| Philadelphia Phillies | 2 |
| New York Mets | 1 |
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| 2014 Bowman Draft #DP19 |
Citi Field - Flushing, NY
46-36, 2nd Place, 4 games behind the Braves
46-36, 2nd Place, 4 games behind the Braves
One Sentence Summary: Defense (Derek Hill), offense (Bryce Harper) and pitching (Zack Wheeler) all came together for the Phillies in this 2-1 win over the Mets.
What It Means: They'll try to go for the series win Saturday afternoon. The Phils have hit their high water mark, so far, for the season, at 10 games above .500. As a reminder, they were 9-19 on April 26th, leading to the dismissal of Rob Thomson.
What Happened: Wheeler improved to 8-1, going seven strong innings and allowing a run on four hits while striking out five. Orion Kerkering and Jhoan Duran, on the way to his 20th save, shut down the Mets over the final two innings. Three straight hits from the Phillies to open the game led to their first run. Trea Turner doubled, went to third on Kyle Schwarber's single, and scored on Harper's single. Harper went 3 for 4 in this game. In the bottom of the first, Derek Hill ran and leapt over the center field wall, amazingly bringing back what would have been a two-run home run off the bat of Juan Soto. In the seventh, Hill singled to lead off the inning and would eventually come home on a Trea Turner RBI single to left.
Featured Card: I was bummed Hill didn't receive a Topps Now card for his amazing catch, and I set out to create a Chachi Now card but couldn't find a good enough high resolution image to use. My guess is that Topps decided against a card since there wasn't a Getty Images photo of it available. So instead, here's another card from Hill's past, this one from the 2014 Bowman Draft set.
What It Means: They'll try to go for the series win Saturday afternoon. The Phils have hit their high water mark, so far, for the season, at 10 games above .500. As a reminder, they were 9-19 on April 26th, leading to the dismissal of Rob Thomson.
What Happened: Wheeler improved to 8-1, going seven strong innings and allowing a run on four hits while striking out five. Orion Kerkering and Jhoan Duran, on the way to his 20th save, shut down the Mets over the final two innings. Three straight hits from the Phillies to open the game led to their first run. Trea Turner doubled, went to third on Kyle Schwarber's single, and scored on Harper's single. Harper went 3 for 4 in this game. In the bottom of the first, Derek Hill ran and leapt over the center field wall, amazingly bringing back what would have been a two-run home run off the bat of Juan Soto. In the seventh, Hill singled to lead off the inning and would eventually come home on a Trea Turner RBI single to left.
Featured Card: I was bummed Hill didn't receive a Topps Now card for his amazing catch, and I set out to create a Chachi Now card but couldn't find a good enough high resolution image to use. My guess is that Topps decided against a card since there wasn't a Getty Images photo of it available. So instead, here's another card from Hill's past, this one from the 2014 Bowman Draft set.
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