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###Phillies @ Cubs - 07:40 PM EDT

###Game Status: Scheduled

###Links & Info

• Venue: Wrigley Field
• TV: Phillies: NBCSP, Cubs: Marquee Sports Network
• Radio: Phillies: iHeart App (es), 94 WIP, Cubs: WPPN 106.7 / TUDN (es), Univision TUDN (es), 104.3 The Score
• MLB Gameday
• Statcast Game Preview

	Probable Pitcher (Season Stats)	Report
Phillies	Jesús Luzardo (1-3, 7.94 ERA, 22.2 IP)	No report posted.
Cubs	Shota Imanaga (1-1, 2.45 ERA, 22.0 IP)	No report posted.

|NLE Rank|Team|W|L|GB (E#)|WC Rank|WC GB (E#)| |:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--| |1|Atlanta Braves|16|7|- (-)|-|- (-)| |2|Miami Marlins|11|12|5.0 (-)|7|2.5 (-)| |3|Washington Nationals|10|13|6.0 (-)|8|3.5 (-)| |4|Philadelphia Phillies|8|14|7.5 (-)|11|5.0 (-)| |5|New York Mets|7|15|8.5 (-)|12|6.0 (-)|

WC Rank	Team	W	L	WC GB (E#)
1	San Diego Padres	15	7	+2.0 (-)
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	13	9	- (-)
3	Chicago Cubs	13	9	- (-)
4	Arizona Diamondbacks	13	9	- (-)
5	St. Louis Cardinals	13	9	- (-)

###Division & Wild Card Scoreboard CIN @ TB 06:40 PM EDT

STL @ MIA 06:40 PM EDT

MIL @ DET 06:40 PM EDT

ATL @ WSH 06:45 PM EDT

MIN @ NYM 07:10 PM EDT

PIT @ TEX 08:05 PM EDT

SD @ COL 08:40 PM EDT

CWS @ AZ 09:40 PM EDT

^^^Posted: ^^^04/21/2026 ^^^05:00:03 ^^^AM ^^^EDT, ^^^Update ^^^Interval: ^^^5 ^^^Minutes

So idk if anyone listened to our favorite commentator Ben Davis this morning? he said rob Thomson is the best manger he’s been around and he’s been around Bruce bochy and lou pinella but rob is the best!!!! Please give me your thoughts on this??? Mind you one is a 4 time WS winning coach and the other is very accomplished and respected manger and apparently they don’t stack up to rob???

Preamble:

We suck right now. Obviously. That can change within two weeks (obviously). This post is NOT a “stop bitching it could be worse” post. It’s more something that I just decided to post about given how badly the team is playing right now.

Context:

The 2017 season was not supposed to be a winning year for the Phillies, it was however an intriguing one before the start. The Phillies had many young future pieces (sigh, so we thought) knocking on the door. they had what we thought was hopefully the future at third base, who while he had taken a sophomore slump, still had shown lots of flashes of promise in Maikel Franco. We had an all star center fielder (Odubel WAS good 2015-2018).

Jared Eickhoff had come off a solid workhorse season in 2016. Aaron Nola would also be coming back from a non TJ UCL injury.

There were gaping holes still on the roster but it the light was starting to be visible at the end of the tunnel. little did we as fans know a figurative cave in was about to occur to totally blot that out for two months.

Doom:

On April 20 to the shock of everyone the team was 11-9, obviously not sustainable, but there had been fun moments like ruining Jeremy Guthries birthday and his last mlb start by dumping 17 runs on him and the nationals. including 12 in the first inning.

The team came back to earth during a road trip against the dodgers cubs and nationals before gearing up for a series against the mariners.

I went to the first game with my dad which was a dollar dog night with Jerad Eickhoff starting. The Phillies went up 4-0 then 9-5 before losing 10-9 as they could not stop Ben fucking Gamel (Oh yeah, that’s an oldie).

This was when the wheels totally came off the wagon. The team went 4-17 the rest of the month. Including a 1-9 stretch near the end of the month. It was horrid.

