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Final Out: Guess What? The Phillies Lost Again.

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The Phillies lost their sixth-straight game on Monday night. Jack Fritz reacts to the 5-1 defeat at the hands of the Chicago Cubs.

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Final Out: Guess What? The Phillies Lost Again.

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Really like the official dear partner of your Philadelphia Phyllis is proud to serve as presenting sponsor of WIP's high hopes But whether you're listening to the game catching up on the latest high hopes pot or at the ballpark remember it He's like Miller time Phyllis fans celebrate responsibly I don't know if it could Laurie I Don't know if it could Well come on in it is the final outsponsored by the Philadelphia Barking Authority Jack Fritz hanging out with you here on this Monday night as we react to yet another Phyllis loss and I know I'm so sorry I understand that there was another big win tonight in the city I am mired in misery watching this baseball team do the same thing night in night out so I do promise I will keep this Short and sweet because I know Broads probably frothing at the mouth to get on and and talk about the hockey team, but

I've talked about the baseball team the game wrap up is sponsored by a roto router when plumbing problems hit wrap them up quick and call Roto router their team tackles clogs and leaks so you can say the game a roto router your MVP for plumbing solutions 88 729 94 94 to get in if you happen to be in Chicago or watch the one on your couch like me Would love to hear from you is probably just gonna be another venting night. You know what else? How would you fix them? How would you fix them? We all got ideas, right? We all got ideas. I mean holy cow What a Want to use words you can't use in the radio the biggest take was the game proxy by Morgan and Morgan America's largest injury law firm I I understand All well that These guys are trying I get it It's pathetic right now. It's feeble

It's stale Just watching them they don't look like they want to be out there and Rob says after the game that You know these guys are you know the energy's high and the vibes are high and you know picking each other up Well, there's nothing happening on the field. There's nothing happening at the plate to to really react to so I don't know what I feel as a fan watching them is They don't look like they want to be out there and I don't know how much they really believe that this thing is gonna turn around I don't know if they do last six games. They've lost six straight by the way They've been out scored 40 to 10 42 to 10 they have the worst run differential in the sport They haven't had a hit with a runner in scoring position since last Tuesday Just a hit with runners in scoring position. I I don't know what the solution is. I don't know the magic of Lixer is you can fire out Thompson all you want

Knock yourself out. I don't really care like okay. It's it's I Would find it very hard to believe that all of a sudden that that's gonna make this team turn into something they're not they are just a deficient team they are a deficient Offensive team and you know what the pitching staff isn't doing them any favors as well and and you want to talk about not playing Complementary baseball How about one of these pitchers grabs this thing by the stones and says here's seven shuddy Here's seven shuddy. We're paying $172 million. It's got a hard to believe that they they gave him that contract It is still hard to believe that they gave him that contract and With how they are going offensively right now You as a a pitcher on this team Can not let this thing

Go off the rails early you aren't demoralizing those guys in the dug up I feel when all of a sudden it's for nothing and Dan and Dan's be that you're watching that ball. That's a 92 mile an hour meatball down the middle go 427 feet is the nine hole hitter who's hitting 188 you know how much how deflating that is The pitchers have to do their jobs too They're not doing their jobs either no one's doing their jobs The pitchers aren't doing their job the bullpen's mostly not doing their job the hitters We know aren't doing their job Rob Thompson's not doing his job the brassy and through his job in the offseason Who knows what Kevin Long's doing? It's this whole thing This whole thing reeks it reeks they scored in one inning again Which is if you missed the stat going around earlier. I think that's now there are 11th game 11th game in 22 that they have

