Here are six notes from the Phillies’ scorecard following a 9-3 loss to the Braves on Opening Day.
The South Philadelphia air was thick with anticipation when the Citizens Bank Park gates opened early Friday afternoon for the Phillies once-delayed Opening Day against the defending division champion Braves. Somewhere Harry Kalas was humming the opening bars of “High Hopes.” That positive energy was presaged in Rob Thomson’s late morning pregame media scrum in the dugout.
Yeah, they got their noses bloodied by an unsightly bullpen implosion. That’s all. The 9-3 loss to the Braves will be picked apart and overanalyzed simply because it’s the first game. In the big picture, it means no more than a 10-0 win would have. Marsh was limited to just 18 at bats in Florida after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee just before camp opened.
Since there more physical demands on a catcher than any other position, it’s natural to look for signs that Realmuto could be starting to slow down. In the third, Braves leftfielder Jarred Kelenic led off with a base hit and promptly took off for second. This time, Realmuto gunned him down.Phillies shortstop Trea Turner is the first to admit he had a poor season with the glove in 2023 and has vowed to do better. That New Year’s resolution didn’t get off to a great start, however, when Turner failed to come up with a slow roller to his left in the fifth inning, allowing Braves catcher Sean Murphy to reach on the error.
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