The Wheels Truly Fall Off:

In June they started 4-1. The season was likely over but hey at least they aren’t letting it roll over into the next month.

These were nearly half of their wins

ALL

FUCKING

MONTH

4-17 the rest of the month.

From June 7 to June 21 they won ONE game. Losing 13/14 baseball games. People like to talk about 2015 being the worst time? No, this I contend was the worst the team ever looked during the rebuild. Eickhoff clearly wasn’t right (and never would be the rest of his career), Franco was even worse than the previous year, Herrera was ice fucking cold, the only real bright spot was Pat Neshek and Arron Altherr.

I started full time following the team in 2013 when I was 11. I had never even during 15 really stopped following the team. This made me jump ship for nearly a month. It was actually unwatchable. All these pieces we thought were key to the future were sucking. To an at the time 15 year old me it looked like the rebuild could last legitimately into the 2020s.

Emergence:

Then Nola really fully came to 2018 form in a teaser for his cy young contending 2018 season and Rhys Hoskins came up as did many of the other young talent. They went 40-44 the rest of the season with Nola as their only really truly good starting pitcher.

The 2017 Phillies are the epitome of “the night is always darkest before the dawn”. immediately after that stretch the team was firmly back in the “how can we win mroe games now” mindset as opposed to rebuilding.

There were two Phillies teams that year. The Michael Saunders Howie Kendrick (who got injured reading his name and is on the 15 day DL) and Clay Bucholz Phillies of the first half. Then there was the emergent Rhys Hoskins Aaron Nola Nick Williams Phillies that were legitimately fun and exciting to watch in the second half.

I have no idea how to end this post so uh. Yeah the post is over. Bye

#Phillies @ Cubs - Mon, Apr 20

###Game Status: In Progress - Score: 4-0 Cubs Bottom of the 3rd, 0 outs, runners on second and third, 3-2 count with Aaron Nola pitching and Ian Happ batting. Moisés Ballesteros is on deck, and Michael Conforto is in the hole.

###Links & Info

• Current conditions at Wrigley Field: 50°F - Partly Cloudy - Wind 11 mph, R To L
• TV: Phillies: NBCSP+, Cubs: Marquee Sports Network
• Radio: Phillies: iHeart App (es), 94 WIP, Cubs: WPPN 106.7 / TUDN (es), Univision TUDN (es), 104.3 The Score
• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

	Phillies Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Turner - SS	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.253	.309	.368
2	Schwarber - DH	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.221	.368	.545
3	Harper, B - 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.266	.356	.506
4	García, Ad - RF	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.213	.310	.347
5	Marsh - LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.261	.288	.406
6	Bohm - 3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.137	.210	.192
7	Stott - 2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.220	.281	.254
8	Crawford - CF	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.276	.364	.379
9	Marchán - C	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.036	.069	.143
	Totals	11	0	2	0	2	3	8

Phillies
BATTING: TB: García, Ad; Stott. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Marchán 2. Team RISP: 0-for-1. Team LOB: 4.
FIELDING: DP: (Bohm-Stott-Harper, B).

	Cubs Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Hoerner - 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.318	.394	.506
2	Busch - 1B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.173	.267	.200
3	Bregman - 3B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.239	.313	.330
4	Happ - LF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.360	.539
5	Ballesteros - DH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.378	.408	.600
6	Conforto - RF	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.304	.467	.435
7	Amaya - C	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.265	.390	.382
8	Crow-Armstrong - CF	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.284	.309
9	Swanson - SS	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	.200	.333	.429
	Totals	10	4	5	3	2	1	2

Cubs
BATTING: 2B: Bregman (2, Nola, A). HR: Swanson (5, 2nd inning off Nola, A, 2 on, 2 out). TB: Ballesteros; Bregman 2; Busch; Happ; Swanson 4. RBI: Swanson 3 (15). 2-out RBI: Swanson 3. GIDP: Amaya. Team RISP: 1-for-2.

