeSpringsEternal 2017-08-26 01:53:03 UTC #71

Morgan K'a the side in the 8th. Nice job!

bkox 2017-08-26 01:57:09 UTC #72

LoneStarPhan 2017-08-26 01:59:11 UTC #73

Leading off the bottom of the 8th.
Phillies go up 7-1.

LoneStarPhan 2017-08-26 02:05:01 UTC #74

Heading to the ninth with a nice 7-1 lead.

Nava pinch hit to end the 8th; looped out to the shortstop heading back into left field.

Robbed Hernandez of a chance to go for the cycle tonight.

And yes, it's Neris in the nonsave.

LoneStarPhan 2017-08-26 02:11:23 UTC #75

Neris pitching

Jay K
Zorbrist double off Joseph's glove, down into right field foul area.
Schwarber grounds out, 4-3.
Bryant pops out to Galvis.

Phillies win! 7-1.

Chicago 1-9-1
Philadelphia 7-11-0

Gameday has defaulted to the final box score, showing the Phillies winning 6-1. They just included the action up until they stopped updating the running box score, even though they continued to show the results of the plays in the bottom of the 7th, all of the 8th, and the top of the 9th.

Eickhoff gets a win, Quintana the loss. No save tonight.

phillychuck 2017-08-26 02:15:19 UTC #76

Hoskins HR:

Monster shot, to the facade of the upper deck it looked like on TV. Had a bunch of bad at bats for the rest of the game, though.

Interested to see the stat cast measurements if they do them.

bkox 2017-08-26 02:23:13 UTC #77

He walked in the PA that broke the bot and ESPN apparently.

LoneStarPhan 2017-08-26 02:24:21 UTC #78

MLB now has the updated and final box score posted.

Bullpen posted 4 scoreless innings in spite of the four hits given up. No walks. Morgan pitched the 7th and 8th and struck out 5. Touched for a hit in the seventh, but the important thing for him as well as Milner and Neris, NO runs.

Hoskins and Franco home runs tonight. Hernandez has single, double, triple. Hernandez 3 RBI, Galvis and Franco, 2 each.

Austinfan 2017-08-26 03:55:00 UTC #79

Eickhoff had a great curve, but his FB is a matter of concern 88-90 and he had trouble commanding it, though his two seamer had some movement. Needs to regain his velocity. Threw a few sliders but hardly any changeups, given his below average FB, he really needs four pitches going forward.

Milner keeps getting people out, 88-90 and closer to 90 more often, he's legitimate even with that funky delivery.

But Morgan is the revelation, after a rough start adjusting to the bullpen he's been on a hot streak, and seems to be adding arm strength, 96-98 tonight with a wicked slider. If he can build on this he has a future as a setup man, even a closer.

Hernandez and Galvis both had bonehead running plays, but when they get on base 7 times at the top of the order, hey, all things are forgiven.

zambonir 2017-08-26 03:58:59 UTC #80

Going out on a limb here, but I think giving Hoskins a chance in LF turned out to be a decent idea.

EastFallowfield 2017-08-26 10:27:24 UTC #81

Had 'em all the way, Harry!

nycphils 2017-08-26 21:21:20 UTC #82

Unfortunately Morgan still gets pounded by RH - .989 OPS against this season with 10 Bb/15 Ks. He can be an effective LOOGY - which has value. But that's about it.

Austinfan 2017-08-27 01:15:10 UTC #83

With that velocity and a good slider, he can learn to pitch to RHs, though what he needs is a changeup that tails away from them, a good changeup is almost like a back door slider with more lateral movement.