A day of opening of Phillies: they suffered, they won. “The same group” begins the new grinding

Washington – Bryce Harper brought the Mazza to the first base. He was a few steps from the bag when he eventually let him fall on Thursday afternoon because he knew he had crushed the baseball ball, but it was not certain that he would delete the green fence at the Nationals Park. Nobody could blame him: the Phillies had hit 13 times in the first six inning of the season and simple tasks were made to reach the second base.

The wall broke out and landed 415 feet from the plate. The Phillies were on the scoreboard in 2025 – Everything we wanted was 95 minutes after the start.

“Surely he felt good on that swing,” Harper said after a 7-3 Phillies win over Washington in 10 inning. “It seemed that everything had joined right there. I was able to take a quick ball in the center of the center. I felt well.”

Harper did not feel good leaving spring training; He did not make a humerus in a month of exhibition games. There was talk so much in spring training on a family list that applied the adjustments required to do this job in October. But everyone in that Clubhouse know that success in this sport is fleeting and difficult to explain. They will speak for the next six months of how things will be different if they have another blow in October.

Life is focused on timing. The Phillies had it in 2022 but not in 2023 or 2024. So they know what is at stake. They played 10 inning the opening day, a microcosm of everything because they hit 19 times and won. No team in the history of baseball He had won an open while accumulating many strikeouts.

It was a great opening day of Phillies.

“Obviously, we don’t want punches 19 times,” Harper said. “It’s a bit like” Okay. “I mean, it’s not fun to do it.

Alec Bohm was doubled in two races in the tenth, then scored on the triple with two shots by Jt Realmuto. (Reggie Hildred / Image images)

An afternoon does not shut up of skeptics. Neither a month or even a season. This is the burden that the Phillies bring by keeping almost the same formation from a season ago.

Everyone inside the Clubhouse are aware of baseball mortality.

“It is not very often that you can play three or four seasons in a row with the same group in professional sports like this,” said Alec Bohm, who delivered double travel to the tenth inning. “So it’s nice to be back where I feel comfortable.”

“It is an opportunity to do it, perhaps with guys who may not be here next year. Right?” Harper said. “It is a real possibility. Obviously, I want to return the boys and continue to connect the group. But it is a real possibility that this will not happen. We will play it. See how the season goes.”

Play while it lies. That’s all that Phillies has. They are built on the launch and sported it on the opening day. Zack Wheeler was dominant. Orion Kerkering has worked around some Bloop shots. José Alvarado and Matt Strahm shot shots. Jordan Romano, the biggest addition of Bullpenta, seemed shake. It allowed a hiccup to start the season.

Training? There is less room for maneuver. Manager Rob Thomson is tired of the debate on his joke – Yes, it is different on Saturday when the Phillies will face an appetizer. There were moments on Thursday when Thomson’s configuration was advantageous. Harper faced a right relief, Lucas Sims, in the seventh inning because Trea Turner and Bohm were due to Bat. Harper has returned. So, when the national manager Davey Martinez convened a left -handed to face Kyle Schwarber, the embers Slugger destroyed a fast ball.

In the tenth, Martinez decided to use the left -handed Colin Poco because Brandon Marsh and Harper would have hit the inning. Harper took a two -way walk. Bohm, with an advantageous matchup against the left -handed, hit the decisive double in two shots on the left central field.

“The moment does not come to him,” said Thomson.

Schwarber walked against few. So, after another launch change, Jt Realmuto has tripled two more insurance races. He was satisfactory for Realmuto, who had hit his first four AT-Bats. No Phillie had ever hit the opening day four times.

“They continued to fight,” said Thomson.

There was a little good among the Strikeout: Turner saw 28 shots in five appearances. Schwarber was on the base three times. Max Kepler doubled against a left -handed, then designs Walks in the ninth and tenth inning.

But, at the bottom of the formation, the Phillies were exploited for an afternoon. Kepler and Nick Castellanos managed to turn on the eighth inning with individual back-to-back. Bryson Stott was unable to advance the runners and hit. So Marsh did. A race has marked on a Fortimental Selvaggio camp.

In the ninth, Stott had the opportunity to carry on the Phillies. The bases were loaded with two outs. He worked in full bill, then oscillated to a shot that was probably the ball four. He flew to the center.

Surrounded by shadows, Zack Wheeler delivery. It allowed a six inning race. (Samuel Corum / Getty Images)

Mackenzie Gore bore them for the first six inning. Only Bob Gibson in 1967 can combine Gore’s opening line: 13 Strikeout, no walk, no allowed race. The shadows were not kind to the beats in the first four or five inning; Wheeler knew it and said he wanted to quickly mow the Washington beats in order to launch the advantage of the shadow as much as possible.

Phillies do not want to advance quickly for October because nothing is guaranteed. Beauty is in the routine of 162 games with a group of boys who have experienced so much together. They will savor the victories – large and small. The Phillies have entertained the idea of ​​breaking this formation. They explored the operations for Bohm. It is still hereAnd after hours by Phillies’ Strikeout, he made a significant swing.

“He had the opportunity to go somewhere else,” Harper said. “Many guys here, including myself, we love that guy over there. He plays the game and plays hard. He understands what he needs, friend. He doesn’t just need to put pressure on himself too much. Have fun.”

It should be fun, right? Baseball is back. Nobody promised it would be cute.

(Top of Bryce Harper: Nick Wass / Associated Press)