Phillies' 2023 NL Playoffs NLCS Game #1: 10/16/23 Diamondbacks(84-78) @ Phillies(90-72) - 8:07pm

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Diamondbacks(84-78) @ Phillies(90-72)
NLCS Game 1 Preview

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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

Diamondbacks
Carroll RF
Marte 2B
Pham DH
Walker 1B
Moreno C
Gurriel LF
Thomas CF
Longoria 3B
Perdomo SS

Starting Pitchers:
Diamondbacks - Gallen
Phillies - Wheeler

Umpires:
Home Plate - Andy Fletcher
First Base - Dan Iassogna
Second Base - Mike Muchlinski
Third Base - Lance Barksdale
Left Field - Tripp Gibson
Right Field - Adam Hamari

TV: TBS

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Batting Leaders
Home Runs
C. Walker 33HR.258AVG103RBI
K. Schwarber 47HR.197AVG104RBI
Batting Average
C. Carroll .285AVG.362OBP.506SLG
B. Harper .293AVG.401OBP.499SLG
Runs Batted In
C. Walker 103RBI33HR.258AVG
N. Castellanos 106RBI29HR.272AVG

Pitching Leaders
Earned Run Average
M. Kelly 3.29ERA12W187K
Z. Wheeler 3.61ERA13W212K
Wins
Z. Gallen 17W3.47ERA220K
T. Walker 15W4.38ERA138K
Strikeouts
Z. Gallen 220K17W3.47ERA
Z. Wheeler 212K13W3.61ERA

Injury Report
Arizona Diamondbacks
Gabriel Moreno C Day-To-Day Oct 12

Philadelphia Phillies
No injured players

Team Stats:

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[Christopher]

Home-field advantage in the NLCS. Wild.

[Christopher]

Level of confidence moving forward is inversely proportional to how many batters our relievers walk.

If we get Game 1 NLDS bullpen, optimism is high
If we get Game 4 NLDS bullpen, the tightrope act will not last.

[Christopher]

Some longshot chatter that we might see Hoskins on the NLCS roster.
Could basically be in place of Cave, who will never play.

With Marsh/Rojas/Pache as the three-man rotation for two outfield spots, you could have Hoskins pinch-hit for one of them, and have the outfielder who didn't start come off the bench to replace Hoskins

[FolesMVP09]

Some longshot chatter that we might see Hoskins on the NLCS roster.
Could basically be in place of Cave, who will never play.

With Marsh/Rojas/Pache as the three-man rotation for two outfield spots, you could have Hoskins pinch-hit for one of them, and have the outfielder who didn't start come off the bench to replace Hoskins

Need Rhys to have his "Kirk Gibson" moment

[Christopher]

The Phillies are favored in this series.
The Phillies should be favored in this series.

None of that means Michael Jack Sh--t.

The Diamondbacks have a great team, are playing with more confidence & less fear than either the Marlins or Braves, and have no idea they're supposed to lose this series. They're playing with house money and are a team with zero to lose.

Arizona could totally kick the Phillies' asses.

This will be a very tough series, and the Phillies will have to play their best baseball of the year to go to the World Series.

[FolesMVP09]

Agree with everything you said Chris

I think that this series is a coinflip - either Dbacks in 6 or Phils in 7

[Christopher]

No Hoskins.

Exact same roster as the NLDS

[jrollin24]

This Dbacks team has an 07 Rockies feel to it.