The Good Phight · Jul 15, 2020
The Phillies won, but they also lost
Photo via James Lang - USA TODAY SportsFinally. We FINALLY got a taste of live baseball for the first time in FOUR MONTHS... and it was glorious. Our starters tonight were, as stipulated by Joe Girardi during last night’s Zoom Presser, Zack Wheeler for the Pinstriped Phils, and Vince Velasquez for the All-Reds.
Zack Wheeler started off hot. It took him 7 pitches to mow down 3 hitters — so they gave him a 4th hitter, Rhys Hoskins, who he took down in 3 pitches. So they gave him a 5th hitter, Jay Bruce, who he subsequently walked — but they ended the inning anyway, as one does in these weird, intrasquad face-offs.