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Game Date:
09/22/2017
7:35pm EST
Lines:
Philadelphia +1.5
Atlanta -1.5
Total:
Over
9.5 (+100)
Under 9.5 (-120)
Community Picks: Philadelphia Phillies 0% vs Atlanta Braves 0%
Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves Thread
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Freddie Freeman stopped taking batting practice several weeks ago to save some of the remaining strength in his left wrist that was broken by a pitch in mid-May, but don't think about giving the Atlanta Braves first baseman any other kind of rest. "I'm going to go out there every day," said Freeman of his goal to not miss any of his team's remaining 11 games. As the Braves conclude their final homestand of the first season at SunTrust Park with a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies beginning Friday night, Atlanta fans can only dream about what could have been if Freeman hadn't missed nearly eight weeks. Continue to Article
September 22, 2017 3:01:am EST
Gio Gonzalez gave up seven hits and five earned runs against the Atlanta Braves in an 8-0 loss last week in Washington, D.C. that began with the Nationals’ lefty striking out the first six batters he retired around two singles (one an RBI hit) and a double before things went pear-shaped in the top of the third. “Just one of those games you can’t really understand what happened, just pick up what you can and go from there.” - Gio Gonzalez on start vs ATL in D.C. A walk, single, and three-run HR by Freddie Freeman put the visiting Braves up 4-0, and two doubles in the top of the fourth made it five runs total against the southpaw. “It was weird to me,” Gonzalez explained after that game, “you get the strikeouts then all of a sudden the hits came in, it was one of those games you just take it for what it was, sweep it under the rug, get ready for tomorrow. Continue to Article
September 21, 2017 9:43:am EST
Pat Neshek, the Philadelphia Phillies' representative for the 2017 All-Star Game, is a noted autograph hound who has already set his sights on his target for the Midsummer Classic. " Zack Greinke," Neshek told reporters after being named to the National League All-Star team Sunday. "He's tough. Hopefully we can talk." Neshek is now a two-time All-Star, and he picked up a slew of signatures during his first appearance in 2014. He noted that Greinke's autograph can be tough to get, but the 36-year-old already has a plan for next week's festivities in Miami. "I'll have my kid run over and get him," Neshek said. "It's going to be cool. My kid is a lot older now. He wasn't even 1 back then [in 2014]. Continue to Article
September 20, 2017 5:04:pm EST
Since Rhys Hoskins was called up on August 10, he’s been making things happen for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 39 games he’s slashed .299/.428/.739 with a record-setting 18 home runs. And for Phillies fans, Hoskins still doesn’t seem real. The team is Continue to Article
September 20, 2017 12:10:pm EST
Dusty Baker has talked often in his time in the nation’s capital about how his best ideas for his lineups often come to him when he’s restless late at night. “My wife used to get on me because I had a pen and piece of paper by my bed and turn the light on — and she’d get upset,” Baker told reporters, as quoted in the Washington Post in May 2016. It happened again this past Saturday night, when Baker came up with a plan to move Anthony Rendon up from the six-spot he’s occupied for most of the season to third in the lineup. Rendon went 0 for 2 against Dodgers’ lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu, leaving him at .333/.443/.667 vs left-handed pitchers this season, with a .296/.393/.508 line against right-handers on the year. Continue to Article
September 19, 2017 3:58:pm EST
