Phillies come to town and we see a rematch of last Wednesday's pitching matchup.

 

Pitching matchup:

Marlins: Trevor Rogers (1.74 ERA)

Phillies: Zach Eflin (3.77 ERA)

 

Stats to note:

The Phillies score 3.91 runs per game on the road compared to 4.20 at Citizens Bank Park. The Marlins also score more runs at home at 4.00 per game compared to 3.96 on the road so double advantage, Marlins.
Eflin has allowed a career low 0.8 BB/9 this year, and didn't walk any Marlins on Wednesday. Marlins have the lowest walk rate in the NL so don't look for this number to budge much. If the Marlins are walking early, solid advantage Fish.

 

I will finish with a motivational quote:

 

 

Just ridiculous that Cooper isn't playing while he is hitting this well. He needs to be in and Duvall needs to be in center. 

Guys... I think we are ready to take the division!!!!! Alfaro, Marte rehab, very soon J Sanchez, Sixto, Cabrera... 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🥵🥵🥵 LEAGUE IS NOT READY FOR THIS!!!!!!!

4 minutes ago, Iowa said:

Just ridiculous that Cooper isn't playing while he is hitting this well. He needs to be in and Duvall needs to be in center. 

Don LOVES to rest guys when they are hot

1 minute ago, SonOfJack said:

Don LOVES to rest guys when they are hot

Drives me nuts. Not having Leon and Sierra back to back should be the one thing you actively try to avoid

Grammar bad.. you know what i meant lol

23 minutes ago, Iowa said:

Grammar bad.. you know what i meant lol

Grammar irrelevant when ranting about Don's lineup constructions. You get a pass here. 💙

49 minutes ago, SonOfJack said:

Don LOVES to rest guys when they are hot

 

Just makes no sense.

 

Likewise, Alfaro was activated just to immediately sit on the bench.

LEHGO MAHLENS

PHUCK THE PHILS

Just now, rmc523 said:

 

Just makes no sense.

 

Likewise, Alfaro was activated just to immediately sit on the bench.

Really annoying as a fan

We have to beat the bottom Pheeders!

Haven't been watching much, is the whole division just bad or are all the teams pretty equal and can't pull away?

1 minute ago, gizmo said:

Haven't been watching much, is the whole division just bad or are all the teams pretty equal and can't pull away?

All of MLB is fairly tight right now, if you really look at it.

But the division has been pretty banged up. We've hung in there.

1 minute ago, gizmo said:

Haven't been watching much, is the whole division just bad or are all the teams pretty equal and can't pull away?

The whole division has been pretty bad. Injuries from all 5 teams haven't helped. Still can't shake the sense that one of the 5 is gonna pull away sooner or later.

BALL PLAY!

3 minutes ago, gizmo said:

Haven't been watching much, is the whole division just bad or are all the teams pretty equal and can't pull away?

Just now, Michael said:

BALL PLAY!

🙂

With the Braves off, a win would get us back into 2nd place- this time for more than 2 minutes.

Just now, FishFan95 said:

With the Braves off, a win would get us back into 2nd place- this time for more than 2 minutes.

Make it happen

That's not ideal.

Just now, Michael said:

That's not ideal.

Throw a strike

Just now, Ema2R said:

You hovering over the infield?