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Damn, Albies just missed one.....
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Defensive gem by Markakis
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Into the 9th we go with a 2-1 lead....
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UGHHHH Camargo just booted the ball that would have been the final out of the game....
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But it was a non-factor because the Braves still get the win...their 5th in a row!!!!
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Sanchez out duels deGrom
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But of course the st00pid Phillies keep winning too.
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Think Minter is our future closer?
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Well, it certainly looks like that's shaping up to be the case & me personally, I trust him more than I do Vizcaino to get the job done. As of right now Minter is 8-for-8 in save opportunities.
Ever since he was in the minors I believe it was the organization's plan all along to eventually make him the closer of our future. I say why wait? Keep him as our closer when Vizcaino returns. Viz hasn't been terrible himself either, in fact he's made 13 straight appearances without giving up a run but he can make some games a little too close for comfort at times, especially when he losses his command. In all honesty I think he'd do well as our set-up man and maybe sometimes we can switch it up in the 9th by giving him save opportunities as well.
It's really the other relief pitchers that worry me the most. There was a time I thought Winkler could be our closer but I have since shot down that belief as he's continued to struggle. Viz & Minter have done a good job this year.
Go Phillies!
Would you please advise your team to win less.
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Ummmm....when did Wheeler become this good of a pitcher??? I certainly don't remember him having a 97-99 MPH fastball that hits the corners with a plus breaking ball, killer sinker & elite command.
Some of it has to do with pi$s poor at-bats by a good deal of our hitters tonight but his stuff still looks really good...ace-like stuff. Looking at his overall stats this season you would not think so.
Mets with 4 straight hits against our pitchers with nobody out...we lost this game the moment the Mets scored that 2nd run cuz we ain't getting nothing off Wheeler.
So with this loss, we are now truly behind the Phillies with the same number of losses and a lot less wins. BOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Some of it has to do with pi$s poor at-bats by a good deal of our hitters tonight but his stuff still looks really good...ace-like stuff. Looking at his overall stats this season you would not think so.
Mets with 4 straight hits against our pitchers with nobody out...we lost this game the moment the Mets scored that 2nd run cuz we ain't getting nothing off Wheeler.
So with this loss, we are now truly behind the Phillies with the same number of losses and a lot less wins. BOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
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Finally an extra base hit from Freeman!
Freeman hasn't really been "MVFreeman" for awhile now...he still keeps his avg up by hitting enough singles and he draws the occasional walk....but his OPS has suffered cuz when Freeman's on his game, pretty much every other hit is an extra base hit and he's getting on base pretty much every other plate appearance. The Freeman we have now is still better than half 75% of the batters in the league but we need the MVFreeman from 2016/first-half 2017/first couple months this season down the stretch if we want a postseason spot.
Freeman hasn't really been "MVFreeman" for awhile now...he still keeps his avg up by hitting enough singles and he draws the occasional walk....but his OPS has suffered cuz when Freeman's on his game, pretty much every other hit is an extra base hit and he's getting on base pretty much every other plate appearance. The Freeman we have now is still better than half 75% of the batters in the league but we need the MVFreeman from 2016/first-half 2017/first couple months this season down the stretch if we want a postseason spot.
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Yeah, our offense has gone cold again...leadoff double then three straight outs.
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Acuna has looked LOST at the plate tonight. He's been behind in the count 0-2 every single at-bat of the game....struck out 3 times.
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Acuna had gone 0-for-7 with 4 k's these last couple games until pounding out a *potentially* game winning RBI single in the 9th!
I say potentially because Minter just gave up a HR to Mesoraco, tying the game once again.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
I say potentially because Minter just gave up a HR to Mesoraco, tying the game once again.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
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Well, there's Minter's first blown save and possibly a loss to go on top of it.
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A hit and the Mets win it....ugh
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Markakis just gave us another lead with a solo HR
Now, don't blow it this time!!!!
Now, don't blow it this time!!!!
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Braves won but we'll still be 1.5 GB if the Phils win and they are currently tied in the 8th which unfortunately leads me to believe that they will win.
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And there it is...the Marlins tacked on two runs in the 8th and have all but secured the win.
The Phillies are doing it right....if you want to truly contend you have to sweep all the cellar dweller teams like the Marlins & Mets. Just losing one game to one of these teams can make a huge difference in the final outcome of the season. We should have not lost to the Mets yesterday. We has some terrible at-bats in that game...just awful.
The Phillies are doing it right....if you want to truly contend you have to sweep all the cellar dweller teams like the Marlins & Mets. Just losing one game to one of these teams can make a huge difference in the final outcome of the season. We should have not lost to the Mets yesterday. We has some terrible at-bats in that game...just awful.
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