Phillies' 2023 NL Playoffs WC Game #1: 10/03/23 Marlins(0-0) @ Phillies(0-0) - 8:08pm

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

Marlins
Arraez 2B
Soler DH
Bell 1B
Chisholm Jr. CF
Burger 3B
De La Cruz LF
Sanchez RF
Berti SS
Fortes C

Starting Pitchers:
Phillies - Wheeler
Marlins - Luzardo

Umpires:
Home Plate - Stu Scheurwater
First Base - Doug Eddings
Second Base - James Hoye
Third Base - Marvin Hudson
Left Field - Jordan Baker
Right Field - Edwin Moscoso

TV: ESPN

[Christopher]

Wild Card Roster, no Lorenzen

Pitchers (12)
Alvarado
Dominguez
Hoffman
Kerkering
Kimbrel
Nola
Sanchez
Soto
Strahm
Suarez
Walker
Wheeler

Catchers (2)
Realmuto
Stubbs

Infielders (6)
Bohm
Harper
Sosa
Stott
Turner
Wilson

Outfielders (6)
Castellanos
Cave
Marsh
Pache
Rojas
Schwarber

[Christopher]

Roster features a guy with 22 career plate appearances & a guy with 3 career IP

[sentinelhyder]

if kerkering or cave are in, guessing the game is out of hand either way

which would be the same for lorenzen. wasnt the same after the no hitter

[Christopher]

if kerkering or cave are in, guessing the game is out of hand either way

which would be the same for lorenzen. wasnt the same after the no hitter

I wouldn't put Kerkering in that boat. He's nasty, and the Marlins haven't seen him. I see Thomson using him for medium-leverage moments earlier in games, and if he does well he could graduate to bigger spots -- especially if they lose faith in Dominguez.

[Christopher]

Shouldn't be necessary with Wheeler, but you can get through 7 innings with Kerkering-Dominguez-Sanchez-Kimbrel-Strahm-Hoffman-Alvarado, as the matchups warrant. Or reduce that to a 4- or 5-inning need, all decisions predicated on what part of the order is up

[Captain Obvious]

Shouldn't be necessary with Wheeler, but you can get through 7 innings with Kerkering-Dominguez-Sanchez-Kimbrel-Strahm-Hoffman-Alvarado, as the matchups warrant. Or reduce that to a 4- or 5-inning need, all decisions predicated on what part of the order is up

Hopefully not necessary the entire series, or entire playoff run.

[Christopher]

Shouldn't be necessary with Wheeler, but you can get through 7 innings with Kerkering-Dominguez-Sanchez-Kimbrel-Strahm-Hoffman-Alvarado, as the matchups warrant. Or reduce that to a 4- or 5-inning need, all decisions predicated on what part of the order is up

Hopefully not necessary the entire series, or entire playoff run.

With off days and adrenaline, it could be feasible in more games than you might think.
Far more so than Philadelphia, this will be the Dodgers' strategy in the postseason.

[sentinelhyder]

Marsh out, Pache in LF is something

[Christopher]

First questionable move by Thomson

I would have been OK with using Marsh, who's had playoff success and generally hits both righties and lefties OK.
I would have been OK with Wes Wilson there

Pache does have that .924 OPS vs. lefties this year, so maybe that's Thomson's thought.

They can also basically "bullpen game" left field: Start Pache, bring in Marsh when a righty reliever enters, and then bring in Wilson when the many lefty relievers enter.