Phillies blow five-run lead, lose 8-5 on Nick Markakis' walk-off homer
The Phillies set their Opening Day roster on Thursday morning ahead of today's 4:05 p.m.
Despite Kapler's clumsiness, one thing is apparent: The Phillies want to win - and they want to win now. After all, that's likely how the 42-year-old former player, who looks more like John Cena in a baseball hat than a big-league manager, sold himself to the Phillies despite zero managerial experience at any level.
It was the first game-ending homer of the 13-year veteran's career and the Braves' first walk-off homer on Opening Day since the team moved to Atlanta in 1966. Nick Markakis had a walk-off three-run home run in the ninth. We grinded out at-bats. "I was able to put guys away with more quality pitches". "It was a great win".
The winning pitcher was Drew Hutchison (1-0), who threw two scoreless innings.
"That was a fun game to be a part of", Freeman said.
So, if you have spent the last four years telling your friends about how you could throw 84 miles per hour back in high school, and want a chance to hang out with Jake Arrieta and Rhys Hoskins and Scott Kingery and the rest of the squad, get your arm loose, and send Kapler some film.
And for a while there, it seemed like the game would never end. We fought until the end and we did that tonight.
After they won the World Series in 2008, they still were a good team, but there came a time when the Phillies were no longer as good as they used to be - which is when they started to rebuild.
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Jose Izquierdo drew it with a bit of embellishment, and perhaps it was justice when Murray's penalty kick was saved by Schmeichel. Ryan had been largely untested in the Brighton goal but he had no answer to Iborra's precise header.
Phillies: RHP Ben Lively will face New York's Matt Harvey when Philadelphia opens a series at the Mets on Monday night. "I think my curveball got a lot better". We're lucky to have him on this team. I get what you mean. He yielded a leadoff homer to Albies, making it a 5-3 game, then walked Freeman. In 2017 with the Phillies and Rockeis combined, Neshek went 5-3 with a 1.59 E.R.A.in 71 relief appearances. "I told myself to calm down, take a nice easy swing, and try not to miss it".
Regardless, the Arrieta signing absolutely makes this team a postseason contender as Spring Training comes to a close, even if he's only one uninspiring spring start into his Philly tenure after taking a two-inning loss to Detroit on Thursday. And with one out, a runner on second, and a pair of lefty hitters due up against the right-handed Nola, Kapler figured he could preserve his opening-day starter and still take home a win by playing matchups for the final 3 2/3 innings.
Kapler says the bullpen is the Phillies' strength, but too much stress was placed on the relievers in the series. Then, Ender Inciarte lead the sixth inning off with a double, followed by a deep fly-out by Ozzie Albies. They are only going to get more expensive to keep together if the majority of them pans out. It was a beleaguered unit in 2017, but Braves relievers spoke this spring about having the pieces in place for dramatic bullpen improvement this season.
The Phillies scored two runs in the top of the first, but the Braves scored in six of their eight turns at bat. He issued two walks during the next four innings and induced a double-play grounder by the next batter in each case. Those spots are now being manned by Cesar Hernandez (2B), Maikel Franco (3B) and J.P. Crawford (SS). He struck out seven and had two wild pitches.
Hoby Milner entered and immediately gave up a 2-run homer to Freddie Freeman, and the comeback was on for the Braves.
Snitker has been a consistent support and believer in Brothers, though it's hard to see why.
The Braves will counter with RHP Mike Foltynewicz, who was 10-13 with a 4.79 ERA last season.
Hector Neris replaced Edubray Ramos on the mound for the 9th inning, and his trouble started on Charlie Culberson's weak infield single. Arrieta is behind schedule, since he was signed on March 12, missing nearly an entire month of Spring Training.
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