So many things have changed since the last time that the Philadelphia Phillies played the New York dishes.
The Host Phillies seeks to increase its advance on second place dishes when the teams start a series of four games on Monday.
Philadelphia (83-60) is seven games in front of New York (76-67) in the race of the National League East, but this was not the case a few weeks ago. The dishes swept the phillies visiting a three game set from August 25 to 27, filling their gap in the four -game division.
However, the Phillies have since won seven of their last 10 games while the dishes have lost six of their last 10 games. The result is a division race that could be almost adjusted if Philadelphia dominates this series.
The Phillies come out for a weekend when they took two of the three in Miami. However, the team abandoned a 5-4 decision to the Marlins on Sunday and also lost a TREA Turner stop against tension in the hamstrings.
“It’s never a good time (for this injury), really,” said Turner, who will see a doctor on Monday, “… but something like it is not fun. And when these games really count, you have to be there. (This is the more frustrating part of that more than anything-is in the course of stretching, to play in big games and not to be able to be there.
Meanwhile, the dishes lost two of the three against the Reds during the weekend in Cincinnati. They dropped 3-2 on Sunday despite a solid first start of the major league of six innings of the right-hander Brandon Sproat. New York only had three strokes in the competition.
“I think we are in a good place, but we have to continue winning matches,” said Francisco Lindor de Mets. “If we want to accomplish what we started the year with in mind, we have to start winning matches.”
New York hopes to start this series on the right foot behind the Talent Recruue Nolan McLean (4-0, 1.37 ERA). The 24-year-old right-hander won his four major league departures, more recently a triumph of 12-5 against Tigers in Detroit on Tuesday, when he granted two points in six rounds.
“Another impressive outing for him,” said manager Carlos Mendoza, adding: “This is what you call pitch!”
One of the victories of the PHILLIES at the Citi Field last month was a 6-0 victory in which McLean launched eight-sleeves aimlessly.
Aaron Nola (3-8, 6.78) did not start any match in this series, although his career numbers against the dishes are a modest record of 10-10 with an MPM of 3.54 in 29 appearances (all departures). He abandoned four points in 6 1/3 rounds to Citi Field when the phillies went on April 21 and lost 5-4.
In her last outing, Nola granted five points before even recording an outing against the Brewers Milwaukee on Wednesday. He sold six points in total that day, fighting through five rounds in a match that Philadelphia finally lost 6-3.
“I just have to stay healthy and continue working,” said Nola. “… I have to limit the big sleeves, without a doubt. I have to stop giving up as many races, and (start) be in attack mode and make better locations.”
– field level media
