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| 1959 Topps #317 |
Game 40 - Saturday Night, May 21st in Philadelphia
Record - 18-22, 3rd Place, 8 games behind the Mets
One Sentence Summary: The Phillies offense showed some sparks, but the Dodgers bullpen proved to be better than the Phillies bullpen in this 7-4 loss.
What It Means: In the series finale this afternoon, the team will try to avoid the sweep and break their three-game losing streak.
What Happened: Bryce Harper was back in the lineup for the first time in five games, and he was largely a non-factor in this game. Jean Segura doubled home Nick Castellanos in the second for the first run of the game. Alec Bohm hit a two-run home run in the third, with Kyle Schwarber adding a solo home run in the fourth.
Aaron Nola started for the Phillies, allowing four runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings of work, including two costly home runs. Jose Alvarado and his 7.94 ERA gave the Dodgers the lead in the eighth, allowing a pair of runs.
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Featured Card/Field Report: Game time temperature was 93 degrees, and the four of us were in our seats in the Diamond Club for the first pitch. Doug successfully obtained two pre-game autographs from Rhys Hoskins, as he's trying to get a full 2022 Topps Phillies retail team set signed. The first four innings of the game were exciting, but slow. As the game slogged along and the Phillies bullpen entered, our interest in listening to the large amount of Dodgers fans around us cheer for their team's comeback waned.
Doug and I made our way over to the Phillies Authentics store, and while I was happy to finally add a Yearbook and Media Guide to my collection, I was once again disappointed at the lack of any team-issued photo cards. It seems as if the early season predictions that these sets would be available for sale in May was a bit optimistic. I did purchase the 1959 Topps card shown at the top of this post for what I deemed to be an extremely reasonable price. It's great to see actual baseball cards for sale at the ballpark, and I wish the Phillies had jumped on this bandwagon a decade or so sooner.
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