PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The Phillies are taking on the Dodgers in a pivotal Game 4 of the NLDS on Thursday night.
First pitch begins at 6:08 p.m. with Cristopher Sanchez on the mound..
Coming off Wednesday night’s big 8-2 win, Philadelphia is looking to keep the bats alive and force a Game 5.
The Dodgers lead the series 2-1.
How the Phillies can even the series
The Phillies have the edge in the starting pitcher comparison, with Game 1 starter Sanchez, coming off a regular season in which he was one of the top five starters in baseball and an excellent outing in Game 1.
He’s going on four days of rest vs. Glasnow, who hasn’t pitched much the past two-plus weeks and battled some control issues down the stretch (and walked two of the eight batters he faced in a Game 1 relief appearance).
Thanks to Ranger Suarez’s great effort on Wednesday, the bullpen will be in good shape as well, so the path to victory is a shutdown effort from Sanchez and then the high-leverage relievers (with a better performance than they provided in Game 1).
No doubt, the offensive game plan will be to get Glasnow to run up his pitch count and then get the soft underbelly of the Dodgers’ bullpen into the game earlier than Dave Roberts would like. Oh, and a Bryce Harper home run mixed in there will help as well.
Lineups
Phillies
1. Trea Turner (R) SS
2. Kyle Schwarber (L) DH
3. Bryce Harper (L) 1B
4. Alec Bohm (R) 3B
5. Brandon Marsh (L) CF
6. J.T. Realmuto (R) C
7. Max Kepler (L) LF
8. Nick Castellanos (R) RF
9. Bryson Stott (L) 2B
Dodgers
1. Shohei Ohtani (L) DH
2. Mookie Betts (R) SS
3. Teoscar Hernandez (R) RF
4. Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
5. Tommy Edman (S) 2B
6. Will Smith (R) C
7. Alex Call (R) LF
8. Enrique Hernandez (R) 3B
9. Andy Pages (R) CF
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