Sánchez Makes History, San Diego Swept, LA On-Deck

Historical 44.2 scoreless innings! Cristopher Sánchez shatters a 115-year Phillies record as Philly sweeps the Padres. We preview the Dodgers series and hear postgame audio from Sánchez! #RingTheBell #PhiladelphiaPhillies #MLBonX

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SPEAKER_00 0:30

Well, ladies and gentlemen, you just witnessed history made for your Philadelphia Phillies. Christopher Sanchez may be in the long 115 year drought of seeing the consecutive scoreless streak for innings pitched record be broken that was set by Grover Cleveland Alexander back in 1911. There have been many terrific Philadelphia Phillies pitchers that have taken the mound. There have been many first round picks, highly prospected players that they either traded for or signed as free agents, but none ever broke that record. And it was a player that was traded in a very under the radar deal back in 2019 that just broke that record. And I, of course, am talking about Christopher Sanchez, the best pitcher in Major League Baseball, and yet again I continue to reiterate, a guy that no one saw when they traded for Christopher Sanchez when the Phillies dealt Curtis Meade to the Tampa Bay Rays, no one could have foreseen this level of dominance from Christopher Sanchez, who has been a true rock for this Phillies team, and I'm sure for some players, even a true inspiration. As we welcome you into this special episode of the 610 Podcast, one because Christopher Sanchez sets the record for most scoreless innings, 44 and two-thirds innings, set yesterday on Wednesday as we're recording this Thursday evening. But the Phillies also swept the San Diego Padres. And in the Bryce Harper era in Philly, the Phillies are 16 and 6 against the Padres at Petco Park. I have no clue what it is about Petco Park and why it is that they tend to play well, but they tend to play well at that ballpark. It is a bit strange to be honest with you. A team that has traditionally had some pretty good seasons here, pretty good teams, pretty good players. I mean, some Hall of Fame players to say the least here throughout the last however many seasons, and the Phillies have a 16-6 record out there. So whatever they're doing, don't fix it. But the clean sweep of the uh of the Padres began on Memorial Day, and it would kind of be a sign of things to come for how the Phillies would score in this series, and it would be via the long ball, and it would be via solo shots. Kyle Schwaber got the party started, got the Memorial Day uh barbecue started, for lack of uh better better jokes, as he belts in an impressive, now not as impressive as the most impressive home run we've seen Kyle Schwarber hit at Petco Park, that of course uh is the most impressive home run I've ever seen the guy hit way out into the night back in twenty twenty-two. Probably uh, you know, Matt Stairs-esque. But Kyle Schwarber has just tore up Petco Park. Um I I don't again, I don't know what it is about him and this Phillies team at Petco Park, but he's Homered now ten times there in his career. And he just I mean he just mashes at that ballpark. Um and actually I don't believe this is as I'm trying to see the amount, including the postseason, how many he hit. Um yeah, so eleven. All right, eleven home runs against Padres. Now, he does tend to hit the Padres also pretty well, if memory serves me correctly, but hey, you know, he got it started on Monday, and the Phillies well he leads off or with one out, he blasts one, then we get to the bottom of the first, and Jesus Lazardo kind of decides that, you know what, we're gonna make this a real hairy bottom of the first. Leadoff single to Fernando Tatis Jr. Um on a ball to Trey Turner that, you know, would have liked to have possibly made a play there. Uh then Miguel and Duhar, a single. Xander Bogartz reaches again, Trey Turner, would have liked to play to have been made there. Base is loaded, nobody out, and you're facing Manny Machado, Jackson Merle. And of course we got to talk about it. Your former Phillies teammate in Nick Castellanos. Manny Machado strikes out, big out. Jackson Merle called out on strikes, huge out. But Nick Cassianos grounds out to Trey Turner to win the inning. Monstrous out. To get out of the jam. And Nick Cassianos, who held court by his locker, spoke to the media about his time in Philly, and