#997: Phillies on Fire as the Mets Freefall

Hittin' Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast

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News, Baseball, Sports News, Philadelphia, Sports, Phillies

4.4 • 730 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

After another late inning win over the Reds Monday night, the Phillies roll continues with contributions up and down the lineup and from the most pleasant surprise of the season - Taijuan Walker. On Episode 997 of Hittin' Season, John Stolnis of The Good Phight and Liz Roscher of SABR's Baseball Research Journal discuss the weekend sweep of the Rangers, the remarkable turnaround of the Jhoan Duran-led bullpen, Zack Wheeler's velocity drop and the freefalling Mets.

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0:00.0	Breaking ball and a cold.
0:02.9	Strike three.
0:03.6	Third strike out for Zach.
0:05.0	He's going to just watch it go.
0:07.2	A grand slam for Bryson Stott.
0:10.2	And there's a high fly ball.
0:12.8	Deep right field.
0:14.5	Harper watches it fly.
0:20.5	From W. H.Y., it is Hitting season.
0:24.7	Hey there, podcast, pals.
0:26.0	I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight.
0:27.7	You can follow me on X and Blue Sky at John Stolness.
0:31.3	Coming up, the Phillies are playing their best baseball of the season right now, I think.
0:35.6	I know they were pretty hot in May for a little while there,
0:57.2	but after a weekend series sweep of the Rangers in their own personal house of horrors over the years, and as we record here on Monday night, the Phillies wrapping up a really nice come from behind 4-to-1 win over the Reds in Cincinnati in the first of a three-game set in Ohio. The Phillies, 20 games over 500 for the first time this year, and now with a six-game lead over the New York Mets in the National League East.
1:00.2	Helping me break it all down on this edition of the Roundtable is Liz Rocher.
1:04.4	You, of course, know her as the editor of the Baseball Research Journal for Sabre, and you
1:08.6	follow her on X and Blue Sky at Liz Rocher.
1:11.8	Liz, Philly's plan, some of their best baseball of the season.
1:14.9	It is a good time right now.
1:17.1	They are vibing good.
1:18.6	They are fun to watch, even if they don't score until the very end of the game.
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