Game 148 Preview: Stripling vs Gibson
The Blue Jays hit the road, rolling into Philadelphia to take on the
Remarkably, this will be Stripling’s second start of the season against the Phillies, as he was one of the starters in the two game set at Rogers Centre in mid-July. In that one, he had one of his best starts of the season, going a season-high 7 innings. He allowed two unearned runs on a Bryson Stott 2-out 2-run home run that followed a Bo Bichette error in the 7th inning. Outside of that, he gave up just 1 hit and nothing else while striking out 6.
After a hot stretch earlier this month, the last week has not been kind to Cavan Biggio. He had just 1 hit in 19 PA over the week, and hasn’t driven in a run since September 5. Regardless, he is far and away the best option to start at 2B against righties, and should still get most starts there. He won’t, but he should.The Phillies are nearly living up to their offensive hype from the pre-season, coming into today just behind the Blue Jays in runs per game at 4.
On the good side of things, Bryce Harper is still the center of their offense, and is having a good year despite missing a couple months to a broken thumb on a hbp, and also despite going the whole season with ligament issues in his elbow that has forced him to DH all year. He hasn’t played in the outfield since mid-April, but he is hitting .296.375.548 through 84 games.
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