I'm not gonna really indulge too much in it. That's kind of old news now. But from the from the sounds of it, I gotta tell you, I have never heard a player have a problem with Rob Thompson. I mean, and if they have, they're not very vocal about it. I don't know what Rob ever did that rub Nick the wrong way, aside from dropping him in the lineup a couple times. But boy oh boy, Castellanos has some gripe against Rob Thompson. And listen, I mean Castellanos likes to perceive himself to be as a very spiritual person, so it's kind of odd to me that he holds a ton of ill will towards Rob over the fact that he pulled him out of a couple games because he wasn't the best defensive player. And I said, you know, I don't hate when athletes are upset that they're taken out of games. I mean, you shouldn't be upset, but there's a way of going about it. And the way he went about it in Miami was wrong. In every way, shape, or form. And we've gone over that enough on here. But I just wanted to mention, I mean, it's kind of shocking. Now, I do not think, because, you know, a lot of people were kind of, I think, hinting at this, if the Padres DFA him, and if you look at his numbers, could happen. He's sitting well under 200 right now. Would the Phillies be inquired to pick him up because he has been willing to take on a lesser role with the Padres, a more of a platoon role. Something he had a problem with here. I have always taken it, I've presumed presumed it to be Castellanos had a problem with who it was coming from. Um Castellanos, I think, did not I I believe it's been pretty well documented. He does not playing for manager he does not believe in playing for managers whom didn't play the game. I remember in 22, though, he praised Rob Thompson, but he dropped Castellanos in the lineup, and that never sat well with him, and then last year in Miami happened, the situation blew up. If that situation doesn't happen, mind you, are we looking at maybe Castellano still being here? But could he return? Is the other question. And one final thing before we, you know, obviously get back to matters here. I could not see that happening for this reason. I do not think that the players within the Phillies Clubhouse appreciate the way he went about that. Now I know there's hinting at uh well, you know, he didn't like Rob Thompson, and then it kind of looked like the way that Bryce Harper's comments were about Bryson Stopp playing every day and some of the other guys playing every day, like, oh, it wasn't just Castellanos that had the issue. Now, granted, I don't I'm not looking at the ballpark camera of what's going on during batting practice, but I never saw a video, you know, a camera catch Bryce Harper going up to Castellanos. I never saw a camera catch Kyle Schwarber or JT Rio Muto or Zach Wheeler or anyone like that going up to Castellanos and catching up. I caught Christopher Sanchez, it looked like it looked like Jose Alvarado and maybe one or two other guys, but that was about it. And I was kind of taken aback at the fact that Bryce Harper, whom they played on the junior team USA team together, you know, about twenty years ago. Castellano spoke, I remember the one time about how Bryce would tell him in Junior Ball that, hey, you and me are going to be the next Jeter and A-Rod. And I I just thought that him and Harper had a pretty good relationship. And it just kind of, you know, I mean, I don't mean to be all we've got enough of these situations going on within the city's limits, but it just kind of go to sh goes to show you maybe, you know, they kind of were like, yeah, this guy wasn't totally hook, line, and sink are bought in. And that's sad, because you know what? If um you know, who knows if he could have been um but what what could have happened and I think especially because from the right-handed side of the plate after Reese Hoskins left, they were really looking for that guy to step up and no one ever really s stepped up, and I think the player they were assuming would take the reins would have been Castellanos, and that just didn't really happen to its fullest. But anyways, past that. Back to Memorial Day. The Phillies throughout the next oh, I don't know, six innings did relatively nothing offensively. Meanwhile, the Padres were getting on base, but they could not in one way, shape, or another, get a runner in scoring position and get them home. Uh