Phillies live gamecast10/13/2023 First, Tucker fired an RBI triple off Padres reliever Tim Hill. But then …Ī Weird and Wild thing happened in the sixth inning. We mention that because you know what his previous 164 days had in common? So had it been a while? Apparently yes! But if Wainwright gets to 200 in these next couple of weeks, will anyone remember or care? No, not even the loyal readers of the Weird and Wild column.Ī THREE-PEAT FOR KING TUCK - The 2023 baseball season was 165 days old when Kyle Tucker showed up at Minute Maid Park on Sunday. Jim Kaat also went 0-5 in between 198 and 199 back in 1974. Most losses between 198th and 199th win* - If you’re getting the impression nobody’s drought was quite like Wainwright’s drought, you won’t be stunned to hear he also ran away with this race. Next up: Reuss with eight and Tiant with seven. Most starts between 198th and 199th win* - Those 11 consecutive winless starts Wainwright made lead this list, too. But if you don’t confine these droughts to just one season, the winner is Jerry Reuss’ 242 days in 1987-88. Most days between 198th and 199th win (single season*) - Wainwright’s 87 days leads that pack, well ahead of Bob Welch (48 days in 1992) and Luis Tiant (43 days in 1978). 199 is in the books, it’s time to look into the Weird and Wild part, with the stellar assistance of my friends from STATS. As in …Ĩ7 days … 11 straight starts … and 10 straight losses … not to mention 57 runs allowed in 45 innings! So Tuesday night in a press box near me, we couldn’t help but hang on every pitch of Adam Wainwright’s start in Baltimore.Īnd that, naturally, was because it became apparent that Wainwright had a chance to win the 199th game of his excellent career … and let’s just say it had been a while since No. But that doesn’t mean we can’t want good things to happen to good people. TAKE THE LONG WAINO HOME - We don’t root a lot in my profession. ![]() Here’s a rundown of those five homers - and what happened afterward.Īdam Wainwright recorded his 199th win, at long last. But we’re not quite finished with the recap. Their hearts pounding … the emotions overflowing … the fist-bumps reverberating … the ballpark quaking … “the momentum clearly on their side” (I’m required by sportswriting regulations to include that line) … the Phillies then …ĭoes that seem hard? I’ll tell you how hard it is. 23, either Bryce Harper or Trea Turner has hit a home run right out of “The Natural.” We’re talking five dramatic, what-just-happened home runs - in the eighth or ninth innings - that either tied a game or gave the Phillies the lead. But first … here’s the question!įive times since Aug. And any time that happens, I start to get those messages: Over the last three weeks, the Phillies have found a way to do something that many of you out there suspected had never been done. If only there weren’t such an entity as “the Phillies’ bullpen” to provide the counterargument. ![]() There’s a part of every one of us that wants to believe momentum is a real thing. ![]() We take you now to Philadelphia, because it’s time to talk about a whole bunch of game-changing, late-inning home runs … that somehow didn’t change anything at all. But we can’t begin this edition of the Weird and Wild column in any of those places.
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