PHILLIES SHUT OUT THE ASTROS 5-0!! AARON NOLA 7 INNING GEM!! NICK CASTELLANOS STAYS HOT!!

e [Music] [Music] beautiful beautiful beautiful oh I love it I absolutely love it a nice little Series win you win the first two games here against the Houston Astros and now I don't have to stress watching a Taiwan Walker performance to try and win a series thankfully that's not going to be the case for tomorrow afternoon oh man what what a what a good win what a good series win what's going on everybody welcome back into TTP Sports and as I uded to the Phillies win the series over the Houston Astros tonight by winning by a score of 5 to nothing Aron Nola seven inning gem gets his first win I believe since early July and he was very overdue for that I thought Nola was very good in this game and desperately needed it just because of some of the missing pieces that are in the bullpen and that was very huge and the Phillies tacked on runs when they could Nick ctios comes up huge once again three-run shot Bryce Harper has a couple of hits Trey Turner gets on base a few times JT getting you know a few more hits there I believe Brandon Marsh also had a hit stotty getting on base so hey keep finding ways H bone finally came up with runners in scoring position even though he got lucky as ever as the ball landed in nowhere territory and three Astros players basically tried to not collide with each other to allow the ball to drop so hey you you take him as it comes you you know baby steps there baby steps there for Alec bom once again so hey what what a good win good win shut out an Asos team your pitching has still been very good over the past week and a half it starts with ainola being as good as he was offense giving you enough run support to where you don't have to use your high leverage guys out of the bullpen you can use a Ruiz who you know had some really good stuff out of the pen he didow a couple of base runners but he still managed to get out of it and you know Banks closing it out in a knife just good solid stuff good solid stuff you found a way you found a way offense scored enough and ainola did his job and that's the most that you can ask for at that point and that is two Series wins in a row for the Phillies I guess you could say it's three Series wins in the last four Series so I guess you know nothing to scoff at but it does seem like they're starting to play Better Baseball which even though they're still a little bit you know sometimes they don't always hit with the runners and score position they don't always H with the runners on base you know double plays still an issue but you can also just say that your pitching has been very good and that was one of the major successful points of the team in the first half was how great your pitching was and right now it looks like we're starting to get that pitching again we'll see how long it lasts for but it is a good sign going down the rest of the stretches especially in the September that your pitching is starting to figure it out once again that is a very good thing it's also very good that Bryce Harper he's taking a couple of good hacks you know over the past few games which is very nice to see Trey Turner does look a lot better at the plate still some ugliness there from Trey but still he's finding ways to get on base uh Brandon Marsh like I said he's had a couple of good swings over the past couple of g games uh same thing with Bryson stot Nicos obviously he continues to stay hot so just keep the good times rolling keep the good times rolling you get a series win which is what I asked for coming into those hom stand against the Astros I would love the sweep them but that's not guaranteed with Taiwan Walker on the mound tomorrow it is not guaranteed whatsoever but we all know this we all know this is going to be the case Taiwan Walker is going to go six scoreless Innings tomorrow so they have an excuse to keep him in the rotation that is 100% going to be the possibility 100% going to be the case I could see it perfectly as day that that's gonna g to be what happens tomorrow he's going to go six scoreless Innings he's going to have a very low pitch count he's going to dominate [Laughter] it's I I could just see it as clear as day because it just seems too obvious it just seems way too obvious hey at least you're starting to win games now now that the Braves are winning games too I believe they're up four nothing as I look at it on my television screen right now yeah they're up four nothing on the Minnesota Twins and they won last night as well so basically nothing really happens with the standings but you're taking care of business where you need to so nothing really affects the standings right there it just does suck that the Braves are starting to catch a little fire with their really banged up lineup and it also doesn't help that wh marfield was going five for five days makes me want to puke when I saw that on the scoreboard last night Jesus Christ five for five where the was that in Philadelphia Jesus Jesus but less on the Braves more on the Phillies you're taking care of business and let's see where this takes you it's good stuff it's good stuff it does seem like they got a little a little bit of their swag back a little bit of their Mojo and we'll see how this carries them because it looks like they have like I said that confidence back and I think it all starts with the pitching it really all starts with the pitching arinola was really good today Zack wielder was good last night as well you also get the two solid performances from Allard and Ranger in the Kansas City series and your Bullpen has been very good basically since the Washington National series I would say so they're showing some good sides even in the brave series the bullpen was really good I would say the starting pitching wasn't that bad either in the brave series it was really just your offense that wasn't scoring against the Braves pitching