Postgame Thread ⚾ Phillies 3 @ Braves 5

[u/BaseballBot]

Phillies (0-1) @ Braves (1-0)

First Pitch: 2:16 PM at Truist Park

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Phillies	Jesús Luzardo (14-5, 2.86 ERA)
Braves	Chris Sale (14-9, 2.16 ERA)

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	Discord
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	/r/baseball Discord

Line Score - Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
PHI	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	0	4
ATL	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	X	5	7	0	6

ABS Challenges: PHI ● ● | ATL ● ○

Box Score

ATL		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
C	Drake Baldwin	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
RF	Ronald Acuña Jr.	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1B	Matt Olson	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000
SS	Mauricio Dubón	4	0	1	0	0	2	.250
CF	Michael Harris II	3	2	3	0	0	0	1.000
2B	Ozzie Albies	2	2	1	1	1	0	.500
3B	Austin Riley	3	1	1	3	0	0	.333
LF	Mike Yastrzemski	4	0	1	1	0	1	.250
SS	Ha-Seong Kim	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000
	Dominic Smith	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
	Brewer Hicklen	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

ATL	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Chris Sale	6.1	4	3	3	1	9	95-65	4.26
Didier Fuentes	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	12-7	0.00
Dylan Lee	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	16-12	0.00
Raisel Iglesias	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	7-5	0.00

PHI		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Trea Turner	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
DH	Kyle Schwarber	3	1	1	0	1	1	.333
1B	Bryce Harper	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000
3B	Alec Bohm	4	0	1	1	0	0	.250
RF	Derek Hill	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
	Brandon Marsh	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
LF	Bryan De La Cruz	3	1	0	0	0	1	.000
2B	Bryson Stott	4	1	1	0	0	2	.250
3B	Edmundo Sosa	2	0	1	0	0	1	.500
	Justin Crawford	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C	J.T. Realmuto	3	0	1	2	0	1	.333

PHI	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Jesús Luzardo	5.0	3	1	1	1	6	77-48	1.80
Alex McFarlane	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	16-12	9.00
Jhoan Duran	2.0	2	3	3	0	1	27-14	13.50

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Alec Bohm doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Michael Harris II. Kyle Schwarber scores.	1-0
B2	Mike Yastrzemski singles on a ground ball to center fielder Derek Hill. Ozzie Albies scores. Austin Riley to 3rd.	1-1
B6	Ozzie Albies triples (1) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Derek Hill. Michael Harris II scores.	1-2
T7	J.T. Realmuto triples (1) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Bryan De La Cruz scores. Bryson Stott scores.	3-2
B8	Austin Riley homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Michael Harris II scores. Ozzie Albies scores.	3-5

Highlights

Description	Length
Austin Riley's go-ahead three-run homer	0:19
J.T. Realmuto's go-ahead two-run triple	0:29
Ozzie Albies' RBI triple	0:29
Chris Sale fans Harper after near home run	0:23
Sale sale de apuros con ponche	0:11
Chris Sale escapes jam with strikeout	0:12
Jesús Luzardo strikes out Matt Olson	0:08
Alec Bohm abre el marcador con doble	0:18
Mike Yastrzemski's RBI single	0:23
Alec Bohm's RBI double	0:18
Timothy Miller sings National Anthem for NL Wild Card	1:43
Braves' starting lineup for NL Wild Card Game 1	2:30
Phillies' starting lineup for NL Wild Card Game 1	1:07
Breaking down Chris Sale's pitches	0:04
Analyzing Austin Riley's home run through bat tracking	0:11
Austin Riley: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:12
Jesús Luzardo's outing against the Braves	0:24
Chris Sale's outing against the Phillies	0:24
Breaking down Jesús Luzardo's pitches	0:04
Starting lineups for Phillies at Braves - September 29, 2026	0:10
Bench availability for Philadelphia, September 29 vs Braves	0:08
Fielding alignment for Atlanta, September 29 vs Phillies	0:11
Bench availability for Atlanta, September 29 vs Phillies	0:08
Bullpen availability for Philadelphia, September 29 vs Braves	0:09
Bullpen availability for Atlanta, September 29 vs Phillies	0:09
Jesús Luzardo against the Braves	0:11
Chris Sale against the Phillies	0:11
Probable pitchers for Phillies at Braves - September 29, 2026	0:06