Ty France had a leadoff single in the bottom of the second. Loriano grounds out to second base. Then Loriano caught stealing, well, grounded out into a force out. Ty France was out at second. Then Rafael Marchand after Rodolfo Duran struck out swinging. Marchand guns down Loriano. Then in the bottom of the third, Tatis leads off with a single, and Duhar a walk. First and second, nobody out. Xander Bogartz grounds out to Bohm. Gets the middle runner at second. Then Machado grounds out into a double tip double play turn Turner to Stott to Harper. Phillies, on the other hand, they cannot get anything going on their end as we just kind of one, two, three it throughout this game. Then in the bottom of the fifth, Padres. One out hit by pitch to Duran. Tatis walks. And Duhar pops out to Harper. Bogartz flies out to Marsh on a line drive. Go to the sixth. Phillies do nothing. Bottom of the sixth. And two outs. Here's Nick Castellanos. And he flies out 94.7 off the bat on a fastball up in the zone to Justin Crawford. Good play by Crawford. Marsh would also have a fantastic play in this game as well. Then we get to the top of the seventh. Kyle Schwerberg leads off with a walk. I'm sorry, leads off with a single. Harper walks. Boehm would ground out into a double play. Harper out at second. Bohm out at first. And then Brandon Marsh connects on his fifth home run of the year to make it 3-0. A 2-0 slider low and in, and a beautiful job by Marsh to get quick to beat Canning in that spot and make it a 3-0 game. Bottom of the seventh, we go. Kirkering comes in 1-2-3. Bottom of the eighth, we go Brad Keller, leadoff walk, a flyout, a ground out, and a strikeout to Manny Machado. After Tatis would steal second. Phillies can't do anything on top of the ninth. Bottom of the ninth, it's Johan Duran time. Quick two outs there. Castellanos, though. Actually Merle and Castellanos. Castellanos 98.7 off the bat. That was the out to Marsh. Merle 98.9 off the bat to uh Marsh as well. So they kind of saw Duran well this night. Ty France with a single. Then he gets to second on defensive indifference. But Ramon Loriano strikes out swinging, and Johan Duran picks up the save, and the Phillies are back to 500. Now to Tuesday. It was a tough game on Monday for Trey Turner. I was in the I was in the camp of, you know what? Give him a day or two. Well, the Phillies didn't do that. Don Mattingley instead decided, you know what? We're gonna drop you in the lineup. We're gonna put you hitting second. You've hit behind Schwerber before. Let's see if this does something. Didn't do anything immediately in the top of the first. But stay with me here. After Harper belts his thirteenth homer of the season. Uh the Padres, for what whatever reason, decided to have a little fun with Bryce Harper. I I don't really know why at certain times fans, sometimes opposing teams, you know, decide to take shots at him, but then he usually cranks one out or has a ability to crank one out. And he did right there. You know, they mentioned something about he puts tooth he puts toothpaste in his mouth directly instead of putting it on the toothbrush. Um all in good fun, all satire, but you know. Stupid stuff. 2-1 pitch, low and in, cutter, harper, 13.5, 361 feet. Marsh would single, but Freddie Furman picks off Brandon Marsh. At first it looks innocent. Brandon Marsh would stay in the game, but would later have to leave. In the top of the second with two away, JT Romuto would do a little damage on his second homer of the year. 1-0 pitch, 385 feet, 109.3 off the bat. And it's kind of funny because I'm sure you've heard me multiple times here on this podcast recently reference JT in 2022, where he belted like his third homer of the season in San Diego, and his numbers were almost kind of as bleak as they are right now. Actually, they were worse. Um they were they're pretty bad. And, you know, so it's kind of ironic. He belts that one. Top of the third, two outs. Marquez had a tough time putting the Phillies away with two outs, I'm telling you. 1-1 pitch to Trey Turner, he sends it out. Absolute titanic shot from Trey Turner. Then Bryce Harper walks, Brandon Marsh follows that up with a single. Alec Bowman, RBI single, it's four to nothing. Now, the Phillies would then put Adolius Garcia in right as Marsh would be taken out. And after the game, Don Mattingley spoke about the injury to Brandon Marsh.