so I really wouldn't blame the pitching in the Braves Series so the pitching has been good for a little bit right now so that is like I said a very good sign going into this backstretch of the season and like it's not that long it's only basically these final few days of August and then the last four months of the season in September and then it's the playoffs so so it's really important for this team to figure out a way to start getting hot again and especially with this you know series upcoming with the Atlanta Braves you know you win three of four you could probably really set in stone this division that's really important right there to try just to basically take the Braves out of it I need to see this team start playing their best baseball and it looks like they're starting to get that that Groove again but we'll see as it continues to progress like I said three of the last four series You've Won three of those four so it's a good step in the right direction I really need to see how this team performs in a Four game set with basically the division on the line against the Atlanta Braves I need to see what this team can do I really need to see that because it's a probably the biggest series of the entire season it really is but like I said really good first two games here against a very good opponent in Houston Astros your pitching has been very good your offense has been opportunistic to say the least and you found ways to win two games and your Bullpen been very good so we'll see where that takes us basically so if we go into this game know basically I guess you could say it's a little bit of the bit little bit of the same things that started up with this game Phillies had a couple of base runners situations in a couple of innings early in the ball game against Justin berlander nothing really happened bottom of the thirst inning Trey Turner Harper get on with one out Alec bow grounds out into a double play bottom of the second inning JT had a two- out single nothing happened around Net but then you do get on the board in the bottom of the third inning so that's where everything really starts here for the Phillies Hayes he leads off with a double Trey Turner gets the single to score Hayes Harper singles which you get first and second for Alec B he strikes out but then you get Nikki C Nikki ctios lining a ball lacing it driving it over the wall left field three-run shot Phillies go up 4 nothing feels a lot better than one- nothing at that point because it would have been a they left a lot of meat and potatoes on the bone potatoes don't have bones I don't know why I said meat and potatoes they left a lot of meat on the bone if that were to be the case in that third inning only getting one run it was very huge for Nick to get that three-run shot a renola does his job from n Philly's offense they have a couple of base runners in the next few Innings Marsh had a single and he also stole second base in the fourth but nothing happened after that Aon Noah got out of a huge Jam basically in the top of the fifth two leadoff singles by gaml and Myers he gets the next three guys out in order duban lines out Altuve lines out and bregman flies out to end the inning and bregman took gave it a pretty good ride honestly I thought that was going to go off the wall or Worse into the stands nope it landed right into the gap for Nick cados to catch the ball so Aaron NOA gets out unscathed once again Phillies go down one two three in the fifth Aaron NOA sets the Astros down one two three in the sixth bottom of the sixth after a two out double by JT nothing happens there top of the seventh inting another one two three inning for Nola bottom of the seventh Hayes leads off with a single Turner then singles with one outs Hayes moves over the third Harper kind of got robbed because Peña was basically just in the perfect spot of the infield to catch the liner it was still a barely good swing by Bryce just unfortunate situation there so two outs in the seventh and then Alec b gets the very lucky fortunate situation of the ball dying where three Astros are trying not to collide with each other so he gets the double out of that in a run does score so it does become 5- nothing and then ctios gave the ball a pretty good ride but once again defense in a perfect position just to catch the ball so get an extra run there get insurance Ruiz comes out in the top of the eighth duban reaches it on a bun single and duon was safe by a little bit but it was still a very impressive impressive play by Alec bow they they called him out on the play but the replay obviously he was safe but I still find that very impressive by bom to even find a way to make that even somewhat close even though it really wasn't at the end of the day Ruiz he gets altu a strike out he gets bregman to line out Alvarez gets a two- out singles you get first and third situation but then he Strikes Out Diaz to win the inning keeps the shutout intact Phillies go down one two three in the eighth top of the ninth Bank sets down the Astros 1 two three and that's your ball game looking at the line of tonight the Phillies at 11 hits Kyle schwar he goes 0 for four Trey Turner he goes two for three with a RBI and a walk so a good night for Trey Turner Bryce Harper he goes two for four Alec bone one for four with an RBI and a strikeout Nick ctios one for four with a three-run shot Bryson stat for four JT two for four Brandon Marsh one for four but also added three strikeouts in classic Brandon Marsh fashion and then Austin Hayes had a pretty solid night tonight two for three with I believe a double and a single so good there on Austin Hayes Phillies go three for 11 with runners in scoring position bom and cosos had the hits Hayes goes over one Marsh over one uh also Turner had a hit with runners in scoring position as well schwarber goes over two and Harper goes over one on the pitching side arinola very good very good stuff seven