August 29, 20224 yr 10 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said: Hate saying it but i think first game against the dbacks will dictate how that series goes. The fact we don’t have an off day after the travel is brutal. If they actually switched bumgarner for gallen that helps. Frankly dumb on the dbacks part. I think gallen on Monday sets themselves up better. Agreed. I think they lose tomorrow regardless. Just hope they can avoid a disaster of a trip.
August 29, 20224 yr If they can go about 11-4 in the next 15 against four garbage teams (Dbacks, Giants, Marlins, Nats) that should just about lock them in.
August 29, 20224 yr 1 minute ago, TV Guy said: If they can go about 11-4 in the next 15 against four garbage teams (Dbacks, Giants, Marlins, Nats) that should just about lock them in. Sadly we haven’t won a series in Az since 2016. I know cause i go every year lol.
August 29, 20224 yr So bumgarner is going tonight and gallen tomorrow. coukd be pretty big in winning the series to win tonight. Next two matchups are nola vs. gallen and falter vs. Henry.
August 30, 20224 yr Phillies ran themselves out of that inning harper shouldn’t have been going on just any contact. And segura didn’t need to be stealing in a 0-0 count with stott up and a runner on 3rd. Especially with vierling and marsh behind him. Let him hit and try to bring the run home before getting to those two in the lineup.
August 30, 20224 yr 15 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said: Phillies ran themselves out of that inning harper shouldn’t have been going on just any contact. And segura didn’t need to be stealing in a 0-0 count with stott up and a runner on 3rd. Especially with vierling and marsh behind him. Let him hit and try to bring the run home before getting to those two in the lineup. True but seems like it may be irrelevant
August 30, 20224 yr 2 minutes ago, BirdsFanBill said: True but seems like it may be irrelevant As long as Suarez can go 7 and we keep adding on. If we get to 6-7 runs i feel more confident as the dbacks really aren’t a good hitting team
August 30, 20224 yr 1 minute ago, Eaglesrule76 said: Sorry for naive post but what is Suarez long term potential? Some think he can be a no. 2. I think he’s likely a no. 3 in a rotation. I’d still love if the Phillies somehow got another front line starter. Would be a really devastating rotation with nola, wheeler and Suarez especially if painter and/or Abel pan out.
August 30, 20224 yr Thank you bumgarner for getting the offense on track. Hopefully we can win tomorrow and win the series. It’s gonna be a pitching duel between nola and gallen. I’m gonna be there so excited to see two studs right now going at it.
August 30, 20224 yr Feels like Suarez the last two starts has had the same control issue once he gets into the 4-6 innings. He just loses it. I’m wondering if the innings are accumulating. This is the most innings he’s pitched in his major league career. id actually pull Suarez right now. He is not attacking the zone and the dbacks can’t hit and yet he’s all over the place.
August 30, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said: Thank you bumgarner for getting the offense on track. Hopefully we can win tomorrow and win the series. It’s gonna be a pitching duel between nola and gallen. I’m gonna be there so excited to see two studs right now going at it. Spoke to soon. Phillies about to blow a 7 run lead once again. Should’ve pulled Suarez as soon as he walked Walker. It was obvious he didn’t have it.
August 30, 20224 yr Yeah feels like they are gonna get rocked this series. This is flat out embarrassing to be up 7 and piss it away before even getting out of 5 innings.
August 30, 20224 yr Might be thomson’s worst managed game from keeping Suarez in too long and keeping Sanchez in after loading the bases without recording an out. To the idiotic base running in the first inning. dbacks about to score 20 on the Phillies as apparently no one remembers how to pitch. JFC it’s one of the worst hitting teams in the damn league I’m pretty sure the Phillies offense won’t do crap the rest of the game too. Lol at vierling. Five pitches not one was in the zone and this schmuck is swinging at everything after he walked stott on 5 pitches prior.
August 30, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, BirdsFanBill said: Wow, glad I went to sleep when they were up 4-0 and didn’t watch the rest. 1 hour ago, TV Guy said: What a joke. Pretty sure they are gonna get swept in this series if they don’t figure out gallen tonight. Dbacks outside of bumgarner have been playing solid baseball and getting good starting pitching. They are 20-15 since the all star break. Not great but they are playing well considering they are a young team The Phillies bullpen since the knebel and Dominguez news has been shakey. Every game seems to be adventure. Frankly since the second Mets series it’s been hit or miss with the pen. The offense lately tends to score the first couple innings then disappears for much of the rest of the game which is a bad formula when your bullpen hasn’t been as good the second half of the month. Plus wheeler is on IL so you are having to rely on falter and Sanchez. Plus Suarez is over his career high in innings and we are not even in September. the road trip to Az and SF/Sd (depending on year it’s sometimes sf and sometimes SD) is always tough due to the travel. However at the end of august at the height of the grind at the part of the season where some guys hit a wall is even tougher. It’s why i said if they went 3-3 I’d be happy. Frankly i think we lose tonight we are getting swept in this series. Might be lucky to go 2-4 if that happens.
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