Breaking ball and a call. Strike three. Third strike out 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. H.Y.Y and Billy Penn, it is hit in season, at least if you're not a member of the Phillies offense.

Hey there, podcast, pals. I'm John Stolness from The Good Fight and Billy Penn.

You can follow me on Twitter at John Stolness.

Yes, the bats went quiet again in the series finale against the

Cincinnati Reds as the Phillies have lost their second straight series to start the season.

We'll break down these two games from Tuesday night and Wednesday night. Tuesday night was a

whole lot of fun. We'll have some enjoyable moments talking about that game, but we're also going

to talk about Wednesday nights lost to the Cincinnati Reds. I'll give you the breakdown of those two games.

And the Phillies now at two and four losing their first two series of the season.

Not great.

But I've got a great author of a book coming out that you're definitely going to want to get a hold of.

It's a new book about Pete Rose.

Author Keith O'Brien joins me here in just a few minutes on hit and season to talk about his book, Charlie Hustle, the rise and fall of Pete Rose and the last glory days of baseball.

It's a really, really good book.

And so we're going to talk to him about what's in it from the former Philly and Cincinnati Red icon.

And we'll also preview the upcoming series this weekend against the Washington Nationals.

All that coming up here on this edition of hit and season.

Let's get into, well, some unpleasantness, I guess, we'll say from the Wednesday night,

four to one loss at the hands of the Cincinnati Reds.

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