High Hopes: A Phillies Podcast - Final Out: Game Of The Year

Episode Date: June 15, 2024

Jack Fritz reacts to the Phillies' dramatic extra-inning win over the Orioles. Presented by Miller Lite. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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or wherever you get your podcasts. What a game is right. Welcome on in. It is the final out, sponsored by Regency Furniture. Affordable never looks so good. Jack Fritz hanging out with you. Technically still Friday, but in one minute it's going to be Saturday morning. It is 12 o'clock at night here on Sports Radio 94 WIP, but I'm pretty jacked up.

That was an awesome night down at Camden Yards. If you were there tonight, if you're on the drive home, maybe you stayed over. I mean, given the hour rain delay, I don't totally blame you if you stayed over. But if you're on the drive home, I would love to hear from you. From what that crowd sounded like

through my TV versus what it was like in person, it seemed like an incredible atmosphere. Let's get into the game wrap-up, sponsored by Blaser Swiss Lube and Crevice, the metal working fluid specialists, providing professional CNC machine cleaning, coolant maintenance programs,

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America's largest injury firm. And I want to start right there. I mean, what an atmosphere tonight. What an atmosphere down at Camden Yards where, listen, it's hard to make middle of June games feel like playoff games, but that felt like a playoff game tonight. I needed that win tonight. I was in a catcher's squat in the Orion Kirkering inning, you know,

before the Cedric Mullins play. Like, I was really into that game. And I think the crowds on both sides made it that much more fun. I think just the back and forth nature of it. I mean, if we get that in the fall classic, sign me up. But I appreciated Rob Thompson. First thing he said after the game was how incredible the fans were. I loved Alec Boehm standing there after the game.

By the way, good game for Boehm. Needed to see something like that. And, you know, the fans just being right there, chanting, let's go Phillies. It's really cool. This whole little, about week stretch of Phillies fans just being on the road, whether it was London, where it seems like Phillies fans just completely took over.

Fenway, which you rarely see opposing teams take over. There were so many Phillies fans there. And then tonight in Baltimore, it's not like the Orioles are a bad team. The Orioles won 101 games last year and had the third most wins in baseball heading into tonight. So they're good. Phillies fans are just behind this team. And that felt like a playoff game tonight. That felt like a big game.

It was intense. There was some clutch moments. There was some heartbreak between the Santander home run and the Cedric Mullins play at home plate. But ultimately, the Phillies came out on top. And I saw a resilient ball club tonight. That's my second biggest takeaway from tonight. That's the Phillies' C-squad.

I mean, at least offensively, that's their C-squad. That's not a dynamic Phillies lineup. Rafael Marchand went yard tonight. I mean, that's crazy. So I give the Phillies a lot of credit from the standpoint of how resilient they are. And Rob Thompson talks a lot about the resiliency of this ball club. And I think tonight was a great example of that. And it's why I just don't foresee a true losing streak happening. Will they lose three straight games in a row? Sure, that'll probably happen. But it's why I don't see prolonged streaks. And it's why, again, getting to my third biggest takeaway of the game, they have some real winners on this team.

And the three winners that I feel like I saw tonight, one was Ranger. I mean, that's a spot where, again, you should have three stoppers, and I still trust Chris Sanchez, so ideally four stoppers. But Ranger should be one of your stoppers. He's a low CRA in the National League for a reason, and he was that tonight. I know he wasn't the most crisp, but he made big pitches when he needed to make big pitches.

And he has done that in the postseason. You know, both brave starts this year and in 2022. It always felt like Ranger had a big pitch when he needed to make a big pitch. Unfortunately, he didn't have a big pitch against Corbin Carroll in Game 7. But we don't need to bring up bad memories. But for the most part, when he needs to make a big pitch, I trust that Ranger Suarez is going to make a big pitch. And that was a big game kind of atmosphere tonight. And Ranger rose to the occasion. You know, the most interesting part about the Ranger Suarez

that we've seen this year, and what I hope goes on the rest of the year is that it seems like in the postseason Rob Thompson still has a quick trigger on getting Ranger Suarez out of the game. I hope that through obviously what has happened so far this year, I hope they give Ranger a little bit of a leash in the postseason. And tonight was a good kind of test for what does a Ranger Suarez deep postseason start kind of look like. I know that he exited the game like four hours ago at this point, but I thought Ranger was great. Kyle Schwarber, I mean, you talk about winners, winners on this Phillies team, that's Kyle Schwarber. Let off the game with a home run, had a big hit in an extra to give them the lead. A winner.

