Breaking ball and a cold. 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.HYY and Billy Penn, this is your Friday edition of Hittin Season, a Philadelphia Phillies podcast. My name is Justin Klu, and I write for baseball prospectus. With me is Liz Rocher.

Hello, Liz. Hello, Justin. We have got a big show for you today as the Phillies wrapped up a series in Atlanta in the longest, most tiring way possible.

Mitch Rupert is here to talk about Andrew Painter, making his first minor league start in almost three years.

And as the Phillies head to St. Louis, I spoke with author Marshall Garvey about his new book Interstate 85, about the 1985 NL

pennant winning Cardinals for whom the team is celebrating the 40th anniversary this year.

But first, the Phillies played late into the early morning thanks to a rain delay.

And if you stayed up late enough to watch them take a two to one lead on a basis loaded

walk by Johann Rojas, then you probably stayed

up late enough to watch them lose that lead and the game on a walk off by Marcel Ozuna.

Only 11 innings in that game.

I could have sworn it was like 16.

Did I mention the two hour and 45 minute rain delay?

Liz, did you stay up and watch the Phillies game last night?

I watched it to a certain point.

And then there was the rain delay.

So I turned on something else.

My husband eventually went up to bed because he has to,

is a long commute in the mornings.

And so he went to bed.

I turned on,

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