On Jake Cronenworth bobblehead doll night, the skipper sat...Jake Cronenworth. I don't know, skip. That's the guy the fans have come to see tonight. Add to that that we are without our top three players on offense, and there's really little hope. After two losses against the Rockies, we need a big game from McKenzie Gore. This is still June, kid. The real pressure comes later in September and October. For now, we need to put up innings and make the postseason, above anything else. Five days rest, you can do it.
We gave Musgrove an early lead on a dinger by Hos, but giving him just one run might be a little too much to ask. Two run dinger by Schwarber, three run shot by Realmuto, and that was all she wrote. Their guy, Ranger Suarez, who has won 20 career games, is now Ranger Maddux. 7 1/3 innings, two runs, and really just let our guys get themselves out. The hitting is not timely...we get runners on, but can't get them in. We left 16 on base, they left four. Our AAA (Azocar, Abrams, Alcantara) lower third of the lineup went a combined 0-for-10 and will probably get a ticket back to AAA, should they continue to produce goose eggs. Abrams, especially, just hasn't shown me anything. Maybe it's the Major Leagues getting to him, but I would hate to see him wind up with another team and be another good prospect that got away. The fact is, this lineup scares absolutely no-one. Of course, Brad Hand pitched an inning against us to close it out.
40,355 at the ballpark, and an absolute dud. Musgrove had one strikeout (Harper, of all people), but really didn't have his breaking pitches working. He hung that one to Realmuto, and he banged it. No bite at all today. Here it's important how Musgrove will respond. Let's not kid ourselves: this is a contract year for Joe, so he will want to put himself in the best payoff position. We got Nola facing us tonight, so losing the first game was not good. Did I tell you I would dread this series? I always dread playing the Phillies.
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