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It was a solid circle, which means strike. All it takes is for 0.1% of that ball to be in the strike zone.

Props to Akin for saving the bullpen.

Adley saw the splitter in the zone like three straight times and didn't do anything with it.

MASN box had that as a strike.

Needed that in the 4th inning, James.

Mateo needs to lean into one and then use his legs to get to second and third.

Santander and Hays got absolutely carved up.

How far is Bryce Harper going to hit one off Akin?

Crap, Akin warming. Prayers for Kyle's UCL.

I don't hate the idea, Mateo is just terrible at bunting.

Once the bunt failed, that DP was guaranteed.

Gotta take advantage of this opportunity.

Gunnar

Gunnar is starting to rival Jose Siri in whining about called strikes in the zone.

Bradish was maybe too amped up. Hope the O's can respond and it's not like yesterday.

Red Sox knocked out Aaron Nola after four innings, so Philly has used Gregory Soto, Orion Kerkering, and now Jeff Hoffman out of the bullpen. It's still the seventh inning. Keep working that bullpen! Also good to see Boston's offense rolling before the Yankees come to town.

I really hope that doesn't happen. Hyde said that the 6-man rotation was not going to be a permanent thing, nor should it with our schedule and our bullpen situation. The pen needs a long man. Suarez is a maybe to complete five innings. Suarez should be in the pen, not starting at Yankee Stadium.

When those two rivals go at it, you can THROW their RECORDS RIGHT OUT THE WINDOW! Not really. Every year there's a pennant race and we need either the Red Sox or Yankees to beat the other, I tell myself that but it never happens. Yankees are probably going to roll them. They don't even have to face Houck.

Whew, I thought Harris was going to get that! I remember he robbed us last year.

Can the bats wake up? They've left a lot of opportunities go by the wayside.

Even when Akin is getting people out, I don't really know how he does it. He throws a mid-'90s fastball, his control is average-ish, and he's left-handed. Is there another reason he's a major leaguer?

Akin is not Danny Coulombe.

Well the Royals are no help, as usual.

Well, that was a dominant inning from Schwellenbach the third time through the order.