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| 2021 Chachi #69 |
Marlins 5, Phillies 4
Game 162 - Sunday Afternoon, October 3rd in Miami
Record - 82-80, 2nd Place, 6 1/2 games behind the Braves
One Sentence Summary: The Phillies lost the final game of the season as several players appeared with the club for perhaps the final time.
What It Means: Celebrating my birthday, we watched the end of this game at my sister Carol's house and I was grateful to spend the the day with my family. The time spent with family was wonderful. The experience of watching the Phillies drop one last game of 2021, not so much.
What Happened: It was a bullpen game with Bailey Falter starting things off, and allowing three runs in his two innings of work. Hector Neris took the loss despite a history-making strikeout (see below). Freddy Galvis and Andrew McCutchen both homered. Bryce Harper doubled and recorded his 100th walk of the season. He joined an elite list of outfielders with 40 doubles, 35 home runs, 100 runs scored and 100 walks in a season: Babe Ruth, Stan Musial and Barry Bonds. Harper finished the season with the highest OPS in the majors (1.044).
Featured Card: Hector Neris, who enters free agency this offseason, recorded his 520th strikeout in the fifth inning, getting Jazz Chisolm to swing and miss on a ball in the dirt. The strikeout moved him past Ron Reed on the franchise's all-time strikeout list by relief pitchers.
Transactions: Before the game, it was announced that Joe Dillon (hitting coach) and Juan Castro (infield coach) would not have their contracts renewed. Pedro Guerrero (assistant hitting coach) is also essentially gone as the new hitting coach will have the ability to hire his own assistant. Because the Phillies didn't produce team-issued photo cards in either 2020 or 2021, Dillon and Castro have no baseball cards to mark their short time on the team's coaching staff. Guerrero appeared in all four team-issued photo card sets released in 2018 and 2019.
Memory Lane - Game 162
And just like that, my 13th year of chronicling the day-to-day activities of the Phillies, for better and for worse, is in the books. Honestly, this year was a grind at times as my other blogs (1956 Topps, 1965 Topps, 1934-36 Diamond Stars) proved to be a much more enjoyable daily respite than the 2021 Phillies did. Still, I have no plans of stopping this daily diversion and I remain hopeful the club will see postseason action in 2022. Thank you for reading, thank you for your comments and Go Phils!
And just like that, my 13th year of chronicling the day-to-day activities of the Phillies, for better and for worse, is in the books. Honestly, this year was a grind at times as my other blogs (1956 Topps, 1965 Topps, 1934-36 Diamond Stars) proved to be a much more enjoyable daily respite than the 2021 Phillies did. Still, I have no plans of stopping this daily diversion and I remain hopeful the club will see postseason action in 2022. Thank you for reading, thank you for your comments and Go Phils!
- October 4, 2009 - Catcher Paul Hoover singled in the winning run in the 10th in a 7-6 win over the Marlins.
- October 3, 2010 - The Phillies lost 8-7 to the Braves in their final tune-up before facing the Reds in the NLDS.
- September 28, 2011 - The Phillies closed out the 2011 regular season with a 13-inning victory against the Braves, setting a franchise record with their 102nd regular season win.
- October 3, 2012 - The Phillies closed out their 2012 season with a lethargic 5-1 loss to the N.L. East Champion Nationals.
- September 29, 2013 - Zach Miner got the ball for the Phillies and lasted 2 1/3 innings in a 12-5 loss to the Braves.
- September 28, 2014 - Cole Hamels pitched another fine game and suffered through another outing with minimal run support.
- October 4, 2015 - Phillies avoid 100 losses and Ichiro makes his pitching debut in a 7-2 victory.
- October 2, 2016 - Phillies bid an emotional farewell to franchise icon Ryan Howard.
- October 1, 2017 - Phils clobber Mets in Pete Mackanin's final game as manager.
- September 30, 2018 - Lame duck Phillies win season finale in Gabe Kapler's frustrating debut season.
- September 29, 2019 - Phillies miss postseason for 8th year in a row, Brad Miller finishes the season red hot.
- September 27, 2020 - Shortened 60-game season ends with Phillies swept out by the Rays.
- October 3, 2021 - Hector Neris sets Phils' reliever strikeout record in the 10th straight season without postseason baseball.
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