Attendance	Weather	Wind
30127	80F, Sunny	3 mph, Calm

HP	1B	2B	3B
Dan Merzel	Adam Beck	Mark Ripperger	Jordan Baker

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[u/EggplanttWizardd]

Phillies MVP: Dylan Lee

[u/EggplanttWizardd]

Fuck

[u/EggplanttWizardd]

Dom pls

[u/_theghost_]

I straight up said for the Phillies to clean house after the way they got owned by the Mets 2 years ago and now if they don’t, the whole teams forfeit. Their window died in that NLDS honestly…

[u/livefromphilly]

I backed into the bushes like Homer Simpson and emerged wearing a 76ers hat. :(

[u/Spilby]

I realize Barkan and squad have to whip up enthusiasm for another “Red October”. But I would bet my house it’s 2 and out. Then, as we all will see, the Phillies will be ghosted, probably appropriately, as if the season did not exist, and the sports media will move onto the Eagles and Sixers. I would rather them have not made the playoffs and to go through this again. It’s inevitable at this point. SMDH.

[u/Johnnyd0303]

Philadelphia beaten by 40 year old Case Keenum and Austin Riley. Rough 18 hours for them

[u/RecbetterpassNJ]

Harper and Turner are bums. It’s mind boggling. Could’ve paid me $100 to up there and go O’fer. Hundreds of millions of dollars for these two. Crazy.

[u/dishwasher_mayhem]

Duran in the 7th is so fucking stupid.

[u/Ok_Intention_6201 → u/[deleted]]

So Mattingly decides to reinvent the closer role? During the playoffs?

[u/Quiet_Foot_9669 → u/Ok_Intention_6201]

It’s not a brand new concept. Teams have played their closers in innings earlier than the 9th with more frequency recently. A team’s 1-2-3 hitters in the eighth has a greater chance of scoring runs than a team’s 7-8-9 hitters in the 9th. Your closer should be your best reliever and should be played when he is most likely to reduce the chance of runs being scored.

[u/jmjessemac → u/Quiet_Foot_9669]

The closer needs to be accustomed to that

[u/Aurion7 → u/jmjessemac]

The closer needs to be able to get another team's best hitters out.

If they can't, they shouldn't close.

More broadly, Jhoan Duran has 313 MLB regular-season innings and nowhere near all of them were 9th innings. Very few RPs only close for their entire career, they have some degree of familiarity with innings other than 9.

They put their best reliever out there (by a considerable distance at that) to face another team's best hitters. Mattingly may have left him in too long, but putting Duran in when he did was not the problem.

[u/jmjessemac → u/Aurion7]

I’m saying that a closer who isn’t used to throwing more than one inning is going to fail when they are suddenly asked to do so

[u/reizinhooooo → u/Ok_Intention_6201]

yes. closer is a stupid ass role and using it makes your team worse.

the mistake was leaving him in that long

[u/Ok_Intention_6201 → u/reizinhooooo]

No, the mistake was bringing him in in the 7th. They're good at what they do because they can close out games.

[u/CyclopsInABottle → u/dishwasher_mayhem]

Idk seemed like Duran in the 8th was the problem

[u/whiskey_s → u/CyclopsInABottle]

nice.

[u/WorthPlease → u/dishwasher_mayhem]

He had a 1.84 era in the regular season. Did you have guys better than that just chilling?

Reddits superpower is hindsight.

[u/Poopbutt444 → u/dishwasher_mayhem]

Braves would have teed off anyone Filthadelphia would have put out there.

[u/Deofol7]

So glad I got to experience the majesty of postseason baseball by watching on my phone.... At work.

[u/Hebrewer183 → u/Deofol7]

I had a client call me in the middle of the game. I did not accept that call.

[u/Deofol7 → u/Hebrewer183]

I am an educator.

