Game 27 - Saturday Night, May 1st in Philadelphia
Record - 13-14, Tied for 1st Place, 1 game ahead of the Braves
One Sentence Summary: A missed fly ball and a missed umpire's call were the differences in this 5-4 loss to the Mets.
What It Means: The two teams face off in tonight's rubber match on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball.
What Happened: Zack Wheeler was in trouble early, allowing four runs in a long first inning, but then he settled back down and threw six scoreless innings. The big hit in the first for the Mets was a sharp line drive hit right to left fielder Andrew McCutchen that he never saw. The ball flew past McCutchen to the wall and Conforto had a two-run double. Down 4-0, the Phillies chipped away with a pair of runs in the second and a two-run, game-tying home run from Alec Bohm in the sixth.
With the score tied, Hector Neris allowed a go-ahead home run in the ninth to Conforto, ultimately giving the Mets the win.
Featured Card: The McCutchen miscue led to multiple runs in the first, and then an umpire's miscue involving McCutchen took the Phillies out of a potential rally in the seventh. McCutchen was called out for leaving the base paths on a hard ground ball hit by Matt Joyce. He clearly never left the base path, running in a perfectly straight line, but he was ruled out and Joyce was also out at first for an inning-ending double play. (Bryce Harper got tossed from the bench for letting the umpires know how he felt.)
This is the second Phillies card from the 70 Years of Topps insert set. The interesting thing about this card is the front features the 1955 Topps design, but the back is from the 1955 Bowman set. I can't help but wonder if Topps did this on purpose (unlikely) or completely by accident (probably).
Transactions: After only a day out, Didi Gregorius (ss) was activated from the Covid-related injured list and Mickey Moniak (of) was recalled. Roman Quinn (of) went on the Covid-related injured list and Rafael Marchan (c) was sent back down.
2021 Virtual Phillies Wall / 2021 Season Summary Index / 2021 Chachi Set Checklist
Transactions: After only a day out, Didi Gregorius (ss) was activated from the Covid-related injured list and Mickey Moniak (of) was recalled. Roman Quinn (of) went on the Covid-related injured list and Rafael Marchan (c) was sent back down.
2021 Virtual Phillies Wall / 2021 Season Summary Index / 2021 Chachi Set Checklist
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