Offense Blanks, Phillies Face Elimination After Putrid Game 3 Loss

The Phillies offense went silent again, propelling the team to a 7-2 Game 3 loss. After a 95-win regular season and their first NL East title since 2011, they’re one game away from being eliminated.

What an embarrassment of a showing. The Mets wanted it so much more than the Phillies on Tuesday night, and it showed. They hit the ball hard, and Sean Manaea was as good as ever.

Aaron Nola

Nola’s first inning was great. The 2nd and 3rd weren’t, but he ended up escaping allowing just 1 run.

I didn’t love JTs game behind the plate. It felt like he wanted everything up, which obviously wasn’t working for Nola. The knuckle curve was on in the 1st, and they abandoned it in the 2nd.

You just can’t make that pitch to Jesse Winker. He got all of that one. Nola’s 6th was rough, but that game should’ve never have come to that situation in the first place. The offense, once again, let down their pitcher.

Alec Bohm

Just really, really frustrating. He may be the slowest player in the league? He’s so far in his own head right now. It’s concerning. He’s just hacking at every first pitch to try and get out of it and it’s not working one bit:

Austin Hays

He just doesn’t deserve anymore at-bats. He saw four pitches in his first 2 ABs. Get him off of the roster. That was one hell of a deadline move.

This game unfortunately ended in the 6th inning. Schwarber works a walk, Trea works a walk, then:

• Bryce Harper strikes out on 3 offspeeds away
• Nick Castellanos lines into a double play

The Casty ball is unfortunate. He put a good barrel on it. There’s just nothing Schwarber can do there.