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[Aidan @PostMalogna]

Love is the best thing we do

[Cole Weintraub @WeintraubCole]

Andrew Painter is the fourth Phillies pitcher age 23 or younger since 1913 to throw at least seven scoreless innings while allowing two hits or fewer and no walks:

Curt Simmons — 5/6/1953
Art Mahaffey — 8/29/1960
Ray Culp — 7/29/1965

H/T @NBCSPhilly Phillies broadcast

[Cole Weintraub @WeintraubCole]

Jesús Luzardo is the only qualified starter who hasn’t allowed an earned run in the first inning this season.

He’s one of two pitchers since the stat was first tracked in 1974 to make 25+ starts without allowing an opening-frame ER, joining Pedro Martínez in 1997.

[Cole Weintraub @WeintraubCole]

It's history: 15 players have homered in their first regular-season MLB game in 2026, the most in a single season since at least 1901. Lázaro Montes and Yohandy Morales both did it tonight.

[MLB @MLB]

The @Phillies have won 14 of their last 16 games and finish August 21-7, the best mark in MLB!

[Cole Weintraub @WeintraubCole]

Alex McFarlane through his first 10 big-league appearances:

0.87 ERA
0.97 WHIP
10 K
.147 opponents’ average

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

five homers in a 2-game span out of leadoff spot, since at least 1900:

2026 Pete Crow-Armstrong
2023 Jose Altuve
2021 Kyle Schwarber
2016 Mookie Betts

All but Altuve’s span included two leadoff home runs

[Cole Weintraub @WeintraubCole]

Cristopher Sánchez and Jesús Luzardo have 200 K in back-to-back seasons.

They’re just the third LHP teammate duo in MLB history to do it in consecutive years, joining two other Philadelphia pairs:

Cliff Lee/Cole Hamels (2012-13 Phillies)

Rube Waddell/Eddie Plank (1904-05 A’s)

[MLB @MLB]

Cristopher Sánchez lowers his ERA to 2.52 after 7 scoreless innings tonight 🤩

[Jayson Stark @jaysonst]

That's the Phillies' 4th go-ahead homer with 2 outs in the 9th this season.

No other team has even hit 3.

The other NL East teams have hit 2 combined.

[Cole Weintraub @WeintraubCole]

The key for Andrew Painter, like most young pitchers, has been getting through the first inning.

Since returning to the Majors on July 31:

1st inning: 6 IP, 9 H, 10 ER, 15.00 ERA
After the 1st: 27.1 IP, 12 H, 4 ER, 1.32 ERA

[Pitchergami @pitchergami]

No Pitchergami.

Chris Sale | LAD @ ATL

9.0 IP | 5 H | 0 ER | 0 BB | 11 K

This stat line has been thrown 14 times before. The last time this was thrown was on 2022-08-25 by Aaron Nola.

[MLB @MLB]

Kyle Schwarber launches his 40th homer
Jesús Luzardo records his 200th strikeout

The @Phillies shut out the Mariners!

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

From 2005-24, no Giants player hit 30 homers for the team in a season

In 2025, Willy Adames got there on the final day of the season

Now, Rafael Devers might get there before September!

His 29 HR are the most thru 133 team games for SF since 2004 Bonds (38)

[MLB @MLB]

Cody Bellinger go-ahead homer off the second deck!

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

Cal Raleigh is the 3rd player in MLB history to hit 3+ homers in a game against a team that entered on a 9+ game win streak, joining:

7/21/1955 Gus Bell vs PHI
7/7/1935 Moose Solters vs DET

He’s the only one whose team won + snapped the streak

Also 3x ever, 2 vs PHI! Baseball

[Cole Weintraub @WeintraubCole]

The last catcher to hit 3+ home runs against the Phillies was a pretty good one ... the Reds' Johnny Bench (3) on May 9, 1973.

[Cole Weintraub @WeintraubCole]

The parallels between the 2026 Phillies and the 2022 pennant-winning club are getting eerie.

A managerial change after a brutal start. A roller-coaster season. And now, the exact same record through 131 games: 73-58.

[MLB @MLB]

Double
Triple
Single
Home Run

A historic day for JJ Bleday!

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

Randy Arozarena is the 7th player with a leadoff and walk-off home run in the same game, joining:

8/17/26 Pete Crow-Armstrong
8/7/10 Chris Young
7/19/09 Ian Kinsler
6/15/03 Reed Johnson
6/25/00 Darin Erstad
5/7/57 Vic Power

@EliasSports

[Matt Gelb @MattGelb]

That is, by far, the best Andrew Painter has looked on a big-league mound. Seven innings, no walks. He struck out eight with 20 whiffs. A standing ovation for the kid.