Phillies' 2023 GDT #148: 09/16/23 Phillies(80-67) @ Cardinals(65-82) - 7:15pm

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Starting Lineups:
Phillies
Schwarber DH
Turner SS
Harper 1B
Bohm 3B
Stott 2B
Realmuto C
Castellanos RF
Marsh LF
Rojas CF

Cardinals
Edman CF
Goldschmidt 1B
O'Neil LF
Arenado 3B
Contreras C
Baker DH
Walker RF
Querecuto 2B
Winn SS

Starting Pitchers:
Cardinals - Mikolas
Phillies - Suarez

Umpires:
Home Plate - Brian Knight
First Base - Cory Blaser
Second Base - Dan Merzel
Third Base - Alex Tosi

[Christopher]

On pace for Schwarber, Castellanos & Bohm all to have 100-RBI seasons

[Christopher]

I would like to humbly request that Phillies pitchers not walk any batters for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs.

[Christopher]

Suarez averted disaster in his Catastrophe inning and did a good job giving them 6 innings after yesterday's Nola-zaster.

Get a couple more runs and they can (knock on wood) rest most of the relievers today

[Christopher]

Phillies will be able to retain Hoffman via arbitration next year.

Knowing the fungibility of relievers though, they should resist the temptation to offer him a multi-year deal.

[Christopher]

A Covey-proof victory. Nice.
All of yesterday's relievers except Hoffman got a day of rest. Hopefully they all sat in the corner and thought about what they did Friday.

SCOREBOARD
Cubs tied with Diamondbacks
Giants in danger of getting swept by Rockies, which might be sayonara for them
Marlins won
Reds winning
Brewers tied

[Christopher]

D-backs beat Cubs in 13 after Cubs used 3 SP (Hendricks, Stroman, Smyly)
Giants swept
Marlins win
Reds win
Brewers win

[Christopher]

Phillies have 3.5-game lead on Cubs for home field advantage

Cubs, Reds, Diamondbacks, Marlins all separated by 1 game total.

One will travel to Milwaukee
One will travel to Philly
Two will go golfing

Phillies SHOULD be in a position to set up their rotation however they want.

[FolesMVP09]

Phillies have 3.5-game lead on Cubs for home field advantage

Cubs, Reds, Diamondbacks, Marlins all separated by 1 game total.

One will travel to Milwaukee
One will travel to Philly
Two will go golfing

Phillies SHOULD be in a position to set up their rotation however they want.

If the Phils don't get swept by Atlanta - maybe, but if they get swept - going to be a real scary final 2 weeks

[FolesMVP09]

Phillies have 3.5-game lead on Cubs for home field advantage

Cubs, Reds, Diamondbacks, Marlins all separated by 1 game total.

One will travel to Milwaukee
One will travel to Philly
Two will go golfing

Phillies SHOULD be in a position to set up their rotation however they want.

and thankfully the sweep is out of play now.....