SPEAKER_02 18:07

It's kind of gonna be day-to-day. Uh sounded like they thought he was gonna be sore tomorrow. See what happens. He may come in here great. Um had no trouble swinging. It was more the throwing and the fact that the throwing could hurt it more, and that's the reason we took him out. It was more on the tag, I think, than the actual jam in it. So we'll we'll be fine. I mean, this is not uh it's not gonna be a long-term thing. Maybe a day is gonna be a day-to-day thing. So we can navigate short term if we had to do something long term, it's different.

SPEAKER_00 18:44

We didn't see Marsh throughout the rest of the series, and it sounded like from what John Crook was saying in the finale, he said, you know, had that not happened, Marsh probably would have played in right, Sosa and left, Crawford in center, and Garcia would have gotten to, you know, the pretty much the series off because he's gotten the day off today just because of the travel. But I mean, if Marsh is good to go for the Dodgers series, unless it's a pinch-hitting spot that Mattingley feels like, you know, he's got the favorable matchup, he'd put Garcia out there. But right now, I would let Adolis Garcia sit for a little while because he he's been pretty brutal up at the plate. Now, Brandon Marsh gets injured in the night. I guess in a way, he was the sacrificial lamb for Arinola, whom I said in previewing this series. Aranola has good numbers at Petco Park. I don't know what the heck it is about Aranola at Petco Park, just like I don't know what it is about the Phillies there. Um I guess this is what JT Romuto talks about, how huge Nola's been for us. I guess he really is in lockstep with this franchise. Because he really had a vintage Nolis. Now I hate when people refer to someone as like, oh, vintage this, vintage that. If you're like in a to to the degree of Aranola in his career for as long as he's played, it can it can be called a vintage start. Like if it's Christopher Sanchez and you're saying vintage Sanchi today out on the mountain, well, the guy's only been pitching in the majors for like, you know, this is his what third full season. It's not really a vintage moment now, is it? For Aranola, though. It was pretty vintage Aranola. Now it wasn't seven, eight innings with ten strikeouts, but it was six innings giving up two runs on three hits with five strikeouts. His lone blemish came after Trey Turner couldn't field a grounder from Gavin Sheets, and then the next pitch, Manny Machado, makes it a two-run game on a first pitch sinker that he was all over. Machado's ninth home run of the season. Now the Phillies stayed at four runs, and the Padres would threaten. In the bottom of the eighth, in the form of Ramon Loriano hitting a solo homer off Brad Keller, who would get Castellanos to strike out. One out single to Tatis, then Bogartz pops out. But then Gavin Sheets walks and it sets up Manuel Machado with an opportunity for at the very least a game-tying single or a go-ahead double, a go-ahead three run home run. But instead, it would be Alec Bohm, you know, your third base counterpart, whom forty five years ago, you're not expecting him to come up with a play like this. A play that he famously botched. A check swing ball. That he barehands to the left hand side of the mound. He completes the ground out. Now, Manny Machado's not necessarily fleet of foot, but it's still impressive when you see a barehanded play in no man's land in the infield. Now, why, Pratell, was it a play that he had botched in the past? Well, if you remember, and I'm sure you recall, a mid-April 22 game against the New York Mets, where he completed three errors in the ballgame, one of which he barehanded a ball behind the mound, or a little in the same spot, give or take, and flipped it over Reese Hoskins. Well, four years later, an Alec Bohm I guess unleashed some demons on that play. Shed the ghosts, if you will, of the game of I bleeping hate this place. Just caught it. Just caught it on camera. And that play surely had to feel good for Bohm. Not that he probably thinks about it that much, but I think about it. I thought about it in that moment. Now we'd go to the ninth. Again, Johan Duran, and again another save. Now, after the game, Aaron Nola, Don Mattingley, and JT Romuto talking about how well Nola looked.

SPEAKER_02 23:46

I know that the underlying numbers of last outing was really good. Like talking to Caleb after that outing, location-wise, stuff-wise. So we were feeling good about where he where he's been going. So to me, he just kind of kept him off balance all night. You know, he got some swing and miss with the curveball. Threw enough sinkers, fastballs to keep him on us, do some cutters today with the lefties. So, you know. Messing with his mix a little bit, but like the way he's going.

