Breaking ball and a call. Strike three. Third strikeout for Zach. He's going to just watch it go. A grand slam for Bryson Stott.

And there's a high fly ball. Deep right field. Hopper watches it fly.

From W.HYY, it is hitting season except for the Phillies.

I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight.

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Coming up, going to recap the first couple games of this dreadful series

against the Astros in Houston.

Phillies shut out back-to-back nights.

No hitting going on down in the Lone Star State right now

is the Phillies and Astros engaging in a 2022 World Series rematch

that looks a whole lot like the last three games of that 22 World Series

when the offense went totally dead.

We'll touch on these first two games for sure, and certainly the midway point of the season is the series finale on Thursday.

The Phillies will look to salvage the final game of the series with a half game lead over the Mets right now as they head into the series finale.

Christopher Sanchez against one of the very best pitchers in baseball, Hunter Brown, for the

Astros, a tough task for the Phil's to try and get the offense right against a guy who has

not allowed much of anything this year.

I do also want to spend some time on this podcast talking about an interview Dave Dumbrowski gave with the athletic on Wednesday, or at least the story was published on Wednesday.

The podcast came out on Wednesday, and we'll talk about some of the stuff Dumbrowski said about what they're planning to do in the bullpen, whether they're planning to go get some offensive help.

I would certainly think after these two games,

the need for offensive help is clear. And I wrote an article for the Good Fight about that

on Wednesday as well. Some of the stuff Dave Dumbrowski has done at the trade deadline and

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