Scored in only one inning. They're 30th in baseball and doing that. It's the bit of the season. Oh, it's thrilling. Oh, it's amazing It wasn't Chris sale out there tonight. It was Colin Ray Colin Ray Did you were you sitting there tonight? Wowed by Colin Ray and how His stuff was just so electric how could they possibly square it up? Oh, it's just dreadful and It feels like there's no end in sight like how I've gone to the point and this is sickening. This is sickening I've got at the point where I don't have the gun on a baseball game. I don't know how they're gonna do it What is the path to them winning a baseball game? I Know it sounds dramatic. It's it's it's hyperbolic. I understand it But it it's excruciating six straight losses even less six straight since 2019 2019 I You know

This sucks. I'm very happy for the flyers This sucks Tailors and Scrant what's happening Taylor Hey, Jack, you know, I feel bad for Bryce. I really do I mean your GM goes out the offseason and basically like Lays you're out to the media saying you can't be a leading more So you she goes out and he's putting up. He's not exactly a lead But he's putting up really really good numbers and not a single guy that the GM said he was content with behind him is putting up an OPS Over 750 is insane Yeah, I mean to they have done here. They have besides Shorber I mean is a marsh has to be the only one with an OPS over 700 Right, I mean that has been that right and that like 7.30. Oh, it's just find one league average league ever titter to hit behind him. I know there's no reason to pitch to him anymore I know it's a different thing every year. I know and they're trying to dole is right there there right now

And he got a hit tonight, but it's a nothing But he hasn't he has he stopped hitting the ball hard. There's no one they can put there I mean, there's there's simply there's not one player like a put there. It's crazy. It's crazy I mean at this point do you think about just flipping him and Kyle like Sure for the Kyle in the four holes. He would happen Sure really isn't that many answers you can come up with I mean The idea that was supposed to be bone, but he's so far in his own head. It's a real Yeah, and I I appreciate the phone call Taylor and he you could you could see it all over his face I mean you really can I mean the one that they could do And I just don't I don't like I don't like it because it's He he he'd be hitting fourth But I mean Joseph Crawford just put together good at bats like I know he'd gone through an over 12 streak Heading into or he had to hit yesterday Buddy like it kind of cooled off his average down like 273 or something

but I mean I think those was job is I that that bat to start off the ninth was was really good It was professional bat. I know they want to put too much pressure on the kid, but I mean you could go Crawford Turner Harper Schorber If you wanted to like give it some length and see if you can get some jolt out of Justin Crawford at the top of the line up At least I think he's going to be a pest There's nothing worse. I'm a tray is is making soft contact. It's and and now he almost hit one out and hit a ball hard The ninth but like when he goes up there and he's a swinging early and it's just a measly little pop up. Oh, it's dreadful just a dreadful viewing experience just a dreadful viewing experience All right on the other side we'll get to the player of the game and I don't know who or what we need to sacrifice But they've certainly pissed off a big portion of the baseball community We we need to discuss what's going on with that. Come to next here on the final out on sports radio 94 Wipe

All right, welcome on back. It is the final outsponsored by the Philadelphia parking authority jack Fritz hanging out with you here on in this Monday And I am trying to keep it as clean and concise as I can as I know There's a big win for the boys Wednesday night gonna be rocking in South Philly gonna be a lot like that uh That braze fills twenty twenty two game three where all something like the The cameras gonna come back and it's gonna pan and it's just gonna be a sea of orange Remember the good times of the fills Feels a good decade ago The player the game brought to you by South Jersey gas make the smart play save energy and money with South Jersey gas at s J G save energy Dot com and I'm giving it to Colin Ray I understand that dance you sponsor hit the home run dance you sponsor stinks And I refuse to give him any acknowledgement Colin Ray also stinks But you know who else thinks the Phillies currently

Uh, we'll get some uh some some thoughts here on on who the Phillies need to make up with because things are are really Really in a bad spot in in that department will is in South Philly. What's up, Will Jack ma'am here we are again I know this is drop man. It's it's starting to look routine They I call this a workman-like loss because that's how it fell. I mean they just It's the same old story right and all it gets you down early and the bullpen keeps you in it But it doesn't even matter because they can't hit It was a workman-like loss. That's a good that's a good way to put it. That's a healthy way to put it Yeah, you like that you like that Five times they got to lead off guy on they only score once. What are we doing? Well, that's that's different what they usually do Which is get a base hit with two outs and then usually guy walks and then they have a backbreaking out Or you got Rafael Martian who won't wear it on to two count and and give them a run early and maybe that sparks them Maybe getting bean will hurt them and and they'll wake up a little bit, but no we can't wear a two-two patch either

