The Phillies built a four-run lead but squandered many chances to pad it. They could have slammed the door but still head home with an edge.
ATLANTA — The first fastball threw was close. Riley took it for a ball. Hoffman threw him another at 98 mph and Riley swung through it. The entered this National Division League Series with a plan to attack the mighty with velocity, so when Riley took another slider in the dirt to even the count at 2-2 in the eighth inning, called for the heater. Advertisement Realmuto wanted Hoffman to elevate it, but Hoffman yanked the fastball. Full count.
He went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts. Then, in Game 2, Wheeler threw Riley 12 pitches in three at-bats and nine were fastballs. Riley was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. Riley was not great against sliders in 2023, and . It’s why he held righty hitters to a .122/.197/.226 line during the season. Hoffman had thrown 294 sliders to righty hitters and only one had resulted in an extra-base hit. Three weeks ago, Hoffman faced Riley, who worked a full count.
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