Padres v. Phillies--Pick A Side

[MFS62]

3-0- Pfugging Phills in the top of the second, and they're still batting. First and third with one out.



Later

[Frayed Knot]

Following a 1-2-3 six-pitch 1st inning, Blake Snell is getting dinked to death by the Phils in the 2nd:

soft single, soft single, soft single, K, sun-aided double, soft single, GO (but bobbled so no GiDP), FO



37 pitches, 4 - 0 heading to bottom 2nd

Nola pitching for Philly and Nola catching for SDP

[Frayed Knot]

So the Pads answer back by hitting the 2nd & 3rd pitches of the inning out of the park (Drury & Bell) and it's quickly 4 - 2

[MFS62]

Pads put up a five spot and now lead 7-4 after five.

Later

[MFS62]

Manny Machado homered for the Padres.

Now 8-4 in the 7th.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Wouldn't have put much cash on Snell outlasting Nola after that 2nd inning, but he not only did but even lasted long enough to get the W

[Frayed Knot]

So now I'm watching SDP/PHI (Game 4) via delay (am about 45 minutes behind).

Still in bottom 1st but both starters are already gone.

Padres hung 4 on Falters and the Phils, and SD's Clevinger was lifted without recordng a single out.



4 - 3 SD but with the Phils still hacking in the opening frame.

[Frayed Knot]

Phillies, down 4 - 0 and then 6 - 4, now lead 8 - 6 after 5 (at least in my world it is ... I'm still about 20 minutes behind)

Rhys Hoskins with two 2R HRs which gave the Phils their first two runs then runs # 6 & 7 to go ahead for the first time.



Syndergaard in for the top of the 6th

[Frayed Knot]

Caught up to real time now: 10 - 6 Philly, bottom 7

Pads jumped out to a 4 - 0 lead but have been outscored 10 - 2 since.

[Frayed Knot]

Padres need at least four in top 9 or else the Sillies, the worst NL team to qualify for the post-season, will be 3/4th of the way to the WS and will have Zack Wheeler for the kill tomorrow (vs Darvish).

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Hoskins is the shit.

[bmfc1]

And Bryce Harper is even more.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

A phils-astros world series would be the 2 clubs with the homer-friendliest parks. I think

[bmfc1]

The Phillies were 14-17 in September/October but it didn't mean a thing because they made it.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Wow. Didn't see this coming.



I think the Astros will roll over them. But good for the Phils.



New Era just sent a mass email offering to sell me “conference champion” caps.



Conference?

[Fman99]

Bryce Harper hitting clutch post season home runs makes me want to shit in all of my neighbors' driveways.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Go ahead. No one would blame you.

[DocTee]

"New Era just sent a mass email offering to sell me “conference champion” caps.



Conference?"



Howie Rose just commented on twitter that no matter how much MLB tries to emulate the NBA and NFL (after seeing a screenshot that said the Phillies 'advanced to the world series' instead of 'won the pennant') and this is another seeming example of that.

[Frayed Knot]

I suspect that error is on New Era rather than MLB but yaneverknow.



It reminds me of the times I've hear ESPN yakkers refer to baseball managers as the "head coach". It's not their fault, they simply don't know any better. Neither, I suspect, does New Era.