Jeff Hoffman. Jeff Hoffman was huge in this. Came in. Didn't get Jordan Westberg out. But got Adley out in a really crucial spot. I think we saw some stones from this team. They were on the road. They've been in London.

They were up in Boston. They got their teeth kicked in, at least pitching-wise, the last two nights. They went down against an Orioles team who has a really good offense, and they just straight up dominated tonight. I know extras happened. I know Kirk Green had that inning. I still think Kirk Green looked pretty good. We'll get into that more as we go along here. But still, real resiliency, toughness from this Phillies team tonight. And that makes me happy. 2-1-5, 5-9-2, 94-94 to get in. Joe in Wilmington on his way home from the game.

What's happening, Joe? I got to tell you guys, 59 years old, probably the best experience I've had at a baseball game. The atmosphere was crazy. I mean, and the game was just – that 10th inning on those two plays, you know, to take it to the 11th inning was just crazy. Wonderful. I mean, we got a car lift coming in right now.

We are all jacked up. We just had a great time. Go, Philly! Look at those! That's beautiful. Really a good time, man. If that's a preview great time. Go, Philly! Look at the host! That's beautiful. Really a good time, man. If that's a preview of the World Series, man, that is going to be amazing. I need it, Joe.

I need it. I mean, it's so funny because I'm sure you felt it in the ballpark. I felt it here sitting on my couch waiting to do the final out. It felt like a playoff game. Like, it felt like a playoff game. And it's June 15th, but it just had some extra kind of stakes to it. It did, man. It was just intense.

I mean, and the fan bases, two of the best fan bases in baseball, man. So they mix well together, good atmosphere, just a great baseball game. Yeah, Joe. Hey, man, safe travels getting home, and thanks for the call. I appreciate it. Go, Phil! Go, Phil! Go, Phil! Go, Phil.

Go, Phil. Love to hear that. Plus, great battle of accents. You know, the Baltimore accent, Philadelphia accent, kind of close. Kind of close. 215-592-9494 to get in. Again, leaving the ballpark. We'd love to hear from you.

It seemed like an electric atmosphere. You had an hour rain delay to kind of deal with, so I'm sorry for that, but hey, at least it came out with a win. Way worse driving home, sitting in an hour rain delay, and then losing a ball game. Can't have that. So, 215-592-9494. It's the final out. On the other

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or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm just saying we could have been done an hour ago if the replay review center was cool and just ended the game on a on a fluky fun play like that but regardless that is our play of the game sponsored by Mike's Amazing the official mayo and mustard of the Phillies Jack Fritz hanging out with you here on the final out sponsored by Regency Furniture. Affordable. It never looked so good. And, yeah, it was a, I mean, again, I had a tweet all lined up. Would have done numbers. But I had to delete it because I was like, ah, he's probably safe.

But, I mean, like Rob Thompson called the perfect play there. You know, throw it right off the backstop, off the brick, right back to Marshawn. Bang. Tag him out. Game over. And it wasn't meant to be. It wasn't meant to be. tag him out, game over. And it wasn't meant to be. It wasn't meant to be. And, you know, it was,

because Kirkering looked like he had it. You know, Kirkering, I thought, looked good. Obviously, Sir Anthony. You know, it's been, I'm so happy for Sir Anthony. You know, he, in 2018, came up, looked unbelievable, had the Tommy John, or actually waited a little bit to get the Tommy John, came back, hasn't looked totally as dominant as his 2018 self. 2022 playoffs, I think Sir Anthony was disgusting. I mean, I will never forget Sir Anthony in St. Louis, striking out Aaron Otto and Goldschmidt back-to-back in a big spot. He is a rise-to-the-occasion guy. I do oddly trust him in postseason moments.

