Game 130 - Sunday Afternoon, August 29th in Philadelphia
Record - 66-64, 2nd Place, 4 1/2 games behind the Braves
One Sentence Summary: The bullpen made this a closer game than it needed to be, but the Phillies hung on to defeat the Diamondbacks, 7-4.
What It Means: The Phillies will open a three-game series in Washington on Monday night. The first place Braves will play three in Los Angeles. The Phillies have 32 games remaining while the Braves have 33. IF the Braves go 17-16 the rest of the way, the Phillies will need to go 22-10 to finish with one more win than them.
What Happened: Ranger Suarez turned in another solid performance, pitching 5 1/3 innings and allowing a run on five hits. Connor Brogdon and Archie Bradley struggled, allowing the Diamondbacks to pull to within a 5-4 score after eight innings. But the Phillies received back-to-back triples in the bottom of the eighth from Rafael Marchan and Travis Jankowski to add a few much needed insurance runs.
Jean Segura, Bryce Harper and Marchan all enjoyed multi-hit days. Freddy Galvis hit a sacrifice fly in the first and added a two-run single in the fifth to give the Phillies a seemingly comfortable 5-1 lead at the time.
Featured Card: Barring an unexpected development, for the second year in a row, there will be no team-issued Phillies photo card sets. This is very disappointing to other Phillies collectors and me, as these photo card sets have been produced every season going back to the mid-1950s. The Phillies began making complete sets available either via stadium giveaway or for purchase at The Vet in the mid-1980s, and prior to that most players received photo cards to use for autograph requests or for the team to simply hand out to fans. I've spent quite a bit of time cataloguing all these sets, with an index to be found here.
Featured Card: Barring an unexpected development, for the second year in a row, there will be no team-issued Phillies photo card sets. This is very disappointing to other Phillies collectors and me, as these photo card sets have been produced every season going back to the mid-1950s. The Phillies began making complete sets available either via stadium giveaway or for purchase at The Vet in the mid-1980s, and prior to that most players received photo cards to use for autograph requests or for the team to simply hand out to fans. I've spent quite a bit of time cataloguing all these sets, with an index to be found here.
The absence of the set last year made complete sense. With no fans in the stands, there was really no need to produce extra merchandise. I was hoping the photo card sets would return this year, especially when the ballpark returned to full capacity, but I imagine certain cost-cutting measures are still in place and the Phillies deemed the time and cost of producing a set to be greater than the benefit. This is a shame. But in an effort to fill the gaping holes in my annual Phillies baseball card binder, I took it upon myself to create a set of photo cards in 2020 and I just started work on this year's self-created set as well. I'm happy with my finished product, but I'll be even happier if the Phillies start producing these sets again in 2022.
Transaction: Didi Gregorius (ss) was placed on the paternity list and Nick Maton (inf) was recalled from Lehigh Valley.
2021 Virtual Phillies Wall / 2021 Season Summary Index / 2021 Chachi Set Checklist
Transaction: Didi Gregorius (ss) was placed on the paternity list and Nick Maton (inf) was recalled from Lehigh Valley.
2021 Virtual Phillies Wall / 2021 Season Summary Index / 2021 Chachi Set Checklist
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