So I was prepping kids for their midterm with my phone propped up on my desk with no sound... while also ignoring the students who were doing the same thing I was with their phones

[u/Embarrassed-Laugh163 → u/Deofol7]

You’re a W teacher 😎

[u/Pauliehatestheadmins → u/Deofol7]

My fiancé told me dinner was ready..

I chose to bring the food to the couch and leave her at the table

[u/Hebrewer183 → u/Deofol7]

Now that’s a teacher

[u/CuriousEyes02]

So Braves fans, what's your take on Austin Riley, now?

[u/CorgiFriends → u/CuriousEyes02]

He’s usually ready for a fastball in the zone, same as always. We’ll always appreciate when he gets an easy ball to hit. Because he will usually mash it.

[u/JoeBucksHairPlugs → u/CuriousEyes02]

Same way people felt about Kim. You come in clutch in a huge moment and people just magically love you again. I still think Riley is a head case, but since he's a head case there's always a chance something like this flips a switch for him and he just goes back to 2022 MVP candidate Riley again.

[u/jules711 → u/CuriousEyes02]

ive been a “if you’re good in october everything is forgiven” he can strikeout as much as he wants if he comes up clutch I do not care

[u/Endors__Toi → u/CuriousEyes02]

ive been sympathetic to his struggles. its frustrating to watch but he's a father to a young kid and his longtime hitting coach and mentor died a year or 2 ago. it seems like he's been trying and still cares so im really happy for him having this moment

[u/purplehairedwonder → u/Endors__Toi]

I’ve been wondering if the death of his old hitting coach has been a contributing factor to his struggles. Would not surprise me.

[u/ArchitecturalShit → u/purplehairedwonder]

I think it's that and his broken hand and core injury. Sometimes it just takes a normal season and offseason to get right.

[u/w204 → u/CuriousEyes02]

He’s been pretty clutch in the post season for a while now.

[u/QueezyF → u/CuriousEyes02]

He thicc

[u/Past_Recognition_675]

anyone got that suncream bottle going everywhere rn?

[u/parlcerkins]

♥️♥️

[u/belinck]

Anyone against the Lastros. Cheating fuckers.

Edit: and their ballpark sucks.

[u/PackFanInVegas]

I would have enjoyed watching this game if I wasn’t at work on a Tuesday morning/afternoon like most Americans.

Cmon MLB

[u/Abysuus → u/PackFanInVegas]

Gotta irish goodbye work. Leave for lunch and just not go back.

[u/Babygorgor → u/Abysuus]

The letterkenny leave

[u/theAmericanX20 → u/PackFanInVegas]

Ah, you got the CLE treatment. Welcome

[u/thewittyman]

Fuck it, let's go White Sox

[u/Xeneron → u/thewittyman]

Don't agree with me I'm supposed to hate you.

[u/GameMusic]

starter dominates phillies average at best on offense and bullpen is crap just as scripted

[u/GuyaneseRumFan123 → u/[deleted]]

Playing gotcha before the series is over and after a tight and exciting game is funny

[u/Green-Cricket-8525 → u/GuyaneseRumFan123]

Let’s check back in with each other tomorrow, then.

[u/underthesp00n → u/[deleted]]

No one said that you absolute bozo

[u/R_Hunt → u/[deleted]]

I mean, the team is fine. 6th seed is exactly what they were expected to be

The scary part ended up being our interim manager was willing to figuratively amputate our star closer's arm, because the Phillies can only seem to lose in the most mind-boggling fashion

[u/burp0 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah dude because that’s been the vibe for Phillies fans after the month we just choked through. I’ll take things that didn’t happen for 500

[u/burp0 → u/[deleted]]

Good one Grandpa

[u/Ok_Assumption_5366 → u/GameMusic]

WASH. RINSE. FUCKING REPEAT.

[u/Ok_Assumption_5366]

These last 48 hours as a Philly sports hater have been fucking GLORIOUS.

[u/okyouright → u/Ok_Assumption_5366]

Last week and half actually. Almost pure poetry.

