Highlights of the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies | MLB 2024

first pitch moments away and on the hill for the Phillies Zack Wheeler what do you have on him singy Bo he brings a ton of confidence with him to the mound he's looking for good at bats and a few runs from his teammates and he's hoping to take care of the rest to make sure they come away with the win if he's on in this one it's going to be a real uphill battle for everyone else sh Otani the lead off batter as he looks at ball one and the righty deals and that misses off the outside [Applause] edge that catches the top part of the zone now two and one out there on the mountain he's setting the tone early with the fast ball 98 mil per hour up on the scoreboard righty delivers and misses inside swing and that ball smashed on the line pulls it down and he makes the catch and there's one away here's the Dodgers lineup now we could be in for a power showcase today with the wind blowing out a lot of lift and separate Chris well we know hitters are in this era definitely trying to hit the ball in the air regardless of the conditions but I think even a little more so there's margin for error if you can get the ball up in the air so you know you'll see at times I'm sure with two strikes what looks like a half swing that can get out of the ballpark with a hitter who's got decent pop one out base is [Applause] empty the bit behind with that swing it's strike one next offering in there for a strike one and two I mean that's perfect location right on the black mean over and over again this guy demonstrates the ability to hit those spots they're so tough to do anything with as a hitter one down base is empty hacks and misses it's a strike out and up to the plate is Will [Applause] Smith right through there for a strike the W to kick the pitch hammers that one deep left field and forget [Applause] it he'll Circle to bases and just like that they're out front it's one nothing you can't ask for a better start than hitting a home run in your first at back to give your team the lead well I'm sure there's a big grin on his face right now boo he's probably had some of those that didn't stay fair but off the bat it looked like it was going to been fouled was able to keep it in there tucked it nicely and he gets the jog around the base is good for him Max Muny in the box with two gone and takes a look at a called strike Muny a former Allstar batting in the cleanup spot and he was a fifth round pick back in 2012 two down bases empty but one run across and we're just getting started here in the top of the first way inside gets out of the [Applause] way and a ball even count [Applause] and that's [Applause] outside the other way and he beats the shift and that extends the inning that and next for La James on the corner for a strike it's 0 and [Music] one two outs and he chases a high fast ball there more and more guys are looking to SL regardless of the count in this situation will keep a close eye on his approach next offering upstairs pretty standard High 02 fast ball right there if you're smart look for something down in the zone but not too far don't want to chase that breaking ball in the dirt swing and a miss struck him out so they pick up a run on two hits no errors and a man left on to the bottom of the first it's the Dodgers one and the Phillies coming up back here with my pal singi and getting to start show Otani what should we keep an eye on here well he comes at hitters with a five pitch mix so for him it's always interesting to see how he utilizes those weapons he may lean on one or two pitches depending on how things are going and how things are working but if he can control four or even five of those offerings look out here this going to be a tough day he's really going to be able to keep those guys off balance Kyle schwarer comes up to hit here and here it comes ball one no strikes [Applause] [Applause] at the belt and fires and a breaking ball drops in for a strike [Applause] leftand batter weights popped up foul territory behind the plate Smith makes the catch and there's one gone and time now for the Phillies lineup this is a veteran Le lineup right here a lot of players with plenty of experience singing yeah no doubt about that boo these players have been around the game for a long time and they may not have The Flash that they once did but they've got the wisdom to be able to understand different situations be able to think with the opponent and sometimes in front of the opponent and you always seem to see a team like this they come to the ballpark they know how to get down to business and they understand what the job is at hand the short stop takes a ball [Applause] hard on the ground to First Freeman takes it to the bag two up two down batting third the first Bas Bry Harper two outs Bas is empty and now for the Phillies Bryce Harper [Applause] that pitch gets the corner strike one two outs SP is [Applause] empty and that one Clips the corner man this guy's got a great feel for his breaking ball today left hand hitter Waits got him and the Phillies are set down in order Phillies go down quiet in the inning still behind by a count of one to nothing top of the second here's teoscar Hernandez CH herandez [Applause] wheeler back to work and ball one that's out to center field Ro Hawks makes the play one up one down the here's mie bets swinging a foul over the screen and back out of play turns and fires to BS he swings and fouls one off one down base is empty I don't think he was trying to miss by that much in an 02 count just tried to overthrow that [Applause] swings through it and that's a strike [Applause] out two outs Bas is empty here's Jason Hayward Jason haward that Clips a corner now the o01 foul ball here's the 02 caught him looking for the K Dodgers down in order but they hold a one- nothing [Applause] lead back here in St Louis bot of the second here's Nicholas castios [Applause] [Music] Nick the pitch late on that fast ball Otani a former MVP he throws a slurve a for seamer a cutter a splitter and he works in a sinker next one is off the plate ball one Gary Simmons are played onire today sort of has a reputation as a pitcher umpire yeah a little bit of a wider Zone than most I'd say and a wide Zone can be tough to deal with as a hitter cuz you have to start expanding what you're looking for covering both sides and with the stuff pitchers have today just not going to have a lot of success and another [Applause] ball sets him down on strikes fast at the letters froze him for strike three I don't know about you Chris but that felt like a weird at bat right there didn't give much to hit till the final pitch and he still got the backwards k yeah not a single pitch was actually inside the strike zone but he was being very aggressive in the box and fell behind in the count then they finally do challenge him and he couldn't get the bat off his shoulder kind of a strange strike out for sure Bo and now it's Alec bone swing in a miss one [Applause] one the Phils trailing by a run bottom half of inning number [Applause] two swinging a miss and it's 0 and two from a pitcher's perspective that's a beautiful splitter right there as a hitter you don't like it but he's commanded his fast ball and out of that same tunnel that splitter comes and the bottom just falls out Fly ball down the line payward under it snags it for the second out batting good