Innings four hits allowed only one walk six strikeouts on 102 pitches 68 strikes Z drops a 3.30 and I believe like I said that's his first win since like the beginning of July so good stuff there from no he definitely deserved it and he would eventually due for that win eventually uh Ruiz allows two hits strikes out two in the eighth inning of work on 20 pitches and the banks only needs nine pitches on eight strikes to uh close out the game so good stuff there if you're looking at the Astros lineup Altuve had two of the six hits for Houston bregman goes over for four with two strikeouts Alvarez goes one for four Diaz over for four with three strikeouts Singleton he goes over two with a walk then whitcom comes in he goes over one Peña goes over four gaml goes one for three uh the zenzo goes over one and a pinch hit opportunity Myers goes one for three and dubon goes one for three the Astros they go over five with runners in scoring position and they leave seven Runners on base so good stuff there by the Phils pitching good stuff there and yet the Braves are still winning four to nothing over the twins so not really expecting much there with the uh Twins game right there so if I look at the standings right now Phillies six and a half over the Braves Braves will probably end up winning over the twins so it'll go back down the six and for in terms of the national league in general the Phillies are two games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers in terms of the second seed in the National League so that's a good place for the Phillies to be right there but the Phillies are also a half game behind the Los Angeles Dodgers I believe the Dodgers are playing later tonight if I am not mistaken do the Dodgers play tonight or are yes they are they play the Baltimore Orioles tonight so that's not until 10:00 so we'll see what happens there we'll see what happens there and I believe wuke is currently losing to the San Francisco Giants so we'll see what happens at the end of that game as well and I guess if Milwaukee loses we'll be ahead of the Brewers by two and a half games if I'm not mistaken so that'll be nice that would be very nice to see at the end of the day so yeah some good stuff there from the Phils get yourself a couple of Dubs against against the Astros it's four wins in a row keep it going let's keep it going so let's get to some highlights then we'll get to the voicemail line and then got to some of you guys here in the chat and then we'll end it off have ourselves a en joyful rest of the night I also try to see if there's anything postgame from like topper or any player like that I know there was an interview from nicaso so I do want to hear that and what he has to say post game but uh let's get to the highlights so we got the RBI hit from Trey Turner opposite way and that's going to get in right field to base hit Here Comes Hayes he's going to give the Phils the lead on an RBI single by Trey Turner it's one nothing here in the third some good stuff and let's get to the solo shop here by Nick ctios not not the solo shot the three-run shot what am I saying ball hit in the air out to left field du Bon's going back doesn't matter it's gone a three run home run and the Phillies take a four nothing [Music] lead 18 home run 71 runs bed in for Nick castios now let's get the Alec Bow's uh luck of a double little Looper out towards Center field on the run is altu and it's going to clip off the glove aña one is in the whole Turner that'll be a base set for ball and the Phillies leaded five nothing always need a little bit of luck right there so good stuff there from the Phils I also want to get to this Nicos postgame talk so let's do it I think it's from John Foley I'm not sure if it's from the NBC Sports Philly one let me find John Foley let me find it let me find it let me find it where is full there he is tonight daycare is probably getting some water ready in the background uh Nick listen congratulations on this win thank you I I guess first thing I want to ask you about you've worked so hard to play every day and to produce this year sure give me an idea of what impact Kevin long Rafael Peña Dustin Lind have had on your season this year oh I just said they they're willing to work and uh you know do and and go along with any idea that I'm might have cuz it changes pretty consistently yep Nick's always so Savvy when it comes to the the headset he's a veteran we've lost about seven this year but not when Nick's got them on he's a veteran he's a veteran he knows how to hide that thing but yeah those guys have really worked seems to seem to have really worked hard while you've worked hard this year yeah always talking about the freaking so let's see let's see I don't think there is anything Twitter update wise post game from anything so I just want to see if there's any comments I don't think there is so yeah let's uh get to the voicemail line we do have a call here from Sean not Sean why did I pronounce Sean's name like that Shan Shawn let's got the Shawn let's see what Shawn has to say about this Phils win now this is like the Phillies team we saw early in the year right solid pitching solid defense timely hitting and getting wins I mean a a rare treat when Aaron Nola doesn't give up a homer in a game give credit to Aaron he seems to have Houston's number but he was exactly what the doctor ordered for the Phillies I mean seven solid Innings takes pressure off your pen got to tip my cap to Nick casanas we we've all bashed him myself included he makes you want to rip your hair out at times but the guy has been producing lately I mean another big hit tonight to bust the game open but in closing I'm ready to go for Taiwan Walker performance tomorrow alade I'm already prepped I've got my basin to throw up in I've got my paper bag and eye holes I've got some mocs I've got a couple cans of paint at my disposal when he walks the bases Lo in the first inning