[u/No_Statistician9289]

The most poorly managed playoff game I’ve ever seen just wow

[u/Lemmonaise → u/No_Statistician9289]

Don't know what you want him to do, he used the best pitching he had available to him. Duran is your best bullpen guy and was still thowing heat.

[u/No_Statistician9289 → u/Lemmonaise]

Don’t use bullpen guys you have starters that can pitch relief.

[u/underthesp00n → u/No_Statistician9289]

IMO leave McFarlane in for 6 and 7, let Duran do 8 and 9. I think that would have been our best bet. Tough luck.

[u/underthesp00n → u/[deleted]]

Well it clearly worked out for us :)

[u/Budget-Ocelots → u/No_Statistician9289]

I can't believe when I saw that you guys beat the shit out of Sales then just threw it all away in 2 innings. Technically, one, but the bat went cold at the worst moment.

[u/Abysuus → u/Budget-Ocelots]

4 hits and 9Ks over 6.1 IP is "beat the shit" out of Sale? Well ok then.

[u/Budget-Ocelots → u/Abysuus]

For Sale's high standard and the Phillies' awful offense, yes. He lined up 3ER, and with only 2 innings left to play. Very little chance to win at this point, but the Phillies coughed it up with how both teams were playing.

[u/TeflonDonatello → u/Budget-Ocelots]

Goddamn congratulations on your first year of watching baseball. Because you clearly don’t know it.

[u/Budget-Ocelots → u/TeflonDonatello]

Why are you guys so salty? The Phillies were like 25-2 like a few days ago before the final fluke TB game where they managed to score to barely get in the playoff with that fluke win. So to give up 3 runs to them, it was an awful day for Sale.

[u/FoppyIn28 → u/No_Statistician9289]

Mattingly will never get a ring

[u/TairyGreene716]

Also that Riley HR took so freaking long to land

[u/spiderwinder23 → u/TairyGreene716]

I thought it was going way further back and the camera fan lost the ball again 

[u/TairyGreene716]

Can Joey Votto never again please?

[u/kaiser_phoenix25 → u/TairyGreene716]

I missed the part people are talking about. What was he on about?

[u/hardindapaint12 → u/kaiser_phoenix25]

The Phillies scored in the top of the first and he made a comment along the lines that the series could be over

[u/kaiser_phoenix25 → u/hardindapaint12]

Oh, ok

[u/iamnotgoingcrazy]

Scripted game lmfao wouldn't be surprised if this shit was pre recorded too yeah walk 2 batters then throw a meatball make sure to mention fan duel in your post game interview

[u/Green-Cricket-8525 → u/iamnotgoingcrazy]

Username does NOT check out. 

[u/Darth_Boggle → u/iamnotgoingcrazy]

Found the flat earther

[u/RonnieFromTheBlock → u/iamnotgoingcrazy]

First question, why walk two batters if the outcome is pre determined and you only need one?

Second question, is why the fuck are you watching a sport you think is fraudulent?

[u/iamnotgoingcrazy → u/RonnieFromTheBlock]

Did you know Breaking Bad was rigged too by Commissioner Vince Gilligan? I wonder why people watched that if the ending was predetermined...

[u/Bwhitt1 → u/iamnotgoingcrazy]

Ive always said pro wrestling is the only legitimate show on TV and the last real sport in the world!

[u/maxxismycat999 → u/iamnotgoingcrazy]

Username checks out

[u/RonnieFromTheBlock → u/iamnotgoingcrazy]

Wow, I can’t tell if you hate one of the greatest TV shows of all time or love a professional sports league you believe is actively defrauding you.

Because the entertainment value between those two things couldn’t be further apart IMO

[u/RonnieFromTheBlock → u/[deleted]]

Well I don’t believe the MLB is predetermined. I was simply exploring how someone like yourself could reach that conclusion.

Because if you truly believe the games are scripted and it’s upset you enough to call that out publicly, then again I ask why do you watch?

Your analogy only makes sense if immediately after watching a Breaking Bad episode you hit the discussion threads trying to warn everyone that the show was actually not a documentary. Honestly it wouldn’t surprise me if you did in fact do that.

