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Phillies' Starting Lineup:
B Stott (L) 2B
T Turner (R) SS
A Bohm (R) 3B
B Marsh (L) RF
N Castellanos (R) DH
K Clemens (L) 1B
W Merrifield (R) LF
G Stubbs (L) C
J Rojas (R) CF
Michael Mercado RHP
(1-0, 1.50 ERA, 5 SO)
Braves' Starting Lineup:
J Kelenic (L) CF
O Albies (S) 2B
A Riley (R) 3B
M Olson (L) 1B
M Ozuna (R) DH
T d'Arnaud (R) C
A Duvall (R) RF
O Arcia (R) SS
E White (R) LF
Reynaldo López RHP
(6-2, 1.83 ERA, 87 SO)
Umpires:
Home Plate - Mike Estabrook
First Base - Erich Bacchus
Second Base - Laz Diaz
Third Base - Tripp Gibson
bigel57 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 6:13 pm
I guess Thompson figured this was a give-up game pitching this stiff
For Christ's sake, Bigs, he's not a stiff. He pitched 2-hit ball his last outing. It's his 2nd ever start. It just didn't go well in the heat and humidity vs a very good Braves' team that feasts off pitchers who are struggling with their control.
BelmontShore wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 6:17 pm
God dammit. I jinxed him. Didn't I.
No you didn’t. II am convinced they threw this kid out as fodder. Saving the staff for the Dodgers
PS the Braves bats are waking up
Bigs, you gotta stop. They have two starters hurt and Mercado is stretched out as a starter from AAA. It is his turn in the rotation. He pitched 2-hit ball his last start. Not sure how that qualifies as "fodder". Stop taking the most negative extreme viewpoint on every circumstance. The kid just didn't have it today but another AAA prospect strikes out the side in his debut. That's baseball.