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Game Date:
09/24/2017
1:35pm EST
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Philadelphia +1.5
Atlanta -1.5
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9.5 (-120)
Under 9.5 (+100)
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Two more minor league pitchers, 21-year-old, 2017 9th Round pick Alex Troop, a lefty, and 20-year-old Steven Fuentes, a righty, came to Citi Field from West Palm Beach, FL on Saturday afternoon to pitch to Bryce Harper before the second of three between the Washington Nationals and Mets in Flushing, Queens, New York. It was the second simulated game for Harper, who’s been out of the Nats’ lineup since August 12th, when he suffered a significant bone bruise in his left knee and calf strain slipping on a wet first base bag in the nation’s capital. Harper has been through several sessions of batting practice, he’s run the bases to test his knee, shagged fly balls, and taken part in two simulated Continue to Article
September 24, 2017 6:43:am EST
The 33-year-old has a career-high 18 homers, and the Braves value his work with young starting pitchers. ''You can see the potential and a lot of positives coming out of this,'' Suzuki said. General manager John Coppollela said the Braves intend to exercise Tyler Flowers' $4 million option for next year and bring back a catching tandem that ranks second in NL with 29 homers. Continue to Article
September 23, 2017 7:49:pm EST
ATLANTA A few hours before Friday night's game against the Atlanta Braves, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin had some words of praise for his starting pitcher, Ben Lively. "He's just very competitive," Mackanin said of the 25-year-old right-hander. The Braves' first six hitters of the game all reached base on hits (three singles, two doubles and a homer) and five of them scored. Continue to Article
September 23, 2017 12:26:am EST
Brian Snitker is on a one-year contract and doesn't know if he will return next year as manager of the Atlanta Braves. The 61-year-old Snitker, in his 41st season with the organization, hopes the front office brings him back despite his 127-148 record since replacing Fredi Gonzalez last year. The Braves hold an option for a second year, but Snitker has yet to hear their plans for 2018. Continue to Article
September 22, 2017 9:49:pm EST
In the end, things reverted to form: The Dodgers won and the Phillies lost. The Dodgers are headed to the playoffs, the Phillies to who-knows-where. Los Angeles scored twice in the seventh inning Thursday afternoon to beat the Phils, 5-4, and salvage the finale of a four-game series (see observations). The Dodgers, the majors’ best team at 97-56, lowered their magic number to one for clinching a fifth straight NL West championship. The Phils, baseball’s second-worst team at 61-92, were left with a lovely parting gift: hope. “I think it’s a good lesson,” J.P. Crawford, the rookie shortstop-turned-third baseman, said of the series as a whole. “It showed us, or showed me, we can compete with the Continue to Article
September 22, 2017 3:44:pm EST