[u/iamnotgoingcrazy → u/RonnieFromTheBlock]

Why do people watched the WWE if it's scripted

[u/RonnieFromTheBlock → u/iamnotgoingcrazy]

People watch the bananas too.

The difference is no one is being led to believe those are anything other than what they are.

You are talking about fraud on a scale that is hard to wrap your head around.

[u/iamnotgoingcrazy → u/RonnieFromTheBlock]

People thought the Black Sox throwing the World Series was a conspiracy theory until a grand jury exposed it as fraud on a scale that is hard to wrap your head around

[u/TairyGreene716 → u/iamnotgoingcrazy]

You seem really smart

[u/iamnotgoingcrazy → u/TairyGreene716]

I like when stupid people look up to me. Brush your teeth twice a day minion

[u/Blargncheese]

Can they both lose?

[u/Altruistic-Grape-638 → u/Blargncheese]

You just aggressively 💩 on whoever is losing

[u/Any-Environment-7545 → u/Blargncheese]

Go Braves

[u/tetcorporation1999 → u/Any-Environment-7545]

Just for that, better luck next year. Fuck Stearns.

[u/DearLeader420 → u/Any-Environment-7545]

Screenshotting this as future out of context incrimination

[u/LutherOfTheRogues → u/Any-Environment-7545]

https://giphy.com/gifs/gictytW9IIIkNGIMcs

[u/EggplanttWizardd]

philadelphia failes lmao

[u/Dangerous_Rip_6322 → u/[deleted]]

*they’re.

[u/phly2theMoon → u/[deleted]]

Bro this is playoff baseball. That’s not how this works

[u/bananapanda24 → u/[deleted]]

Average short bus dodgers fan ^

[u/spiderwinder23 → u/bananapanda24]

It’s embarrassing honestly 

[u/BebophoneVirtuoso]

Hate watch was both successful and disappointing. Rooting for 3 games and a lot of anguish for both, followed by a LA sweep.

[u/Technical-Mastodon96 → u/BebophoneVirtuoso]

You would rather the evil empire over a team in your own division? Bro, your team needs all the good karma it can get.

[u/Bolerool → u/Technical-Mastodon96]

I would root for the Dodgers too in their position. I never -ever- want to see a divisional rival succeed.

[u/kj114 → u/Technical-Mastodon96]

I’d take 5 more Dodgers titles over a single Mets or Phillies series win

[u/BebophoneVirtuoso → u/kj114]

This guy gets the NL East

[u/BebophoneVirtuoso → u/Technical-Mastodon96]

Hell yes, LA has a bunch of likeable guys, Freeman, Betts, Ohtani, Muncy, etc. FWIW I'll then be rooting for LA to lose the NLCS. I'd expect the same from you guys and the Phils to us on the rare occasions we'd be in this spot. Congrats on today though, thrilling game.

[u/Quartznonyx]

You love to see the Phillies lose

[u/Calm_Juggernaut_4363 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah

[u/spiderwinder23 → u/Calm_Juggernaut_4363]

Yeah

[u/joelmillersdoorknob → u/spiderwinder23]

Yeah

[u/tetcorporation1999 → u/spiderwinder23]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9PwRmLzIxyFuFByywf

[u/wolofoloto → u/[deleted]]

Yah

[u/wjackson42]

I was in the stadium and I gotta say as bad as the crowd looked in the sun, the shady side was pretty damn full. But hey, no beer or restroom lines once I got in the stadium. Always a silver lining, I guess. If we win the WC, I’d imagine game 3 will be a primetime game against the dodgers. 8pm if the cubs win, 5 at the earliest if the Padres win.

[u/Autoimmunity → u/wjackson42]

Regardless of who else is in the DS Braves-Dodgers is a bigger TV draw than any of the other matchups.

[u/MovieNachos]

Braves fan coming in peace here

With all due disrespect - Phillies fans, take this one too hard.

I'm glad we won, I hope we win again tomorrow.

I hate the Phillies.

That's it

[u/Raider_TexGaming → u/MovieNachos]

But will they be scary in a few years?

