Phillies' 2024 GDT #32: 5/01/24 Phillies(20-11) @ Angels(11-19) - 4:07pm

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Phillies' Starting Lineup:
K Schwarber (L) LF
T Turner (R) DH
B Harper (L) 1B
A Bohm (R) 3B
J Realmuto (R) C
N Castellanos (R) RF
W Merrifield (R) 2B
E Sosa (R) SS
C Pache (R) CF

Zack Wheeler RHP
(2-3, 1.93 ERA, 46 SO)

Angels' Starting Lineup:
N Schanuel (L) 1B
Jo Adell (R) RF
T Ward (R) DH
B Drury (R) 2B
L Rengifo (S) 3B
M Thaiss (L) C
K Pillar (R) LF
M Moniak (L) CF
Z Neto (R) SS

Patrick Sandoval LHP
(1-4, 6.33 ERA, 28 SO)

Umpires:
Home Plate - Chad Whitson
First Base - Paul Clemons
Second Base - Malachi Moore
Third Base - Doug Eddings

TV: NBC Sports Philadelphia

[Christopher]

KYLE SCHWARBER IN LEFT FIELD ALERT!

[Christopher]

Wheeler pitching well, but he's really struggled to be efficient with pitches this year. We'll only get 5 innings out of him today.

[Lipschitz]

Some heavy lifting ahead for the bullpen.

[Christopher]

So many strikeouts. These guys are tired and thinking about their flight home

[Lipschitz]

Kerkering was gifted at least a couple strikes this inning.

[Christopher]

1 3 0 0 0 0 is not a reliever line you see too often (Alvarado)

[Lipschitz]

a very, very fortunate win

[Christopher]

Offense-wise, that has to be the ugliest win of the season.

They struck out 18 times, which is abominable.

That said, it's a win.

I'm happiest for Wheeler, who is now 3-3 and has pitched well enough to have 6 or 7 wins. I hope he's dueling Saurez and Nola for the Cy Young Award all season long.

[Christopher]

Ultimately, you can have two things on getaway day on a West Coast trip:

-- an ugly win
-- an ugly loss

The first is obviously better, if you're trying to win the division.

Offense owes the pitchers a couple blowout wins.