Our 3rd and final semifinal pool started with the Phillies beating Seattle 3-1. I will wait until the 2nd game, with Arizona coming to Philadelphia, to turn this into a full update.
However, two interesting plays showed up on the scoresheet. Seattle's Rob Refsnyder was thrown out on a Z-play for arguing balls and strikes, and I brought in Brendan Donovan, who struck out. However, this is the only Statis-Pro scenario, outside of a batter fouling a ball off on a Clutch Batting play, in which I would know a player already had a strike. Since I know Refsnyder had at least one strike when he was ejected, under baseball rules he gets charged with the strikeout. If you have at least one strike when you leave an at-bat for whatever reason, and the guy who takes your place strikes out, the strikeout is charged to you.
The second oddity on this scoresheet is, embarrassingly, that I skipped J.T. Realmuto the first three times through the lineup, meaning I was batting with an eight-man Phillies lineup. The only fair cleanup, which a purist might not like, was to have Realmuto bat three straight times to open the bottom of the 7th, then resume with Arraez in the order.
Outside of Christopher Sánchez's phenomenal eight-inning performance, the Phillies' batting story was the first two innings. Luis Arraez — the only player whose hits go all the way into the 40s, with a 41-42 HR and 43-45 deep drive that might go out — singled and scored in both the 1st and 2nd. In between, Trea Turner homered, and the 3-0 second-inning lead held up for a 3-1 win.
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