SPEAKER_03 24:20

Yeah, I mean, we've been deep diving a lot of Nola stuff recently. And um I think, you know, pitching's hard. This game's really hard. It's hard to stay good for a long time, and he's been able to do that for a lot of years. And um we have a lot of trust in that guy. So we were doing a lot of digging. Um what you saw tonight is a lot is Nola at his best. He's able to throw anything for a strike in any count. And, you know, the the outings that he hasn't done well, I feel like that's what he's kind of been missing is just the command and being able to mix pitches in certain counts that not a lot not a lot of guys are able to do. Um, but tonight he was able to do that.

SPEAKER_00 24:50

As I mentioned before, Aaron Olo, whom in his last start after the Cincinnati series finale sounded very depressed. Sounded like he really just needed time to reset. I guess San Diego could have given him an opportunity to reset. He sounded a lot happier after the game. Which is good. Now for the finale. And Christopher Sanchez who heading into this game, we all knew what was at stake. He knew what was at stake. His teammates, his manager, the coaches. I'm sure the opposing team knew how dominant this guy had been. And I I mean, I just do not I do not know how he is this deceptive throwing three pitches. He throws only three pitches. Three different pitches. The changeup, the sinker, and the slider. He doesn't mix in a fastball, he doesn't mix in a cutter, he doesn't mix in anything else that um you know you would kind of expect. Uh i it's pretty remarkable. I it just I don't know what else to say. I mean and the guys who played behind him did an outstanding job, in my opinion. Um he was not it wasn't all him. You know, the he had some great plays in the outfield, one being, of course, the home run steal by Justin Crawford out there in center field. And I thought, you know, there were some moments where the Padres had some traffic on and Sanchez barred down, and his offense came through. You know, remember uh he pitched I mean eight shutout innings and no one scored last Friday night. But Kyle Schwarber, RBI single in the top of the sixth, Trey Turner, RBI force out, but you score a run. So low home run, Trey Turner, top of the nine, three-nothing. And Christopher Sanchez goes seven innings, no runs, nine strikeouts, six hits. The Padres would leave seven on base, oh for eight with runners in scoring position, and five runners left in scoring position with two outs. That ground out into two double plays to the Padres, and when it was all said and done, the Phillies completed the three-game sweep. And Christopher Sanchez now sits alone as breaking the hundred and fifteen-year drought. We had some close claws, close calls. We had some guys who, you know, were throughout the years here and there, you think about Cliff Lee in 2011. Hell even Ranger Suarez, two years ago, you know, he looked like he was he was making a push. Larry Anderson, even. But it's Christopher Sanchez, 44 and two-thirds innings of scoreless ball. Now, there is the Major League Baseball record for the longest ever, ever, in the history of the game, set in 1988 by Orl Hersheiser, going 59 innings. Got a long ways to go before there, and it's very unlikely that happens. But when it does happen, there will be a l a large contingency of fans, I'm sure, giving him a standing ovation, which is going to be very weird and probably going to be given within the context of the situation. But if it happens in the top of the first, and someone like blasts a solo home run, I'm sure there is going to be a moment where the fans are going to give him an applause. Or while he's walking off the field, they will give him an applause because that uh has just been unbelievable. It really has been. And enough from me. Here was Christopher Sanchez via his interpreter, Daniel Daniello, and Tom McCarthy, as well as John Crock.

SPEAKER_01 29:39

Something special, uh, something really important. Uh you know, uh never imagined something like this, so I'm just uh, you know, really happy and uh proud of myself.

SPEAKER_04 29:48

Uh we've been talking about how good you've been when there's base runners, and that's all part of the streak. What's your mindset when you have base runners in scoring position to kind of get through those things?

SPEAKER_01 30:00

Just uh staying calm and uh, you know, thinking about one pitch at a time. Um thinking one pitch at a time and uh, you know, and uh to be over aggressive. So you know, just just uh one uh staying calm and then just one pitch at a time. How great was that play by Justin Crawford off the battery of the channel? Incredible, super incredible, and then uh it's just super exciting to see uh how he's playing the game so hard and how he's going about it being aggressive, and it's just um really exciting to see a young player like that, you know, going about his business in a way and it's playing hard and playing aggressively.

