Last Saturday, Patrick Schuster entered the game to pitch for the Phillies. Jerad Eickhoff had just gone toe-to-toe with Max Scherzer and the Phillies offense had done its thing, scoring zero runs to keep things safely tied at 0-0 in the sixth. Luis Garcia had come in and allowed a run, sure, but maybe Freddy Galvis could muscle a pitch into a timely wind gust and keep this game in a real humiliating tie for the Nationals.
So, Schuster came in, like I said, in the eighth inning, and was tasked only with taking down Bryce Harper in a key spot.