What is the story about?
Well,
last night was certainly one of the weirdest Phillies wins of the season. It appeared at times as though both teams were actively trying to lose through the first six innings. But then as it so often happens, Kyle Schwarber put things on the right track with a monumental home run, this time a rally-capping grand slam.
It can’t possibly be weirder today. After all, the Phillies always play perfectly normal mid-week afternoon baseball games.
On to the links.
Phillies news:
- Recent baserunning mistakes have once again brought a weakness of the Phillies to the forefront: losing on the margins. ($)
- The Inquirer has created a handy one stop shop for all your Phillies postseason race needs, including updated magic numbers. ($)
- It’s time to end Orion Kerkering’s high leverage innings.
MLB news:
- Aaron Judge may have just returned from injury, but he’s already frustrated with the Yankees plan of easing him back into action.
- Speaking of the Yankees, they placed Jazz Chisholm Jr. on the injured list yesterday with a sprained thumb.
- Denzel Ward of the Cleveland Browns has joined Travis Kelce as a minority investor in the Cleveland Guardians. ($)
- Hope is slipping in for Angels fans after the news of Arte Moreno finally selling the team. But it likely won’t last.($)