The last month and a half, I think he's allowed one earned run. He's come into some really big spots. He came in bases loaded one out against the Red Sox on Tuesday night, got out of it, and tonight, again, we know the likelihood, the probability of scoring

runs and extra innings. There's a ghost runner on second base with no outs. And Sir Anthony, first off, back to 99, which is great to see. Looks like he has two different shapes to his fastball. He has the straight four seamer that has a little bit of sink. He has the 99 with some cut. And that slider, him and Caleb Cotham, I fully believe this, have worked on finding depth and getting

depth to his slider. And it's made him a totally different pitcher, but the confidence is back. So, you know, I thought Kirkering, for the most part, did a good job. Now, that was a clear cross-up. Like, that was a clear, him and Rafael Marchand just messed up the signs. It's as simple as that. Marchand thought a sweeper's coming. Kirkering threw a fastball. That's how the ball ended up at the backstop. So, overall, a good night for the Phillies bullpen. It was shocking to see Matt Strom allow a home run. I'm surprised Anthony Santander got to that ball. That was pretty high up in the zone to hit that out.

But credit to him. I mean, just a great job. Anthony Santander, I really do think, is one of the most underrated players in baseball. So he caught up to that. It was shocking to see Strom let up a run. I thought Hoffman was huge. I thought Kirkland was mostly good, and Sir Anthony was good. And also good to see Jose Alvarado have a really easy 1-2-3 inning

against a tough lineup because, again, I feel like there's been a big overcorrection about Jose Alvarado and how good he is. He had a bad out against the Mets. It was not his day. He is a damn good pitcher. And it was good to see him, back-to-back outings, really look more like the Jose Alvarado that we've seen

for a majority of the season outside of really three outings. Opening day, the Rocky Series, and Sunday against the Mets. 215-592-9494. We'll get to an update on the farm here in one second, but a lot of people leaving the game love to hear from you. Eli is in Westchester. What's happening, Eli? Hey, Jack. Thanks for taking my call, man.

Of course, man. How's the ride home? Did you make it through the rain delay? You stayed till the end? We're all good? Stayed till the very end, man. Hung out in Redfield right on the railing on that party deck out there and it was electric the philly fans that showed up and stayed for that whole rain delay was incredible and i'm 21 years old i don't really remember the 07 to 11 but i know you guys talk

about it all the time and i am just blown away at how awesome the fans have been. Yeah. The going back and forth between the let's go Phillies and let's go O's and booing each other was just absolute playoff atmosphere. I left that place, and I'm still buzzing. It was absolutely incredible. The team is incredible, and I cannot wait for the next two games. Yeah, it's going to be awesome man and I'm glad you're able to really enjoy

what those kind of regular seasons were like because this was it man it was Phillies fans taking over opposing ballparks getting into it a little bit, mixing it up but ultimately just creating a really fun atmosphere and I say it a bit

tongue in cheek, but I think Phillies fans and Philadelphia in general is saving baseball creating a really fun atmosphere. And, like, I say it a bit tongue-in-cheek, but I think Phillies fans and Philadelphia in general is saving baseball. You know, our starting staff is saving baseball, and our fans are making baseball kind of fun again. So, I mean, that's good on you, man. We need you down there. And the atmosphere through the TV was unbelievable. These next two nights are going to be ridiculous.

I'm excited. Also, former Ruston guy as well, so shout out to Golden Knights. Appreciate you. Appreciate you. Go Knights. Go Knights. It's always go Knights, yeah. But, you know, tomorrow night we have Taiwan versus Grayson Rodriguez.

We'll get to that coming up a little bit later. And then Sunday on Father's Day, I mean, Burns versus Wheeler is an old school ace v. ace kind of matchup. I'm glad the Phillies got one. Listen, I had a fear. You know, I know I portray such confidence on these airwaves, but really, I'm very nervous at all times. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop

when it comes to this baseball team. I watched the Phillies pitching staff get bludgeoned the last two nights by the Red Sox, and I was like, oh, God. Now they're going to go to Baltimore, and Gunner, and Adley, and Jordan Westberg, and Santander.

What are they going to do to this Phillies pitching staff coming off of London, where they're maybe a little bit rusty? I was like, like, what are they going to do to this Phillies pitching staff coming off of London where they're maybe a little bit rusty? And I was like, man, this could be a long series for the pitching staff. I'm proud of Ranger. A lot of guys stepped up and did their job. But it was good to get at least one, at least one. We know Taiwan versus Grayson, Rodriguez is going to be a little bit tough. And then Sunday, a bit of a coin flip.