Right and speaking of Martian. I mean not having JT tonight was was killing them in the second and the ninth They really could have used the bat there and then it just puts you in a bind with having pinch hitters So I was like do you know anything about JT? I mean they just say it's day-to-day that all we know Uh, yeah, I mean it's day-to-day They want to stay away from them, I guess But with the way the fillings have handled injuries like I just expect to wake up tomorrow and he's gonna be on the IL And then you basically just wasted a couple days where he could have at least had stubs here to where if you needed to make a switch They could make a switch so uh, yeah, I yeah, I I don't know it's going on JT I mean they say day-to-day, but again, they've been so weird of injuries. I just expecting to be on the IL Thanks man, I gotta say the clubs and they got to be thanking their lucky stars that they're playing the filly seven games In like two weeks because man, they're just getting up for us I mean Swanson was like struggling Swanson was batting nine and of course he gets up faces old buddy JT or sorry, Noah

I mean So I got I got a couple theories on how we can fix this Okay, I've heard a lot of talk for a lot of talk about Harry the Kays fixing that I don't know if it's that But I know that they took that clock out in center field. I don't know how you feel about that Well, yeah, the clock is definitely gonna stay at least through the all-star game because they they big uh The big advertiser there. They should just bring back Harry the Kays at this point Get still be back up here. I mean whatever it takes whatever it takes Yeah, the all-star game. We're really excited to we're finally have some talented players take the field and filly Yeah, yeah, I appreciate the phone call will who's gonna be the all-star That's that's the question. I got it. I got to get Dave in here. What's happened Dave? but Jesus It's just depressing every night coming coming home. I got home You know mid mid second inning and we're down for nothing and it's uh Well, it's just depressing at like Is there any thought to and I that talked to you about this like moving

Tray Turner out of the lead-off spot. I just feel like I feel like maybe putting Shorber there and then Turner then Harper like Do something different because it's He just It's boiling away at pitches. He doesn't where I mean he walked once tonight. I saw But like the you know the one-pitch at bats the it's it's old and uh I don't know and then boom is there you know, I think that they Need to do what they did to Mars last year is kind of phantom. I held him and take him put give him some of bats down in AAA to see if he can get Maybe maybe get going that way and just play so so for a month and see You know if Alec can get himself going otherwise at this point You can just get rid of him and release him because no, I mean he's not gonna get you anything. Well Well for for true sickos out there Carter Keyboom is just hitting 313 with it 8-11 OPS former first rounder

Come on, I already got Carter Keyboom Okay, bring up Carter Keyboom and stubs and you Like do something and like there's no there's just no, I mean I understand when you don't hit there's not life But there's just it you know, you listen to Rob Thompson after the game saying no the guys are trying to you know a lot of energy that that Every time you panda the dugout I do not see anything like of what he's describing Now and the worst but it feels like they're all just waiting around for the home run like it just does Yeah, it feels like they're all waiting around for someone. Is it a home run? So you can't Play baseball that way, you know, yeah the braves this the braves this weekend just like you know I looked at like DuBon and he's just like Just punch in the ball like That they have nobody besides Crawford that can do that and like that's what right like Bryson stop That's what you should be is somebody that can do that and it's It like he can't even get the ball the outfield anymore. It's it's like