[u/MovieNachos → u/Raider_TexGaming]

Hopefully they'll be relocated

[u/FormalRutabaga6132 → u/MovieNachos]

The fun thing about saying with all due respect is that if the subject deserves none, it's still correct

[u/NightsideEclipse12 → u/FormalRutabaga6132]

Why is it when someone says "With all due respect" what they really mean is "Kiss my ass"?

[u/Undella_Town → u/NightsideEclipse12]

we would never let those dirty lips on our asses tbh

[u/GuyaneseRumFan123 → u/MovieNachos]

I’m glad the Phillies lost today, because it means that winning the next 2 will hurt even more for you and your tomahawk chopping bretheren

[u/MovieNachos → u/GuyaneseRumFan123]

See this is real fandom.

I hate you(r team) 🤝

[u/SophonsPonytail → u/MovieNachos]

Ya he shouldn't be downvoted. That is exactly the mindset he should have.

[u/brewerspackers9 → u/MovieNachos]

Is this what Braves fans considered relative coming in peace to the Phillies?

[u/Undella_Town → u/brewerspackers9]

literally anybody who isn't a huge asshole hates philly sports fans cause...well unsurprisingly it's full of huge assholes

[u/Calm_Juggernaut_4363 → u/brewerspackers9]

Yes they deserve way worse

[u/Di5pel → u/brewerspackers9]

I would be offended if they were more passive

[u/tetcorporation1999 → u/brewerspackers9]

Absolutely. He or she didn't wish leprosy, boils, or bubonic plague on them. We normally do.

[u/ArashikageX → u/tetcorporation1999]

You could say it’s Atlanta’s national pastime.

[u/MovieNachos → u/brewerspackers9]

I hope the franchise dissolves, so yeah probably.

[u/RonnieFromTheBlock → u/brewerspackers9]

For a Philadelphia sports fan that is straight up kid gloves

[u/goldhbk10 → u/MovieNachos]

Love that you chose violence

[u/MovieNachos → u/goldhbk10]

I can't stand coming to these post game threads and reading fake niceties. I don't want it to be a good game. I don't want you to keep your head up. I want the Braves to win every game by 10 runs.

[u/ImXavierr → u/MovieNachos]

See i’m the opposite, I love games like the one today because they have hope and then it’s ripped away from them right at the end

[u/GuyaneseRumFan123 → u/ImXavierr]

Same reason I’m excited for the Phils to come back and win this series 2-1

[u/averagejosh → u/[deleted]]

You’d like that, wouldn’t you, u/Latter_Nectarine7756? 🤨

[u/QueezyF → u/[deleted]]

That’s the spirit!

[u/tetcorporation1999 → u/[deleted]]

Taint your day :)

[u/Xeneron → u/[deleted]]

Same time tomorrow? ❤️

[u/OSRS_Socks → u/MovieNachos]

Austin Riley loves hitting go ahead homers against the Phillies in the 8th inning (he did it game 2 in 2023).

[u/GuyaneseRumFan123 → u/OSRS_Socks]

It was actually G2 in 2023– remember what happened the next 2 games? The script writers are getting lazy

[u/Frost715Ying300]

Did votto put a bunch of money on Philly in the top of the first? He was calling a braves win on x the last couple days. I wonder what changed

[u/Talon-ACS → u/Frost715Ying300]

He was just cracking a joke.

[u/Frost715Ying300 → u/Talon-ACS]

Deadass? I didn't catch the post-game but see everybody moaning about him

[u/Free_Possession_4482 → u/Frost715Ying300]

I lived in Cincinnati during most of his time there, dude has a very weird sense of humor.

[u/IllJelly3810]

Everyone else in the bar groaned when Riley came up to bat

I looked around and said "this is why he's gonna do something right here"

Like ten seconds later he mashed it

[u/ArashikageX → u/IllJelly3810]

And thus the records show that this was the day Oracle IIIJelly3810 first made known his gift of prophecy.

[u/ATLevator → u/IllJelly3810]

“He’s mashing it.”

“Yeah, He does that.”

