The Marlins head into Philly for a series between two hot teams. Both lost their win streaks on Sunday, but send out their ace to start a new one.

 

Pitching Matchup:

RHP Sandy Alcantara (6-2, 1.61 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 83.2 IP)
vs
RHP Aaron Nola (4-4, 3.50 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 74.2 IP)

 

Stats to note:

-Hitting with RISP in June (MLB rank)
Marlins- .337 (1st)
Phillies- .276 (12th)

-Pitching with RISP in June (MLB Rank)
Marlins- .248 (13th)
Phillies- .254 (15th)

-Phillies lead the Majors with 9 homers and a .953 OPS 7th inning or later
-Marlins are about league average pitching wise in that situation

 Both the Phillies and Marlins have scored 6.5 runs per game in June. That ranks 4th in the Major Leagues.

@pollythewog is pounding the under tonight

Phillies lineup. The Marlins as usual are waiting until the last minute.

Just now, FishFan95 said:

The Marlins as usual are waiting until the last minute.

Jerar?!

17 minutes ago, SonOfJack said:

Jerar?!

I have a feeling that we will see a roster move, but my guess is Cooper comes back rather than Jerar. But I don't have inside info, so who knows?

Late lineup because the front office is trying to figure out how to actually use the taxi squad since everything is uber nowadays. 

Just now, SongInTheAir said:

Late lineup because the front office is trying to figure out how to actually use the taxi squad since everything is uber nowadays. 

Coop returns!

10 minutes ago, Michael said:

Coop returns!

Zabala called up when Coop went on the IL to begin with is tonight's sacrificial lamb.

Cool, now put Garcia on the DL and activate Jerar. Like seriously, he could use the 15 days even if he isn't hurt.  At the very least,  we could use the 15 days without him.

Just now, Rydawg said:

Cool, now put Garcia on the DL and activate Jerar. Like seriously, he could use the 15 days even if he isn't hurt.  At the very least,  we could use the 15 days without him.

You'll get a week of playing a man down instead

Just now, Rydawg said:

Cool, now put Garcia on the DL and activate Jerar. Like seriously, he could use the 15 days even if he isn't hurt.  At the very least,  we could use the 15 days without him.

1) it's IL now, gosh

2) it's 10 days now, gosh

3) I agree

2 minutes ago, Michael said:

1) it's IL now, gosh

2) it's 10 days now, gosh

3) I agree

You know, old dogs and new tricks and shit.

3 minutes ago, SonOfJack said:

You'll get a week of playing a man down instead

only a week? Kim is actually getting better at her job then!

14 minutes ago, Rydawg said:

Cool, now put Garcia on the DL and activate Jerar. Like seriously, he could use the 15 days even if he isn't hurt.  At the very least,  we could use the 15 days without him.

What even is the DL, man? We send people to Illinois now.

1 minute ago, FishFan95 said:

What even is the DL, man? We send people to Illinois now.

Deeelllllaaawareeeeee???

PLAY BALLS

Jazz ever gets that swing flattened out just a little, he'll have a 40 homer season.

Nola throwing strikes. Ump also gave him a ball.

4 minutes ago, Michael said:

Jazz ever gets that swing flattened out just a little, he'll have a 40 homer season.

Absolutely! Just needs more of a line drive approach. Not only more home runs but more hits in general. 

1 minute ago, Rydawg said:

Absolutely! Just needs more of a line drive approach. Not only more home runs but more hits in general. 

Remember when Menechino got a hold of Stanton and said "just relax and hit em up the middle, the homers will come because of your power"? (Idk if he ever actually said that but I digress) Need a guy to say the same to Jazz, basically.

Good job Sandy.

Why so cautious with Harper with no one on base?

1 minute ago, Rydawg said:

Why so cautious with Harper with no one on base?

Harper has hit Sandy pretty well in his career so I'm not too upset with it.