Just now, DrPhilly said:

Nola has only thrown 56 pitches thru 5. He certainly could go one more and maybe even start the 7th.

Kind need him too. Bullpen is overworked. Why bowlan has been giving up bombs lately. Running on fumes. Albeit Raley never pitches anymore for some unknown reason

Our hitting since we went to Seattle has been not good. Angels series looks not as bad cause they had a grand slam and extra innings they tacked on. But really it’s been like pulling teeth to get consistent offense. Outside of Dbacks game 2 they’ve been inconsistent and risp has been bad

4 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Our hitting since we went to Seattle has been not good. Angels series looks not as bad cause they had a grand slam and extra innings they tacked on. But really it’s been like pulling teeth to get consistent offense. Outside of Dbacks game 2 they’ve been inconsistent and risp has been bad

Yep - super long stretches in every game where they do nothing.

When's the last time Stott has done anything offensively?

That's it, up to the pen now. Great outing for Nola.

4 minutes ago, vsptroops said:

When's the last time Stott has done anything offensively?

He and marsh have been awful lately. Marsh is like 3 for last 28 and Stott 2 for last 28

Stott’s issue kind of began when he fouled that ball off his foot before the road trip

Damn, Nola pitching a helluva game. Glad those flyballs into the sun didnt cost him or the team.

Another good start from Nola. 👏

Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

He and marsh have been awful lately. Marsh is like 3 for last 28 and Stott 2 for last 28

Yeah, good point about Marsh. Forgot about him. Probably because hes been invisible as well.

D Hill with the solo shot!!

Hill again, this dude has had some big moments

Schwarbomb!!!!

What a treat Nola has been lately. I couldn’t stand to watch him pitch because of how bad he’s been for years before this nice little stretch. Whatever he did or Cotham and him might’ve worked on, whatever it is I’m grateful for it and it truly is shocking to see him turn this around and pitch like he has during his all star year. This team wouldn’t be where they are today without contributions from every one in that starting rotation, where during the majority of the season we only had 1-2 reliable starters and now during the late surge for red October we have 4-5 reliable starters. Just a massive turnaround that I truly didn’t see possible. Well done Nola let’s keep it going

10 minutes ago, vsptroops said:

Yeah, good point about Marsh. Forgot about him. Probably because hes been invisible as well.

Tbh id move marsh to 9 hole. He’s basically useless right now. Move Crawford to 7. I think that helps Stott somewhat because you have some protection behind him as Crawford‘s actually been hitting well. Harder with a guy behind you not hitting well. Changes how they pitch to you. He’s also just had a bad 2 weeks since he got robbed of that HR

Maybe McFarlane shouldn’t be your set up guy and your setup guy Howland should stay as 8th inning guy

Sorry but that’s on Stubbs - you don’t throw a guy like that 7 straight fastballs

This team has no high leverage pitchers outside of Duran. Why didnt McFarlane throw him anything off the plate? He's a known chaser.

Just now, mikemack8 said:

Sorry but that’s on Stubbs - you don’t throw a guy like that 7 straight fastballs

Tbh Stubbs needs to call better at the same time probably shouldn’t be relying on a rookie to be a setup guy. It should be Bowlan. Also Raley should’ve been used prior to this. He has pitched 1 time in 10 days.

Just now, vsptroops said:

This team has no high leverage pitchers outside of Duran. Why didnt McFarlane throw him anything off the plate? He's a known chaser.

Yep not a single pitch buried just threw him a meatball over the plate when he had him down 0-2

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Tbh Stubbs needs to call better at the same time probably shouldn’t be relying on a rookie to be a setup guy. It should be Bowlan. Also Raley should’ve been used prior to this. He has pitched 1 time in 10 days.

Bowlan is worn down too he’s getting hit hard these past few

3 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

Bowlan is worn down too he’s getting hit hard these past few

He might not be worn down as much as they actually use the guy they traded for at the deadline. He’s pitched one time in 9 days. At some point in time that’s absurd for the fact that he’s actually good and they could use him.

Phillies find ways to lose games to good teams. 

I like the late inning strategy by our bullpen of throwing nothing but fastballs in the middle of the plate

But yes it was nice of McFarlane and Duran to waste Nola’s great start

Can’t beat good teams with trash bullpen. This won’t change