Harper described the scene. He's going to be a dude for us for a long time. Morgan's fastball has lacked zip so far this season. — The Phillies' bullpen, of course, is the worst in the majors.

— The Phillies' bullpen, of course, is the worst in the majors. I'd say, at this point, McCutchen is on a Hall of Fame path, something in the mold of a higher-average Andre Dawson. "That's a big win for us after the embarrassment we put up against the Baltimore Orioles. Kingery Aaron Nola (1-1, 2.79) opposes Mets lefty Steven Matz at 6:05 p.m. Saturday night.Nola has allowed two runs over 14 innings in his last two starts against the Yankees and Braves, respectively.

Phils 5-9 after being swept by Orioles at homeSpencer Howard lines up to start for Phillies after Vince Velasquez used in reliefWhat Alec Bohm's arrival means for struggling Rhys Hoskins and Scott KingeryPhillies to retire slugger Dick Allen’s No. "He's an All-Star. Registered User. Third base coach Dusty Baker waved his arm and Quinn circled the base with a wide turn. Darowski ranked McCutchen as the 41st-best center fielder in baseball history entering this season, giving him a Hall Rating of 76, with 100 needed for the Hall of Stats. He has racked up 22 strikeouts and walked just one over that span.Phillies snap losing streak thanks to wild ninth-inningHarper happy to get back on track after walk-off winJ.T. "We went out there and started off this series right," Harper said.
"That's a big win for us after the embarrassment we put up against the Baltimore Orioles. He has 20 RBIs.The Phillies' much-maligned bullpen — it entered with an ERA of 10.13, worst in the majors — did the job for most of the night. McCutchen hands out game balls to cardboard fans. If you’re answer is Andrew McCutchen, you are correct. He eluded Wilson Ramos' tag with a nifty headfirst slide.Players from both teams huddled on the field while the umpires checked the safe call on replay. He hung a changeup to Dominic Smith and a breaking ball to Robinson Cano and they hit back-to-back homers in the third inning to put the Mets ahead, 4-2.Neither Phillies manager Joe Girardi nor Howard was alarmed about the 24-year-old pitcher's blister. It snapped a three-game losing streak.The Phils are 6-9 at the quarter-mark of the 60-game sprint.An intriguing pitching matchup between Jacob deGrom, winner of the last two National League Cy Young Awards, and Spencer Howard, the Phillies' top pitching prospect, did not materialize. As for McCutchen, he will be ready for Opening Day a month from now, unlike he would have been on March 28. McCutchen's numbers through age 26: 734 G, 103 HR, 379 RBI, 125 SB, .296 BA Dawson's numbers through age 26: 729 G, 110 HR, 387 RBI, 145 SB, .281 BA Comment.

He hung a changeup to Dominic Smith and a breaking ball to Robinson Cano and they hit back-to-back homers in the third inning to put the Mets ahead, 4-2.Neither Phillies manager Joe Girardi nor Howard was alarmed about the 24-year-old pitcher's blister. He won NL Rookie of the Year in 1964 with the Phillies and AL MVP with the White Sox in 1972.The Phillies famously collapsed down the stretch in 1964 but that was no fault of Allen's. Realmuto made a throwing error that set up a run. McCutchen said about the changes from August to September, "Honestly, I don't think I'm doing anything any different right now. Billy Hamilton swiped second base and the ball squirted away from second baseman Jean Segura as he tried to make the tag. I wrote about Andrew McCutchen’s budding Hall of Fame case and if a trade might help it.. Second, I wrote about Curt Flood’s Hall of Fame case. Lefty Adam Morgan got one of the biggest outs of the game when he retired dangerous Pete Alonso (53 homers last season) on a fly ball to the wall in center to strand two runners and protect a one-run lead in the top of the sixth. The new few seasons for him are key.That’s some good, encouraging company for McCutchen. Jay Jaffe of Sports Illustrated currently has McCutchen as the 39th-best center fielder for his Cooperstown metric JAWS.It’s reasonable to assume that at least by sabermetrics, McCutchen could be Hall of Fame-worthy after his 10th season in 2018 when he hits the minimum number of seasons needed for Cooperstown. They misplayed three balls in the outfield. Billy Hamilton swiped second base and the ball squirted away from second baseman Jean Segura as he tried to make the tag. The Phillies have an off day Monday so they will have some flexibility in giving Howard extra time before that start if need be. Baseball researcher Adam Darowski still includes Cedeno in his Hall of Stats.McCutchen is beginning to approach Hall of Fame status for his numbers, by various measures.