Pirates-Phillies series Gamethread.

[northeastphillyguy]

Arrieta on the mound tonight. He will need run support. Time for Phillies to start hitting! GO PHILLIES!

 

[jvett77]

Throwback Thursday. Phils in the blue. Like I said, this home stand with early winners like PIT, AZ and ATL will tell a lot about the Phillies. Is our pitching really any good? Will Santana and Alfaro start hitting as expected? Will Hoskins and Kingery continue to display their superstar potential? Will Adubel stay alert?

Hope the answers to all these queries is Yes. I'm starting out with a bottle of Sweet Baby Jesus so I'm prepared for anything. Go Phillies!

 

[jvett77]

Flex's lineup:

C. Hernandez 2B
C. Santana 1B
O. Herrera CF
R. Hoskins LF
N. Williams RF
S. Kingery 3B
J.P. Crawford SS
J. Alfaro C
J. Arrieta P

 

[jvett77]

Nice wack by Hoskins in the cold, windy weather.

 

[jvett77]

Hail Cesar! His single clears the bases. 4-0 Phils. So far, so good.

 

[jvett77]

Taillon is Pirates best pitcher, and he's garbage.

 

[jvett77]

7-0 in the 6th. Arrieta with a 1-hitter, 9 Ks. JP is moving up (.213), Kingery is going down (.233).

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Great win tonight. Jake showed his best stuff. Phillies win 7-0. Aggressive base running produced a 3 run single!
However, the Phillies struck out 16 times! Cause for alarm?

 

[jvett77]

A needed win. Looks like we're headed for the playoffs, afterall.

 

[jvett77]

Great win tonight. Jake showed his best stuff. Phillies win 7-0. Aggressive base running produced a 3 run single!
However, the Phillies struck out 16 times! Cause for alarm?

They're really swinging the bat, ain't they?

 

[northeastphillyguy]

They're really swinging the bat, ain't they?

The bats need to be fatter!

 

[jvett77]

The bats need to be fatter!

On the other hand,

 

[northeastphillyguy]

On the other hand,

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LOL!

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Babe Ruth once used a 54 ounce bat! Toward the end of his career he used a 40 ounce bat. JOE DiMaggio
used a 40 ounce bat throughout his career.

 

[jvett77]

Babe Ruth once used a 54 ounce bat! Toward the end of his career he used a 40 ounce bat. JOE DiMaggio
used a 40 ounce bat throughout his career.

I think I used a 32 ouncer in my teen years. LOL.

 

[jvett77]

Tonight’s lineup:

C. Hernandez 2B
C. Santana 1B
O. Herrera CF
R. Hoskins LF
A. Altherr RF
A. Knapp, Ci
M. Franco 3B
B. Lively P
J.P. Crawford SS

 

[jvett77]

It looks like the Phils are playing in Candlestick Park that way the wind is ruffling up the uniforms.

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Hope lively can give us 6 innings. He is scaring me when he starts walking guys.

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Lively gave us 6 innings. Nova pitcjhing like Cy Young, Phillies still scoreless. WAKE UP Phillies!

 

[jvett77]

2 on for Hoskins and Altherr, one out. Need a ong one.