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Svechhammer said:
Its infuriating watching them chase balls way out of the zone early in a count. Guys like Castellanos need to wait til he has a 2 strike count til he swings, he's chasing everything.

And Stott needs to swing at the first pitch he sees tomorrow. It's going to be meat down the middle, and if they're pitching around Schwarber and Harper, he could blow it open right away
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I’d definitely shuffle the lineup too. It’s a winner take all game. Get your best hitters as many at bats as possible. Some combo of Schwarber and Harper 1 and 2, after that idk. Maybe swap Nick and Marsh. They need a new approach to plate appearances. Patience. Pfaadt had a good game last time but that was partially the Phillies fault. I’d like to see them focused on chipping away and grinding, pick spots to swing for the fences, drive up pitch count, work walks, just put the ball in play with RISP. I am confident with Ranger so I think the Phillies need to focus on getting 4-5 runs. Obviously I’ll take an explosion but I’d hate to see guys swinging for the fences in poor AB’s with runners on base in a tight ball game. Manufacture runs. Small ball if needed
 
Svechhammer said:
If Bryce walks it off tomorrow, it'll all be worth it
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Anyone can be a hero tomorrow and live on in Phillies’ lore. Guys can also be scapegoats. One way or another something good will come of it- we’ll either have one of the most memorable games in Phillies history or we will be done with stressful games and my schedule will open up. I think they win tomorrow
 
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Not a lot going for them in gane 7...

1. Facing a pitcher they cant hit... and after bats going cold for 3 out of 4 games (not to mention a back of the bullpen theyve yet to hit).

2. Have Ranger going whose been good but not stretched out...so needing to rely on bullpen thatsa huge question mark.

3. Have a stubburn manager who will refuse to change up cold line up.

If theres any magic left...theyre gonna need it. No real baseball reason they should win.
 
Adam Warlock said:
Not a lot going for them in gane 7...

1. Facing a pitcher they cant hit... and after bats going cold for 3 out of 4 games (not to mention a back of the bullpen theyve yet to hit).

2. Have Ranger going whose been good but not stretched out...so needing to rely on bullpen thatsa huge question mark.

3. Have a stubburn manager who will refuse to change up cold line up.

If theres any magic left...theyre gonna need it. No real baseball reason they should win.
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They saw him one game ffs. That pitcher threw 50 innings on the road and allowed 15 homeruns. That is terrible.

Ranger is probably only going to go 5 innings, the key is getting ahead early. The ballpark will be so tight if they fall behind early.
 
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LegionOfDoom91 said:
You could build an army of pugs & get them to do whatever by bribing them with treats. Them motherf***ers have hungry eyes as if they were the size of Beethoven.
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My sister brought her little dog over yesterday. It's some kind of black and white spaniel, I think, and he has those big alien bug eyes, too. Luckily, he's cool and not shivering with fear about everything.

Cody Webster said:
Having Scherzer sit for 30 minutes probably isn't going to help in any way
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He's useless.
 
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Adam Warlock said:
Not a lot going for them in gane 7...

1. Facing a pitcher they cant hit... and after bats going cold for 3 out of 4 games (not to mention a back of the bullpen theyve yet to hit).

2. Have Ranger going whose been good but not stretched out...so needing to rely on bullpen thatsa huge question mark.

3. Have a stubburn manager who will refuse to change up cold line up.

If theres any magic left...theyre gonna need it. No real baseball reason they should win.
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This is only the second time this series that the Phillies have been held to less than 5 runs. 3/4? I do think that maybe Realmuto and Marsh should be hitting higher. Bohm and Stott have been cold as ice.

They've only faced Pfaadt once. He and Suarez will probably pitch around the same length if they're effective.
 
So wait isn't it Ranger tomorrow? No one cooler out there for a game 7 than Ranger.

It'll be hilarious if they get shut down by Brandon Pfaadt again lol. If the Rangers hold, they're so beatable.
 
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It’s clear Arizona is a better team than thought and many underestimated them. It sucks it has to go to a game 7 when the games we lost were a bad blown save, and 2 weak one run offensive efforts, but I think if you told everyone at the beginning of the year that it would come down to a single game vs the diamondbacks to reach the WS, we would have taken that. 24 hours can make a big difference, we are either partying tomorrow or thinking what if all offseason. All I know is tomorrow’s game falls squarely on the hitters tomorrow. Most likely will need more than one run

ETA: Looks like it will be the Rangers from the AL. Garcia piling up RBI’s this postseason
 
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