Abbott’s Unstoppable Streak: What Secrets Are Behind Today’s Relentless Dominance?
The Phillies are in control of their division at the moment and continue to find ways to win games. This is a team that has had some sustained excellence over the past few years, and frankly, I don’t see that changing anytime soon. The Phillies are one of the better-hitting teams in baseball, but they don’t have quite as many runs as you’d think. The pitching staff has been very good, despite having quite a few issues themselves. Aaron Nola was terrible before they put him on the injured list. The other pitchers outside of Wheeler haven’t been great, either. One guy that was great originally, but has kind of struggled at times, is today’s starter, Jesus Luzardo. Luzardo is 7-4 with a 4.06 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP, which is rather high. He has allowed 43 earned runs this season, and 20 of those runs came in back-to-back starts at the end of May and beginning of June. Outside of that, he has allowed more than three earned runs in a game just once this year. Reds hitters have been good against Luzardo in limited exposure. Overall, they are 6 for 17 against him overall.ÂÂ
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