SPEAKER_04 30:30

You know, I I I there's so many things that we can talk to you about, about what you did today and what you accomplished. Beyond the record, you also set the franchise record with seven innings or more scoreless in five straight games. How important is that for a starting pitcher? Like to to go that deep into a game.

SPEAKER_01 30:47

It's uh super important, and I mean, uh, and it is uh something special too. And uh, you know, uh as I will say when I when I go out of there and pitch, I'm always in my mind I have to go out uh as much as I can uh try to throw and seven eight or even the complete game if you can. I mean, uh that's always my mentality because uh, you know, just to help out the guys in the bulletin because sometimes, you know, they're they're they're fatigued and they're really tired, so you know that's just my mentality out there to try and help them as much as I can, too.

SPEAKER_04 31:11

Well, Christopher Alexis Sanchez has moved past Grover Cleveland Alexander. Congratulations, congratulations.

SPEAKER_00 31:20

Well, Christopher Sanchez has now kind of entered himself into rarefied air as now kind of stepping into suddenly into conversations of guys like some of the great Philly starting pitchers to ever put on the uniform. One is his teammate, Zach Wheeler. We talk about Cole Hammels, we talk about now I know people are very you can't put anyone in the conversation as Steve Carlton. So until I don't know, Christopher Sanchez actually breaks the MLB record or, you know, doesn't give up a a run or like average a average is given up a run a month, I don't know, wins a Cy Young, wins a couple Cy Young's probably. Although that's very, you know, that's very tough to do. And also I understand judging someone off of but you can't just look at Zach Wheeler and say, uh, he hasn't won a Cy Young. There's no way he's better than, you know, or he can't be in the conversation as being a better starting pitcher than Roy Halliday in his career as a Philly. Like, that's just that's not fair. It's an objective award. He probably should have won it a couple times. And Christopher Sanchez, I mean Paul Skeens is there. Only one guy can win that award. But he has put himself in rarefied air. And the Phillies themselves put themselves in rarefied air because they actually scored some runs this past series, folks. They a matter of fact scored ten. If they score any more than that, we might have to start really thinking about breaking out some some of the record books here too for most runs scored in a series for this season. Uh but anyways, jokes aside, Phillies will move on to the Dodgers. And the Phillies will move on to the Dodgers two games above five hundred. Now four days ago, Monday before the first pitch was thrown against the Padres, you would have signed up for a four-and-two road trip. I know you would have. So really taking two out of three is a must because the the Padres are gonna be waiting for don't think they won't be waiting for when they come back here. Puts you in a tough spot. I'm sorry, but I'm gonna need you to take two out of three from the Dodgers. Dodgers are 16 games above 500. They can afford to give us each series. They can afford to do it. The baseball gods can say here, you know what, Phillies, you gave your fans Ajida all throughout, you know, the postseason. Here's a little sprinkle of some magic. You know, go score your 10 runs and here's some starting pitching. Which we'll get into right now. Starting pitching preview. Justin Robleski takes him out for the Dodgers. He's 6-2 with the 307 ERA this year. Very good young pitcher. Made his debut in 2024, draft in the 11th round in 22. Who says that when the Dodgers eventually see Freddie Freeman hang him up, Mookie Betts hang him up, or just age that they're gonna eventually drop. Well, if they do have young talent in the system still, hey, anything can be possible. Now the Dodgers pitcher Robleski has faced the Phillies before. He allowed five runs on five hits and a third of an inning out of the bullpen last year against them. His counterpart will be Zach Wheeler, who's 4-0 with a 1-6-70 RA. He's one and oh with a three-four eighty RA. In his last two starts, which were in 22 and 24, which I found very bizarre, Dodgers have avoided him. Now, they avoided him in a way that honestly should I think play is a motivational factor for Zach Wheeler tomorrow evening. If I'm Zach Wheeler tomorrow night, knowing that I could not pitch for my team in the postseason, knowing that I could not help things, not that you know Zach Wheeler would have for sure been a help. But Zach Wheeler would not have been able in and of himself to be able to win them that series in the postseason. Just one of. But I'm