I can start hoing I'm ready to go baby I think we should all get prepared for the greatness that is the thawan Walker experience oh God ah Sean like I said we're all expecting a walker to do terrible tomorrow and he probably will but knowing everything that's going on knowing how we all want him DFA and everything like that the dude's going to go six scoreless tomorrow I could see it as clear as day I could could 100% do that when everyone thinks that this this is finally the last straw for Taiwan Walker he go six scoreless and it gives them an excuse to keep him in the in the goddamn rotation that's 100% going to happen because you know why it's the Phillies it's the Phillies and nothing in the world makes [Laughter] sense just so obvious it is so completely obvious I can 100% expect that to happen oh man oh my God my goodness what what a what a time what a time here Taiwan Walker with a chance to sweep the Astros thank God he's not pitching against the Braves so thank God it is in this position to where we already won the series so I guess no pressure no pressure on your Taiwan oh God oh God Jesus what crazy stuff here boys definitely crazy stuff what up Michael I swear if Taiwan actually pitches six scoreless Innings that would be hilarious that would be very hilarious yeah wh went I believe he went five for five last night he's over three tonight but still five for five wh marfield gross get that out of my face when the Phillies are winning again and now the live chat is pretty dead that just shows you how the internet and social media these days is driven by negativity oh yeah I'm definitely used to it my channel definitely does t the video the the streams and stuff definitely tend to blow up more when the Phillies and the other Philly sports are basically collapsing in on themselves you know that's how everything drivve people just want to see people freak out so that's basically what it is uh Star Wars is already not feeling we're getting the sweep I'm assuming that's because of Tai one Walker uh I take out the win and capitalize the te my bad oh man Jesus Jesus Oh classic stuff classic stuff it looks I just had MLB Network on right now it looks like they're putting the freaking Mets and Diamondbacks on my television oh boy maybe another blister can come into play for Walker tomorrow I'm telling you Sean we're all expecting it to go poorly he's gonna go six scoreless it's what it's what's gonna happen because nothing makes sense I I like I I see it clear as day it's too obvious I I'm I'm sorry I I know you guys want to say I'm a lunatic but it's too obvious it's too obvious uh who's pitching for the Astros tomorrow let me look that up for you let me look that up I don't think it's anyone notable if I'm not mistaken it is Spencer arti he is six and 11 with a near five eray so yeah nothing notable nothing notable he is 24 years old in his last start actually he went six scores against the Baltimore Orioles but then previously he gave up four runs against the white socks he went seven Innings two earned against the Boston Red Sox six Innings one earned against Tampa Bay and then uh six Innings three earned against the Dodgers so to racked up the a lot of strikeouts in the past couple of starts too um 13 strikeouts against Boston and 12 against Tampa six against Baltimore five against Chicago interesting top of the first Houston three Phillies come in the back now how did the Astros get those three runs is it altu lead off single bregman gets on then y d bomb or is it back to back to back is it two back is something like that someone gets on then back to back or something like that I don't know I don't know but I'm telling you Sean I'm telling you nothing makes sense in the world and that's because Tywin Walker is going to go six scoreless tomorrow like I said I can see it clear as day I can I can also see him blowing up as usual but I could see a clear as day of him having a good start I really can I really can and that's not be me being confident in Taiwan Walker that's just the baseball Gods want to torture us with having another stretch of Taiwan Walker in the rotation it's it's just what's going to happen hit by pitch double in a three- run [Laughter] shot oh man oh man you cracked me up yeah that's 100% baseball for you 100% uh let's see let's see what there is I don't think there's anything else here on the Twitter verse so I think that is a good point and good spot to end off tonight's recap so you know what's the chance of rain tomorrow we can be saved I think the last thing I saw was the rain was not going to be until tomorrow night if I do remember correctly because I know tomorrow is supposed to be very hot in terms of just in general it's going to be really terrible tomorrow in terms of that so Tom tomorrow 97 degrees oh Jesus 97 degrees fine during the day uh scattered thunderstorms during the evening then partly cloudy overnight chance of rain 40% so it's probably one of those situations where it's so hot that you really don't know what's going to happen with the rain it could probably happen at any point so I wouldn't bet on it the Phillies have not had a postpone game due the rain since opening day so they basically got very lucky in that standpoint so I'm not counting on it so we're going to have to experience Taiwan Walker at some point tomorrow so that's going to be the case it's going to be the case so like I said everybody appreciate y all for tuning in love every one of you uh don't forget to leave a comment in the comment section down below don't forget to drop a like don't forget to hit that subscribe button it does me a great deal of service and also use the code TTP Sports $20 off your first purch that seek great deal do not pass it up thanks guys for joining once again let's see if the Phillies can try to get the sweep the mar W Walker on the mound hopefully not betting on it but you know the baseball Gods work in weird ways