Other than to acknowledge it was the goal, Thomson wasn’t about to be lured into any talk about the postseason, not with half a season to go.īut he was happy to talk about the pitching. Darick Hall had three of them, including a double. The Phillies beat up on six Washington pitchers to the tune of 13 hits. Realmuto had three RBIs with a sacrifice fly and a two-run homer Tuesday night and Castellanos doubled, singled and drove in a pair of runs. Realmuto and Nick Castellanos to continue to heat up. With Bryce Harper and Jean Segura out, the Phillies need J.T. Ditto for Rhys Hoskins, last week’s NL player of the week. Schwarber has been a constant producer for the Phillies since June 1. The wins were going to come at some point.” Everyone is figuring each other out and we’re getting closer as a group.
“I feel like we’re starting to get to the stride part. You’re going to have good months, bad months and OK months. But baseball is such a long season, you can’t think about where you are at that point. “We knew we were a better team than what we were in April and May. “We didn’t get off to the start we wanted,” Schwarber said. They are 21-9 under manager Rob Thomson, who took over for Joe Girardi on June 3. Sanchez got early run support from Schwarber, who homered in the first and third innings against righthander Paolo Espino.Īfter going 11-11 in April and 10-18 in May, the Phillies have gone 22-9 since June 1 and have outscored opponents 172-116 over that span. Cruz was scratched shortly before game time for an undisclosed reason. Not only did they enter the game ranked 14th out of 15 NL teams in runs per game (3.99), they were without two of their biggest bats in Juan Soto and Nelson Cruz. The Nationals were a good matchup for Sanchez.
Sanchez, who had not pitched more than four innings in a big-league or minor-league game this season, delivered five innings of two-run ball in his third big-league start to get the shutout started. The Phillies hope he’s as effective as Sanchez – and gets similar run support. Falter will get the ball in Thursday afternoon’s finale. Injuries to Ranger Suarez and Zach Eflin have thrust unproven young left-handers Cristopher Sanchez and Bailey Falter into the rotation. Nola is the only accomplished veteran that the Phils are sending to the mound in this series. The Phillies have won their last two games by shutout. The Phils are 5-1 against Washington this season.Īaron Nola will start for the Phillies on Wednesday night against right-hander Josiah Gray. What’s immediately ahead of the Phils is two more against the Nationals, who have the second-worst record in the NL at 29-54 and have lost six in a row. Harper Won't Talk Timetable, But Confident He'll Be Back This Season
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