The walk is rarely exciting. It’s often encouraging, often frustrating, sometimes intentional, but rarely exciting. Just about the only time in which a walk can be actively exciting is when the bases are loaded. That’s always good for a bit of a thrill. But if it happens enough, it goes from exciting to exasperating, to unbelievable. Ask anyone who was in attendance tonight.
Aaron Nola started off the game by inducing a weak ground ball for an out. But Willy Adames smacked a liner into left for a one-out double (though a good throw from Kyle Schwarber, manning the field thanks to a lineup designed to avoid matching Bryson Stott and Brandon Marsh against a tough lefty, made it a close play).