Phillies Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Nola, A	2.0	5	4	4	2	1	1	50-27	5.18
Totals	2.0	5	4	4	2	1	1

Cubs Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Rea	3.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	45-28	3.10
Totals	3.0	2	0	0	2	3	0

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Bottom 2	Miguel Amaya grounds into a double play, third baseman Alec Bohm to second baseman Bryson Stott to first baseman Bryce Harper. Ian Happ scores. Moisés Ballesteros to 3rd. Michael Conforto out at 2nd. Miguel Amaya out at 1st.	1-0 CHC
Bottom 2	Dansby Swanson homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. Moisés Ballesteros scores. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores.	4-0 CHC

Team	Highlight
CHC	Starting lineups for Phillies at Cubs - April 20, 2026 (00:00:10)
CHC	Measuring the stats on Dansby Swanson's home run (00:00:13)
CHC	Ian Happ leaps into stands to make catch (00:00:28)
CHC	Ball 1 is reversed after ABS challenge (00:00:26)
CHC	Nico Hoerner's diving stop (00:00:17)
CHC	Colin Rea strikes out Rafael Marchán (00:00:08)
CHC	Michael Conforto makes diving catch (00:00:23)
PHI	Aaron Nola strikes out Nico Hoerner (00:00:06)
CHC	Dansby Swanson's three-run homer (5) (00:00:29)
CHC	Run scores on Amaya double play (00:00:11)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Phillies	0	0	0								0	2	0	4
Cubs	0	4									4	5	0	0

###Division & Wild Card Scoreboard CIN 6 @ TB 1 - Bottom 7, 0 Outs

STL 2 @ MIA 4 - Bottom 7, 0 Outs

ATL 7 @ WSH 4 - Middle 7

^^^Last ^^^Updated: ^^^04/20/2026 ^^^08:33:06 ^^^PM ^^^EDT

#Phillies @ Cubs - Mon, Apr 20

###Game Status: Final - Score: 5-1 Cubs

###Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

	Phillies Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Turner - SS	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	.244	.299	.356
2	Schwarber - DH	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	.213	.357	.525
3	Harper, B - 1B	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.275	.370	.513
4	García, Ad - RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.208	.303	.338
5	Marsh - LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.264	.289	.403
6	Bohm - 3B	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.133	.214	.187
7	Stott - 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	.210	.269	.242
8	Crawford - CF	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	.283	.377	.400
9	Marchán - C	4	0	1	0	0	1	5	.065	.094	.161
	Totals	33	1	6	1	5	5	21

Phillies
BATTING: 2B: Crawford (5, Rea). TB: Crawford 2; García, Ad; Harper, B; Marchán; Marsh; Stott. RBI: Crawford (2). 2-out RBI: Crawford. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Stott; Marchán 3; Schwarber 2. Team RISP: 0-for-7. Team LOB: 10.
FIELDING: DP: (Bohm-Stott-Harper, B).

	Cubs Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Hoerner - 2B	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.322	.396	.506
2	Busch - 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.169	.261	.195
3	Bregman - 3B	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	.244	.317	.344
4	Happ - LF	3	1	1	0	1	2	3	.244	.359	.526
5	Ballesteros - DH	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	.378	.420	.600
	a-Suzuki - DH	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	.229	.372	.257
6	Conforto - RF	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.304	.452	.435
	b-Shaw - RF	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	.273	.305	.473
7	Amaya - C	4	0	0	0	0	2	6	.243	.364	.351
8	Crow-Armstrong - CF	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	.214	.275	.298
9	Swanson - SS	4	1	1	3	0	1	2	.192	.322	.411
	Totals	30	5	8	4	5	10	19

Cubs
a-Struck out for Ballesteros in the 5th. b-Popped out for Conforto in the 5th.
BATTING: 2B: Bregman 2 (3, Nola, A, Nola, A). HR: Swanson (5, 2nd inning off Nola, A, 2 on, 2 out). TB: Ballesteros; Bregman 4; Busch; Happ; Hoerner; Shaw; Swanson 4. RBI: Conforto (5); Swanson 3 (15). 2-out RBI: Swanson 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Swanson; Amaya; Shaw; Happ. SF: Conforto. GIDP: Amaya. Team RISP: 1-for-11. Team LOB: 7.
FIELDING: E: Martin, C (1, pickoff). PB: Amaya (1).

