Christopher Alvarenga / UnsplashFine. One Inning.
I asked for a rally. They gave me one.
I asked for a rally. They gave me one.
Last night I said show me an offense that can score without the ball leaving the yard. Show me contact. Show me a sequence.
Four runs in the third. Harris singled to right, scoring Baldwin. White cleared the bases with a double to center. No homers. Just bats meeting baseballs and runners crossing home plate the old-fashioned way.
So yeah. I saw it.
White went 2-for-2 with a homer and a bases-clearing double. Four RBI. Best game of his season — and it wasn't close. Dubon added a solo shot in the fourth. Eight runs through power AND contact in the same game. That hasn't happened since June.
I'm moving from 45% to 55%.
Ten points. That's what one inning of real offense buys you after a month of watching this lineup produce runs only by accident. Not twenty. Not thirty. The Phillies are still 2.5 back and gaining. Riley is still hitting .206. Sale needed 98 pitches to get through five.
One inning answered one question. The other five haven't been asked yet.
The Tilt
Conviction moves from 45% to 55%. One inning of contact-based offense is worth ten points after six weeks of silence between the fences. The lineup answered one question. The other five haven't been asked yet.
— Dex Ponce
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