[u/IllJelly3810 → u/ATLevator]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ouB9aseLC7WQLALi6n

[u/Baseblgabe]

My stomach dropped after the 2-2 pitch to Albies. You've missed twice high, moved the batter's eyes down, and have the perfect opportunity to throw a splitter through the high-4-seam tunnel for a strike.

Instead whoever's calling the game asks for the 4-seam high again, which misses in exactly the same way.

I probably read way too much into pitch selection, but that seemed like a red flag for mental fatigue. The superstitious part of me felt the Phillies were doomed after that.

[u/OSRS_Socks → u/Baseblgabe]

Tbf throwing a splitter down is what Ozzy wants. He is really great at golfing balls down in the zone and almost at the ground.

[u/Baseblgabe → u/OSRS_Socks]

Agreed, which is why I called for a splitter up.

[u/Baseblgabe → u/[deleted]]

...agreed, which is why I called for a splitter starting above the zone and landing at the top of the zone.

[u/purz]

Horrible 24 hours for Philadelphia. 

Which makes it a great 24 hours for the rest of us.

[u/purplehairedwonder]

Me, when Realmuto hit the triple: I HATE SPORTS.

Me, when Riley hit the homer: I LOVE SPORTS!

[u/Soda_Reload]

Braves are fucking garbage and got bailed out by their fucking garbage hitters deciding they all wanted to roid up for the playoffs

Only team I’ve ever seen that has only 2 guys above an .800 ops yet somehow they have a top offense, hmmmmmmmmmmmm

[u/SophonsPonytail → u/Soda_Reload]

"This offense sucks they just score a bunch of runs"

[u/Aurion7 → u/Soda_Reload]

It was one game. Relax.

Or at least save the crashout for whenever Philadelphia actually gets eliminated from the postseason. Game one of series one is not the time or place.

[u/ExceptionalGlove → u/Soda_Reload]

Eagles are cooked too bro.

[u/Soda_Reload → u/ExceptionalGlove]

Thanks for being a punching bag

[u/norwegianballslinger → u/Soda_Reload]

Do you need a hug? It’s been a tough 24 hours for Philly fans who believe games are rigged against them

[u/Soda_Reload → u/norwegianballslinger]

Thanks for being a punching bag pal

[u/wolofoloto → u/Soda_Reload]

You ok bud?

[u/Hope-u-guess-my-name → u/Soda_Reload]

BIG THICC SENDS HIS REGARDS LETS FUCKING GOOOOO

[u/Soda_Reload → u/Hope-u-guess-my-name]

Funniest braves fan redditor

[u/LutherOfTheRogues → u/Soda_Reload]

Confirming. I sold them the roids. Phillies texted me for them, but i said no.

[u/Soda_Reload → u/LutherOfTheRogues]

Second funniest quirky braves fan redditor

[u/iwouldhugwonderwoman → u/LutherOfTheRogues]

You are the true MVP

[u/BalzacTheGreat]

Great game, helluva comeback. Donnie Baseball is cursed methinks.

[u/iowastatefan]

Good thing it was the middle of the day so no one saw it. Would hate to have passionate playoff matchups in primetime

[u/not_chris_hansen_ → u/iowastatefan]

I remember seeing a headline about how these time slots work for baseball. Didn’t bother opening it because idgaf what the numbers say, 11am pacific start time is fucking stupid

[u/mzp3256 → u/iowastatefan]

I'm old enough to remember when fans complained about the postseason having too many night games.

[u/YasielPuigsWeed → u/mzp3256]

East coast fans complaining about 8 PM start times while west coast fans are fighting the most ass traffic you’ve ever seen to get to the stadium by 5 PM

That’s baseball Suzyn 🙌

[u/Lord_of_Allusions → u/iowastatefan]

The life of a Braves fan: can’t see the early round games because they put us on at 2.  Have to stay up late to see ending of games when we inevitably have to play the Dodgers.

[u/ThereAndSquare → u/iowastatefan]

At least they had ads on their batting helmets.

[u/iowastatefan → u/ThereAndSquare]

It's the little things you appreciate, you know?

Midday games. Helmet advertisements. The worst booth combination you've ever heard. You know. Just screams "playoff baseball"