Phillies Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Nola, A (L, 1-2)	4.1	6	5	5	4	5	1	88-46	5.06
Backhus	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-5	5.40
Shugart	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	28-17	1.59
Johnson, S	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	32-18	7.36
Totals	8.0	8	5	5	5	10	1

Cubs Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Rea (W, 3-0)	6.2	6	1	1	2	5	0	92-62	3.00
Milner	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	26-13	1.69
Martin, C	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18-12	0.00
Totals	9.0	6	1	1	5	5	0

Game Info
WP: Martin, C.
ABS Challenge: Amaya 2 (Ball-Overturned to Strike, Ball-Confirmed); Marchán 3 (Ball-Overturned to Strike, Ball-Overturned to Strike, Ball-Confirmed); Happ (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Bregman (Strike-Confirmed).
Pitches-strikes: Nola, A 88-46; Backhus 5-5; Shugart 28-17; Johnson, S 32-18; Rea 92-62; Milner 26-13; Martin, C 18-12.
Groundouts-flyouts: Nola, A 2-4; Backhus 0-0; Shugart 3-0; Johnson, S 0-0; Rea 7-5; Milner 1-1; Martin, C 0-0.
Batters faced: Nola, A 22; Backhus 2; Shugart 7; Johnson, S 5; Rea 28; Milner 6; Martin, C 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Backhus 2-0; Milner 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Edwin Moscoso. 1B: Vic Carapazza. 2B: John Bacon. 3B: Hunter Wendelstedt.
Weather: 50 degrees, Partly Cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, R To L.
First pitch: 6:40 PM.
T: 2:40.
Att: 27,798.
Venue: Wrigley Field.
April 20, 2026

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Bottom 2	Miguel Amaya grounds into a double play, third baseman Alec Bohm to second baseman Bryson Stott to first baseman Bryce Harper. Ian Happ scores. Moisés Ballesteros to 3rd. Michael Conforto out at 2nd. Miguel Amaya out at 1st.	1-0 CHC
Bottom 2	Dansby Swanson homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. Moisés Ballesteros scores. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores.	4-0 CHC
Bottom 3	Michael Conforto out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Justin Crawford. Michael Busch scores.	5-0 CHC
Top 4	Justin Crawford doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Ian Happ. Bryson Stott scores.	5-1 CHC

Team	Highlight
PHI	The goose is loose at Wrigley Field! (00:00:46)
CHC	Ian Happ leaps into stands to make catch (00:00:28)
CHC	Nico Hoerner's diving stop (00:00:17)
CHC	Michael Conforto makes diving catch (00:00:23)
CHC	Dansby Swanson's three-run homer (5) (00:00:29)
CHC	Michael Conforto's sacrifice fly (00:00:20)
PHI	Justin Crawford's RBI double (00:00:29)
CHC	Michael Busch's diving stop at first (00:00:16)
CHC	Nico Hoerner's outstanding stop (00:00:18)
CHC	Matt Shaw's incredible diving catch (00:00:30)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Phillies	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	0	10
Cubs	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0			5	8	1	7

###Decisions

• Winner: Colin Rea (3-0, 3.00)
• Loser: Aaron Nola (1-2, 5.06)

###Division & Wild Card Scoreboard CIN 6 @ TB 1 - Final

STL 3 @ MIA 5 - Final

ATL 9 @ WSH 4 - Final

Next Phillies Game: Tue, Apr 21, 07:40 PM EDT @ Cubs

^^^Last ^^^Updated: ^^^04/20/2026 ^^^11:07:52 ^^^PM ^^^EDT

Tears through the minors, get's called up and hits a HR off Chris Sale of all people then gets benched for the next 2 games?? wtf? Not on the fire Rob Thomson train but man Reyes could be the spark this club needs.. such a stupid decision..