But, man, it was good to get at least one out of the way. I needed that win tonight. Again, I don't know what it is, but it just felt bigger than a June 15th game or June 14th game. I keep forgetting. It's past midnight. It was awesome. It was an awesome game.

And for those of you that were there, it's a memorable regular season game. Calvin's in West Grove. What's happening, Calvin? Hey, Jack. How are you doing tonight? I'm doing great, buddy. Had they lost, I probably would not have been able to do the final out. But the fact that they won, I needed to be here. No, it was amazing. I'll give you a couple insights.

I actually live in Maryland. We got down there at about 3 o'clock, went to the inner harbor. The place was crawling with Philly fans. It's Fleet Week down there, so they have some Navy ships in there, and it was just crawling with Philly fans all over the place. That's awesome. The game was a heavyweight slugfest, body blows, haymakers. It was an amazing game.

Batting practice, Schwarber hit one into the concourse, so you knew there was a good chance he was going to hit one out tonight. Suarez is amazing because although the beginning of the innings he had a tendency to be really sluggish but he just takes it to a different level i mean how many times did he have runners in scoring position i think he had the bases loaded at one moment you know with one out and he just he just he just flips a switch yeah another level it's amazing to watch he makes big pitches in big spots it's what he does he's got he's got a clutch factor to him i and and i'll say that i don't think it was 50 50 body wise

philly fans it might have been maybe 40 45 percent philly fans but they match the intensity and the cheering and it was really cool everybody Everybody was respectful. They taunted each other back and forth, cheering. It was a wild experience. Yeah. Well, listen, man. Get home safely. Appreciate the phone call. Thanks for being a part of the atmosphere tonight. Again, through the TV,

it was palpable. 215-592-9494 to get in if you're leaving the ballpark tonight. The Injury Report is sponsored by the Plumbers Union Local 690. Protecting the health of the nation. Visit Plumbers690.org. Brandon Marsh was one for three tonight up in Reading. Playing center field.

Could be activated tomorrow. Not a great night for David Dahl. Back-to-back games without a hit. not a great night for David Dahl. Back-to-back games without a hit. Brought his average from like 500 down to about 200 in two games, but it is what it is. We'll see what happens tomorrow.

You know, there could be a decision with Johan Rojas. You know, if they want to send him down, keep Dahl up here. I mean, they could send Weston Wilson down. There's a lot of roster gymnastics that has to happen. Trey Turner could be back Sunday or maybe Monday. Matt Gelb said before the game, probably Monday. But either way, getting Brandon Marsh back, adding another real quality hitter to this lineup, because again, it's felt like it's lacking, for lack of a better term, I guess, when it comes to the lineup. They are missing some bats. But regardless, Brandon Marsh, one for three tonight up in Redding,

played some center field, so good to see that. On the other side, before we hand things off to Rob Cherry, we'll get to your phone calls, plus the player of the game, and a look ahead to tomorrow and the rest of the weekend. We'll get to all of that coming up next on the Final Out on Sports Radio 94 WIP. Off the bat, I said, no doubt that's in the gap. final out on sports radio 94 wyp off the bat i said no doubt that's in the gap shout out to bomber and then i swear austin hayes covered i don't know a football field in a millisecond and almost made the catch there almost a ridiculous play by by austin hayes but

thank god he didn't alec boehm is our player of the game. Sponsored by South Jersey Gas. Committed to providing safe, reliable, affordable natural gas. Make the switch at southjerseygas.com slash lovemyhome. I needed to see that from Alec Bohm tonight. Like, Alec Bohm is so important to at least the pre-trade deadline fills and really what their plans are heading into the trade deadline. Again, not to make everything a huge deal with this baseball team, but Alec Bone was hitting.221 since May 1st with a.600 OPS. .600.

Like, for a four-hole hitter, that can't happen. And he had the night off yesterday. I think that's smart of Rob Thompson. Sure, they lost. But getting that guy a rest, and maybe it gets him refocused and gets him ready to go because you can't have that kind of production for a month and a half from that spot in the lineup.

