{"id":200332,"date":"2024-08-28T20:33:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T00:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/?p=200332"},"modified":"2024-08-28T21:23:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T01:23:55","slug":"taijuan-walker-lit-up-again-as-phillies-nearly-no-hit-by-astros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/2024\/08\/taijuan-walker-lit-up-again-as-phillies-nearly-no-hit-by-astros.html","title":{"rendered":"Taijuan Walker Lit Up Again as Phillies Nearly No-Hit by Astros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In professional wrestling there is a tradition, where in your final match, you go out with a loss as a way of giving back to the sport that gave so much to you.<\/p>\n<p>And while I firmly understand that concept, I certainly do not appreciate that the final post I am writing for <em>Crossing Broad<\/em> after seven great years at this site came on a day that Taijuan Walker started a game for the Phillies that he never should have to begin with, got torched, and the Phillies were nearly no-hit by Spencer Arrighetti.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s one hell of a give back for me.<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t bore you with the details of my departure. If you are truly interested, you can click on the X link below where I said plenty.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hi all &#8211; some personal news.<br \/>\nToday was my last day as a contributor for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrossingBroad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CrossingBroad<\/a>.<br \/>\nIt was my decision to leave. Everyone at CB and XL Media was awesome about this decision and let me continue writing for nearly three weeks after I told them I was leaving.<br \/>\nI have decided to\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anthony SanFilippo (@AntSanPhilly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AntSanPhilly\/status\/1828947204146680232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Instead, I will sit here and find it somewhere deep within my sports writing soul to try and come up with a compelling story about the debacle that took place at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, this reeked of a good ol&#8217; Doc Rivers scheduled loss.<\/p>\n<p>How else can you explain the decision to start Walker against the Astros on Wednesday? Everyone knew what was going to happen. I knew. You knew. Your neighbor knew. Your crazy uncle knew. Your barber knew.<\/p>\n<p>Hell, admit it, your dog walked past your television during the game, stopped when Walker was on the screen, let out a snort, and just kept going.<\/p>\n<p>If every one of us outside the Phillies organization knew, then the Phillies had to know, too.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s why they switched his start date from Thursday to Wednesday, to avoid having to use him in a pivotal series against the Atlanta Braves. It&#8217;s why they left him in the game long enough to allow six runs and 13 hits while not striking out a single batter over six innings &#8211; so they can save their entire bullpen for the Atlanta series.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Taijuan Walker allowed 13 hits and did not record a strikeout in six innings.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the most hits a Phillies pitcher has allowed since Aaron Harang in 2015. It&#8217;s the first time a Phillies starter went 6 IP without a strikeout since Ben Lively in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Gelb (@MattGelb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattGelb\/status\/1828908260520280174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They had to know.<\/p>\n<p>And after all the effusive confidence in Walker in the dugout on Monday, manager Rob Thomson finally admitted that something needs to change in the rotation going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, he didn&#8217;t say that directly. But he said that the organization has to talk about it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;It was a rough day all the way around in every aspect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rob Thomson and Taijuan Walker discuss today&#8217;s difficult outing and what might lie ahead for the Phillies&#8217; starting pitcher. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1DVs9X9b3T\">pic.twitter.com\/1DVs9X9b3T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSPhilly\/status\/1828948102713049196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rough day? No kidding.<\/p>\n<p>The Phillies did buy themselves some time with this decision. Assuming they move on from Walker &#8211; which was the prevailing wisdom after his last start in Kansas City that was equally terrible &#8211; the Phillies wouldn&#8217;t need a fifth starter until September 7th in Miami thanks to not having to play on Labor Day.<\/p>\n<p>That means they can call up an extra bullpen arm for the next three games against Atlanta, and then add a second one on Sunday when rosters expand for September.<\/p>\n<p>And if that was the strategy, fine &#8211; but it still didn&#8217;t make sense as the Phillies are now fighting not only for the N.L. East title, but also a first round bye, avoiding a treacherous three-game series in the Wild Card round.<\/p>\n<p>Every game matters now, and giving games away like this makes little sense.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I felt bad for Walker coming into the game. I have to imagine how hard it is when your career has come to this stage. It&#8217;s got to be very trying emotionally.<\/p>\n<p>And I give Thomson credit for saying he feels the same way for Walker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel bad for him,&#8221; Thomson said. &#8220;I really do, because I think all of you know how much I respect and love the players and he works extremely hard. He (took) that time on the I.L. to try different things &#8211; to gain velocity. To gain action on the splitter. There&#8217;s no lack of effort there. So, when guys give effort and it doesn&#8217;t work out and you don&#8217;t see results, it hurts. It hurts me and it obviously hurts him too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Making matters worse was the Phillies looked feeble at the plate for the first time since the finale in Atlanta last week. Arrighetti was pitching a no hitter into the eighth inning. He struck out 11 in 7 1\/3, and other than an incredible catch against the left field wall by Mauricio Dubon to keep the no-hitter intact to end the seventh inning, the Phillies didn&#8217;t hit him hard at all.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mauricio Dub\u00f3n keeps the no-hitter intact with this catch to end the 7th! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xnlPofITbv\">pic.twitter.com\/xnlPofITbv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1828916067608956959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yeah. It was bad. It was one hell of a way for me to go out.<\/p>\n<p>Ah, well.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In professional wrestling there is a tradition, where in your final match, you go out with a loss as a way of giving back to the sport that gave so much to you. 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