getting back Jose Alvarado, probably next week<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s really changed over a short period of time. We\u2019ve added some real quality and there\u2019s a lot of options out there to go to,\u201d manager Rob Thomson said. \u201cTo start out with, I\u2019d like to ease [Robertson] in a little bit, a little lower leverage, but we may be forced to run him out there in high leverage, who knows.<\/p>\n
“He\u2019s a calming influence, he\u2019s been through it before, World Series, playoff runs. I think he\u2019s a good guy for the younger guys to kind of lean on and learn from.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stott starts against a lefty<\/strong><\/p>\nBryson Stott got the start Sunday against Rangers left-hander Patrick Corbin. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s rare that Stott gets the start against a lefty, but there were numbers behind the manager\u2019s decision. Stott is 5 for 13 in his career against Corbin with a double, triple and five RBI. He has also been swinging well of late as he gone 5 for 9 with a pair of runs scored in his last three games.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the change in his mechanics,\u201d Thomson said of Stott\u2019s better hitting of late. \u201cQuieting his hands and hands up as he\u2019s going into his load is helping a lot. He knows where the barrel is at now. He\u2019s using the field and now he\u2019s getting the ball up in the air to the pull side, which is good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Over his past 14 games, Stott is 13 for 39 (.333 average) with nine RBI, eight runs scored and five doubles.<\/p>\n
Defense working<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Phillies have been playing really well in the field as of late, with strong play in all areas. It\u2019s something that has been coming, according to Thomson.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think over the past couple of years it\u2019s gotten better and better and better,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s due to a lot of work by the players but also by (infield coach) Bobby Dickerson and Paco (Figueroa) and the catching coaches. I think they\u2019ve done a great job, cleaning up some physical stuff. I think we\u2019ve played really well of late. I think we\u2019ve gotten better over the last couple years.\u201d<\/p>\n
In Saturday\u2019s 3-2 win over the Rangers<\/a>, J.T. Realmuto threw out two would-be base stealers, while Edmundo Sosa saved a run with a terrific play at third and Stott ended any rally thoughts by Texas in the ninth when he came up with a slow grounder and threw to get the first out of the ninth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 As expected, the Phillies recalled veteran right-hander David Robertson from Lehigh Valley and optioned pitcher…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":135542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,1448,2830,1311,35360,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-135541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-pa","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-phillies-news","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115007104215171699","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}