So he had three hits tonight, went the opposite way a couple times, and wrote that baseball. So it's good to see from Alec Boehm hopefully some steps toward getting back to close to what he was for the first month and a half in the season where he was arguably the MVP of the league. So I don't need that. I don't need a 1200 OPS. I don't need 150 RBI on 17 home runs.

But just, again, getting that average over 300, get to 310s, be a doubles guy. Just can't be the weak ground balls rolling over to the shortstop slash third baseman. So hopefully a good start to the Alec Baum reheating back up kind of campaign tonight down in Baltimore. Let's go to... Now, Cashmere, I know you were doubting. I know you were doubting the Phils, but they pulled it out, Cashmere.

It's okay. I was majorly doubting, Jack. I was dejected after the campaigning, man. I was dejected. I was majorly doubting, Jack. I was dejected after the 10th inning, man. I was dejected. I was so depressed. I thought they had lost the game right there. But they pulled through. They're resilient.

They're a tough little ball club, Gajmer. I got to admit, man, they showed some moxie. They showed some. That was a character win right there, Jack. And I just got to say real quick, that was – and I know we had a game against the Mets in Citi Field, the two-run comeback off Edwin Diaz. I know we had that big win in Colorado where Bryce hit the home run.

But this – I think, Jack, this to me was the best win of the season so far, I believe, in my opinion. I mean, it was just a nice little – you know, the Phillies have lost two straight. Pitching staff wasn't doing well. They've lost three straight road series. It was a good, tough, gritty, you know, again, they had the Santander home runoff strong. That's momentum shifting.

You had the Kirkering play where Mullens slides in just barely safe. By the way, I think it's credit to Kirkering, too, just getting Santana there to pop up the next pitch. I think that shows some resiliency. And then, yeah, waiting through a rain delay, through an hour rain delay, when your body's already warm and still coming out and doing your job. That's a tough win by the Phillies tonight. That was a very tough win.

Like I said, that was the best one of the season. That was a win I thought they desperately needed. I like you with thinking, oh, no, we have our speed lineup going down, and we've got to face Westberg, Rutschman, Mateo, and Austin Hayes, and Gunnar Henderson, and Abby Rutsch Henderson and Ryan Mountcastle, Santander, Ryan O'Hearn. It's like all these guys are like, oh, my goodness gracious. We've got to play the Orioles and Baltimore, two straight road series.

We're still struggling from the injury bug. And I'm thinking to myself, this is going to get ugly. This is going to get ugly. I'm thinking to myself, I actually thought we were going to get swept. I didn't think we were going to get swept in this series. I really thought that. Come on, Cashmere. Come on.

An ounce of faith. An ounce of faith. I did not have a lot of faith. But I will say this. If we can somehow just tread water until JT gets back, I think it's going to be a bigger issue than we think because, I'm sorry, JT gets that ball in the 10th inning. He does, Jack.

You know that. Sure, I agree. JT does not let that ball go by. He's had some pass balls this year. Either way, he lets that pass him, but he makes it back to home plate. But he makes it back. That's for sure. Exactly, yes.

He makes it. And even if it does get past him, he definitely gets back to home plate and tags out Mullins. But I will say this before I hang up. SirAnthony and Kirkering, I thought, have looked just filthy, in a good way. I mean that in a good way. They have looked filthy lately. So that looks at me that we don't just have,

it's not just Alvarado and Strom and Hoffman and Hoffman that are your top three. I think we have about five guys now in that bullpen that you can reliably trust in a big spot that can get out. So I'm really not looking bullpen at the

trade deadline. I'm going all in to get, and I watched the podcast today, man. I'm going all in to get, and I watched the podcast today, man, I'm going all in to get Luis Robert. We need another bat in here because we need someone in that four hole. And listen, I know Boehm came up big tonight. I know it.

