Facing Zack Wheeler with the possibility of being swept in play is among the scarier propositions that can be named. It’s perhaps not the scariest— wading through an olympic-sized swimming pool full of tarantulas certainly beats it, and there’s an argument to be made that getting a root canal with Freddy Krueger as your dentist does as well— but it’s certainly intimidating. Despite facing that exact situation, New York’s elder club didn’t seem to feel like they were in a nightmare. Perhaps that’s why they call it the city that never sleeps?
The game started in lighthearted, humorous form, with Kyle Schwarber, making a rare appearance in left, catching a fly ball to end the first, losing his balance, falling backwards, hanging on, and laughing as he sat up.