Also all the people assuming he's a platoon player when 5 of his 6 hr's came off of Righties so far this year. Just take a look at his stats against right handed pitchers so far in Triple-A:

AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
.342	.351	.685	1.036

Ken Rosenthal feels it’s a roster construction issue. Still will Thompson be the scapegoat if things don’t improve?

An example of Ruben‘s missed opportunities to be interesting or historically contributing to the Phillies past , he was describing how Dallas Green and others developed a Chicago influence playing /managing for the Phillies and the Cubs but then he didn’t go on and explain as Kruk would with humor and fact. Just silence. Ruben just does not read the room.

… and somehow, we’re only one game ahead of them.

Went to my first game of the season last night (unfortunately) and got a hot dog and a pizza since those were the closest things near me.

I don’t love the prices as much as the next person, but I deal with it. The quality of the food however is just atrocious. I’m kind of at the point where I don’t even look forward to the ball park food anymore. The pizza was lukewarm and the cheese was gelatinous. It was worse than a $1 Totino’s pizza you can get at the grocery store. The hot dog, which should be the simplest/easiest thing to do at the ballpark, was also just not good. The bun was similar to a Kaiser roll and dry, not steamed.

CBP/Aramark, what are we doing? You’re just asking for people to start bringing their own food/drinks. This certainly cannot be what they want as that means people are spending less money there.

Curious as to what other food items you’ve had at CBP that just miss the mark entirely.

###Phillies @ Cubs - 07:40 PM EDT

###Game Status: Scheduled

###Links & Info

• Venue: Wrigley Field
• TV: Phillies: NBCSP+, Cubs: Marquee Sports Network
• Radio: Phillies: iHeart App (es), 94 WIP, Cubs: WPPN 106.7 / TUDN (es), Univision TUDN (es), 104.3 The Score
• MLB Gameday
• Statcast Game Preview

	Probable Pitcher (Season Stats)	Report
Phillies	Aaron Nola (1-1, 4.03 ERA, 22.1 IP)	No report posted.
Cubs	Colin Rea (2-0, 3.63 ERA, 17.1 IP)	No report posted.

|NLE Rank|Team|W|L|GB (E#)|WC Rank|WC GB (E#)| |:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--| |1|Atlanta Braves|15|7|- (-)|-|- (-)| |2|Miami Marlins|10|12|5.0 (-)|7|3.0 (-)| |3|Washington Nationals|10|12|5.0 (-)|8|3.0 (-)| |4|Philadelphia Phillies|8|13|6.5 (-)|11|4.5 (-)| |5|New York Mets|7|15|8.0 (-)|12|6.0 (-)|

WC Rank	Team	W	L	WC GB (E#)
1	San Diego Padres	15	7	+2.0 (-)
2	St. Louis Cardinals	13	8	+0.5 (-)
3	Pittsburgh Pirates	13	9	- (-)
4	Arizona Diamondbacks	13	9	- (-)
5	Chicago Cubs	12	9	0.5 (-)

###Division & Wild Card Scoreboard CIN @ TB 06:40 PM EDT

STL @ MIA 06:40 PM EDT

ATL @ WSH 06:45 PM EDT

^^^Posted: ^^^04/20/2026 ^^^05:00:02 ^^^AM ^^^EDT, ^^^Update ^^^Interval: ^^^5 ^^^Minutes

Okay hear me out so we have the schwarberger, and now the schwarber Sunday, but what we really need is the Bryce cream cone. This would be a top seller.

Imagine getting an ice cream shaped like Bryce’s head, sprinkle or fudge as the beard , maybe some coconut shavings for his flow as well. Someone get this to the Phillies marketing department , don’t even want credit just want to see it in the stadium