| Philadelphia Phillies | 2 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 |
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| 2022 Topps Heritage 1973 Topps Candy Lids #HN12 |
Tuesday Afternoon, March 18
LECOM Park - Bradenton, FL
Record - 10-11-2
One Sentence Summary: Nick Castellanos hit a home run and Crisotpher Sanchez pitched five scoreless innings, but the Phillies' bullpen faltered late in this 3-2 loss to the Pirates.
What It Means: This game had a typical spring road game line-up, and definitely not the usual back-end of the bullpen relievers closing it out.
What Happened: Spring training statistics mean nothing, but Castellanos has to feel good after his two hit day, which raised his spring average to .167. He hit a solo home run in the first and added an RBI-single int he sixth to score Carson DeMartini. Sanchez allowed four hits and struck out a pair in his outing, with Jose Alvarado and Orion Kerkering shutting down the Pirates for 2 1/3 innings. Kerkering struck out three. The bullpen duo of Devin Sweet and Josh Hejka gave up the 2-0 lead in the ninth. Sweet gave up a single, double and two straight sacrifice flies to allow the Pirates to tie the game. Hejka then allowed a walk-off home run to Javier Rivas to give the Pirates the win.
Featured Card: Here's an oddball insert card of Castellanos I recently added, from the 2022 Topps Heritage set. I'm hoping for big things from the slugger this season.
What It Means: This game had a typical spring road game line-up, and definitely not the usual back-end of the bullpen relievers closing it out.
What Happened: Spring training statistics mean nothing, but Castellanos has to feel good after his two hit day, which raised his spring average to .167. He hit a solo home run in the first and added an RBI-single int he sixth to score Carson DeMartini. Sanchez allowed four hits and struck out a pair in his outing, with Jose Alvarado and Orion Kerkering shutting down the Pirates for 2 1/3 innings. Kerkering struck out three. The bullpen duo of Devin Sweet and Josh Hejka gave up the 2-0 lead in the ninth. Sweet gave up a single, double and two straight sacrifice flies to allow the Pirates to tie the game. Hejka then allowed a walk-off home run to Javier Rivas to give the Pirates the win.
Featured Card: Here's an oddball insert card of Castellanos I recently added, from the 2022 Topps Heritage set. I'm hoping for big things from the slugger this season.
Camp Head Count: 41
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