It's just depressing He's got a he's got a seven game history. He's hitting three oh three oh three oh seven earn that's right When I look at when I look at this team and you've seen slow starts and he there's just There's just something different with this with this this start that is Just doesn't feel like it's ever gonna come out and I like I could see a 72 with 90 season on the horizon Oh my gosh, Dave. I appreciate it. We're all coming through it together again The other team is just playing so well and it's so fun and then there's this team So we got to figure out what the fills did at the baseball gods now. Maybe it was Harry the case who knows but I mean some of the nonsense. I mean just nonsense Turner ball in the first of home run that that doesn't go out Schwabber play top seven Where Nico Horner makes an unbelievable defensive play Shaw diving catch in the ninth

just another example of Not only their fillies not playing well. They're not catching a single break Pitching wise they usually have a back breaking hit that that's a bleeder over the second baseman's head Once again and then offensively nothing falls in for them nothing falls in for them So they're a tough combo of not playing well and snake bitten. It's crazy every single night How many how many balls this year have died at the wall? How many It feels like once a game like that's gone dies dies Meanwhile other teams just launching They got to figure that one out Let me get the analytic department team on the horn with the baseball gods and figure out what it is if it's Harry the case We'll put it back up I can't make that call but I feel like we're getting close Tomorrow we will all on the other side. We'll give a look ahead to the model and the wow moment of the game That includes me wandering if Rob Thompson is trying to get fired

What did that come to next here on the final out sports ready to 94 W by pay Welcome back. It is the final out Sponsored by the Philadelphia parking authority jack frets hanging out with you here on this monday night Is we got a four games set out in Chicago just Go one in three just go one in three. We'll get to a look ahead to tomorrow But it is the wow moment of the game which is brought to you by the new jersey division of travel and tourism From waterfalls to fairways mountain resource to lighthouse tours find your wow at visit nj.com It is the top of the eighth Hobie milliner who could forget his nasty brother in the game rob Thompson Elex to let Brandon marsh face him He gets out and then With runners on first and second And really you're you're your last kind of shot

He lets Bryson stop face him and I know sarcastically. I said he's in 304 and his last seven games. He's not seven game hit streak But and I know we said after the game that They had a righty up in the pen Okay So what if you bring in If you bring in Reyes reyes for for marsh Then you bring their righty in and he's in there and then stop is in a more favorable position so I it was sitting here. They're down five one. They're gonna lose anyway probably What is that? That is that's nonsense and Like sosa's right there you can leave milliner if you want it or writing can come in who cares

I feel much more confident and Sosa's ability to get a hit against her righty then starts ability to get hit against the lefty and to just Let it happen where hoping milliner's been really good for a couple years now super super tough on lefty very funky It's nonsense. It's absolutely nonsense Felix Reyes has to get a and a bat in one of those such a way in one of those spots has to Has to you've no thump. He's got some thump Do something I mean that is That's like one of those most where it's like well non moves. We're sitting there saying Does he know what's going on? Oh, we're just gonna just let this one slip away like we've let a lot of games slip away. I have no idea Tomorrow it is Lazardo who I mean of all the fillies that have to get going He is a major major one that that has to to to to get on the right track here

Everything underlying all the peripherals all the advanced things under the hood everything looks good The results have not been he's let things unravel more than in years better than then last year He's looking kind of like how he was in Miami where Really really good and then blow up He's got to find that consistency and then even nogga. I mean 26 whips last time against them. What's he gonna do tomorrow? At least it'll be a little warmer. So maybe that'll help but hopefully there's a You know more grown up attack tomorrow, but I got to be honest with the numbers against left hand starters Not feeling too confident in it. So it's a fun time for Phil's baseball But you know what it's a great time for flyers hockey and broads my guy. I know is just Frothing at the mouth to talk about to talk about the hockey team. So I'm gonna take one more. I'm just kidding bros

That's gonna do it for me on the final out tonight enjoy broads go flyers put a smile on your face We'll worry about the baseball team tomorrow at 740 and don't worry I'll be back before the game and after the game reacting to it all that's gonna do it for me Louis Coco produced the program tonight Broads is next here on sports radio 94 Wipe Bay

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