The Phillies rolled in their final playoff tuneup, reaching the 90-win mark for the first time since 2011.
, he has spent most of his energy on making sure his players stay healthy as the regular season dwindles down. But with his team’s 9-1
“It does feel good,” Thomson said. “You always want to win every game, but not at the expense of any of your players at this time of year and the position that we’re. But 90 wins... I don’t think it’s happened very much around here in the history of the organization. So, it feels good. And the guys should be proud of that.”
There has been no need to treat these final five games with a sense of urgency. Thomson has made his sure his players aren’t running wild on the basepaths to avoid injuries. The Phillies called up Nick Nelson, Michael Plassmeyer and Luis Oritz from triple A to save their arms for the postseason. They’ve used this time to experiment. Cris Sanchez pitched a scoreless inning of relief on Saturday night, just to remind himself of how it felt to pitch without much time to warm up.
“Nelson was so efficient that we had to pull him early to get our guys work,” Thomson said. “I mean, he was that good. But Strahm, Soto, Seranthony, Lorenzen, all really good stuff. Really encouraging.”hit his 20th home run of the season, a solo shot to right field off Mets starter José Butto. It was the first 20-home run season of Bohm’s career. With the home run, he reached 96 RBIs, the most by a Phillies third baseman since.
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