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| 2019 Choice Lehigh Valley IronPigs #10 |
Game 128 - Friday Night, August 23rd in Kansas City
Record - 74-54, 1st Place, 5 games ahead of the Braves
One Sentence Summary: Salvador Perez and the Royals took some batting practice off Phillies' starter Taijuan Walker in this 7-4 series-opening loss.
What It Means: Walker's spot in the rotation is tenuous at best, as he's now 3-5 with a 6.26 ERA in 13 starts for the season. In his three starts since returning from the injured list, Walker is 0-2 with a 9.26 ERA. In those three starts, he's pitched 11 2/3 innings, allowing 12 runs on seven walks and 16 hits.
What Happened: The Phillies trailed 6-1 after three innings, and never really had a chance to get back into this game. On a positive note, four Phillies had multi-hit games with J.T. Realmuto, Bryce Harper and Brandon Marsh all adding doubles.
Featured Card: Tyler Gilbert was called on to provide a few innings of mop-up relief following Walker's ouster. He allowed a run on two hits and one walk and had one strikeout. Gilbert was dealt by the Phillies to the Dodgers in February 2020 for Kyle Garlick, and he threw a no-hitter as a member of the Diamondbacks in 2021. This is one of the minor league cards of his in my collection, from the 2019 IronPigs team set.
Transaction: Austin Hays (of) was activated from the injured list and Cal Stevenson (of) was optioned back to Lehigh Valley.
What It Means: Walker's spot in the rotation is tenuous at best, as he's now 3-5 with a 6.26 ERA in 13 starts for the season. In his three starts since returning from the injured list, Walker is 0-2 with a 9.26 ERA. In those three starts, he's pitched 11 2/3 innings, allowing 12 runs on seven walks and 16 hits.
What Happened: The Phillies trailed 6-1 after three innings, and never really had a chance to get back into this game. On a positive note, four Phillies had multi-hit games with J.T. Realmuto, Bryce Harper and Brandon Marsh all adding doubles.
Featured Card: Tyler Gilbert was called on to provide a few innings of mop-up relief following Walker's ouster. He allowed a run on two hits and one walk and had one strikeout. Gilbert was dealt by the Phillies to the Dodgers in February 2020 for Kyle Garlick, and he threw a no-hitter as a member of the Diamondbacks in 2021. This is one of the minor league cards of his in my collection, from the 2019 IronPigs team set.
Transaction: Austin Hays (of) was activated from the injured list and Cal Stevenson (of) was optioned back to Lehigh Valley.
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