sure he's pissed he missed out on it. You know, he wants to pitch in the postseason. So I'm sure that there's going to be a little added motivation for Wheels tomorrow evening. Game two, we'll see Roki Sasaki take the mound. Sasaki 3-3 with a 4-9-3 ERA this season. In the regular season against the Phillies, he's given up a run on three hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Meanwhile, Andrew Payner will take the mound for the Phillies. And he's one and five this year with a five-four O ERA. Now, I saw an article before I came on here saying that the Phillies messed up Andrew Painter by calling him up too soon. Have you not been watching the last couple starts? Clearly you're not a Phillies fan with that mindset. Now he might go out there and get shelled by the Dodgers. And it wouldn't surprise me if that does happen. But his last three starts he's been doing better and better and better. He's twenty-three years old. What's rushing here? What he was just supposed to be left down in triple A for forever? Well, wait till you're twenty-five. I mean, like, come on. Really? He's twenty-three. I get he's coming off Tommy John, but come on now. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will take the mound on Sunday. He's four and four at the three oh nine ERA this season. He's pitched in one regular season game last year against the Philz. He gave up a run on three hits with three walks in six innings. And then Jesus Lazardo takes the mound for the Philz, four and four with a four-three eight ERA. We remember the heroics last year against the Dodgers in the postseason. He's actually one and one with a two-three eight ERA versus the Dodgers since twenty twenty-four. And he's gone at least six complete innings in each start. So let's hope those three can give us what they've been doing all along. Six innings of we're spoiled rotten as fans baseball. Because and the player and the offensive players are spoiled rot. If anyone's spoiled rotten here, it's not so much me. I'm privileged to get to watch it. Hell, if I was the teammate of one of these guys, I'd be saying, You are an inspiration to me, and because of that, we are going to go out there and we're going to put up six, seven runs, eight runs. I didn't do that on purpose on these on these guys tonight. Because that is just a unbelievable streak you guys have going on here. My goodness. Is there another starting rotation of Major League Baseball that's doing this? The answer is no. So let's try and win a little bit more. Let's see if let's see what happens there. Let's see if they can put up some numbers and actually score some runs for these guys. That'd be really swell. For the Phillies, they're closing down the month of May. We're coming to an end to a month of May that's been impressive. You know, seeing Don Mattingley take over. Phillies now currently 20-8 with Don Mattingley as the manager of the team. They're 17-8 in this month. They're now two games above 500. Um, and you know, my one buddy told me uh at one point in this month, he said if the Phillies are above 500, the end of the month, he will eat a rock. I, for one, would love to see that happen. But I also, for one, would want to continue to see this Phillies team play good baseball. Now the Phillies record, because I was just curious, and usually when they go on these West Coast swings, they go to San Diego or LA first, and they end up at one of the other cities. I was curious, well, what happens when they go to Dodger Stadium? 8 and 11 since 2019. Alright. I mean, you can live with it kind of, you know, I mean, it's not above 500, but it's a tough team to beat. Now, as I mentioned in the last episode, when they took three or four and twenty-two and they just outclubbed the Dodgers. Do that again. I mean, that was a series that, you know, was like, holy crap, where these guys come from. Let's see them try and, you know, put some runs up against these guys. Phillies are a game and a half out of a wild card spot. You're staring up at the Cardinals, who have finally kind of come back to life. Reds have gotten going a little bit. They're half a game ahead of you. The Cubs are just dropping back at a at a rate. Now they've won two straight, but they were dropping back big time. Diamondbacks have gone on a roll here. They're now seven games above 500. But, you know, baseball is kind of showing to is kind of starting to show, hey, we're, you know, it's kind of evening out here. Some teams who are really hot, they're starting to get not so hot. Some teams we thought would be good this year are starting to pick it up. But let's see if the Phillies can continue to pick it up. Thanks everyone for tuning in, and we'll talk to you next time.

SPEAKER_05 41:51

Anyone know.