However, it's like, it's going to be times in the postseason, Jack, where they're going to say, you know what? Go ahead, Alec Boehm, beat us. Because we're not letting Bryce Harper hit. We're going to walk Bryce Harper. We're not going to give him anything Harper hit. We're going to walk Bryce Harper. We're not going to give him anything to hit. We'll make him get himself out. We're not going to give him anything to hit. We'll intentionally

walk him. We will not face Bryce Harper. We need a four-hole hitter. We need a big bat in the middle of that lineup. That's why I want either Luis Robert or Brent Rooker from Oakland. Kyle Tucker, I don't know if or Brent Rooker from Oakland.

Kyle Tucker, I don't know if the Astros will really trade him. Yeah, I don't think. I'd be surprised, yeah. But I really think Dave Dombrowski needs to go. I think he needs to go get a big-time right-handed bat, preferably from the right-handed side. Yeah, listen, I totally agree, Cashmere. I like Alec Baum.

Imagine you trade for Luis Robert. Obviously, he's a huge name. I've discussed a lot on the final out and on High Hopes today about how conflicted I feel about Luis Robert because while the upside is tantalizing, there is a lot of risk with him.

I totally see the risk. It would just be nice to add a four-hole hitter and let everyone just kind of fall down below that. Whether you want to put Boehm 5, JT 5, who cares? You know, you go Boehm, JT, Cassiano, Stott, Marsh. Like, it just lengthens the lineup a ton. So we'll see what they do, but

I know they were linked to Tanner Scott yesterday. Fun name, 131 ERA, heading into the game yesterday before a walk-off home run to JD Martinez. If you can replace Soto with Tanner Scott, and you have Scott, Strom,

Alvarado left side, and then right side Hoffman, Kirk, or Sir Anthony. It's pretty good. It's a pretty locked down bullpen. I just think a bullpen trade for a big arm feels more like a luxury right now than a necessity. Steve is on his way home. What's happening, Steve?

Yo, how's it going, man? Good. What's happening? How was the game? Not good. It was awesome. We were all the way over in Baltimore

right now. Like everyone was saying, man, that was at least minimum 30, 35% Phillies fans. I mean, everywhere. So many. It fell in the

bank for a little bit. Yeah. It seemed like more than 30, 35. It seemed like whenever they panned to the crowd, it was pretty full of

Phillies fans. I'm being conservative when I do say that. Good. Way to be conservative. Yeah, but I mean, I was in middle school in 2007. I remember running to the store to get NLE Shamshurps in 2007. So the World Series, for all I know, was right when I was in high school, man. This doesn't feel exactly the same.

Yeah, it really does, man. I think you and I are probably the same age. I was in eighth grade when they made it in 07, then I was a freshman when they won it in 08. And this is what those summers felt like, where it's like every game kind of feels big. And that's what tonight felt like. It just felt like a big, almost playoff-like atmosphere

in the middle of June. And you and all the Phillies fans down there, I think, made it feel extra special. It's that same feeling 14 years ago back then. You went every time expecting to win. You've got great players, good atmosphere. Baltimore was nice. It was also a mistake, but definitely a playoff atmosphere.

Yeah, I appreciate the phone call, Steve, and safe travels on the way home. Tomorrow, we've got Tywin Walker on the mound versus Grayson Rodriguez heading into the series. I said this is probably going to be the game that they're going to win because, of course, they'll lose Ranger on Friday versus Kyle Braddish, and they'll lose Burns Wheeler, and they'll win the Tywin start in the middle, and it'll drive everyone crazy.

But regardless, Tywin really good his last time out in London. Hopefully, he can translate that to tomorrow. If we get two straight good Taiwan starts, maybe we have something here. Maybe the mechanical adjustment in the bullpen truly did work. But Grayson Rodriguez, at one point, it was him and Andrew Painter as the two best pitching prospects in all of baseball. So he has figured it out the last year, year and a half. And he's developed into a really good starter for the Orioles.

So with tomorrow, again, another tough task. Kyle Bradish was tough tonight. Grayson, tough tomorrow. And Corbin Burns on Sunday. A good matchup of true horses. We don't get this all the time in Major League Baseball. But either way, looking forward to it all. WIP, we'll have you covered.

We'll be here for all the coverage of Phil's Orioles this weekend. For Kyle Fraccini, producing behind the glass, behind the scenes, and for all the callers, everyone who was at the ballpark, get home safely. Rob Cherry, he will take you through the rest of the night here on Sports Radio 94 WIP.