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Praise Jesus! The Phillies Just Handed the Dodgers Their First Loss
By Kyle Pagan
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If you were pessimistic about this team going into the season I don’t know how you still are after a 6-1 start and handing the undefeated defending champ their first loss of the season. This is an All-Star team that hasn’t been shut out in 65 games we’re talking about. The Phils pitching staff took them to the brink before Jordan Romano (who stinks right now) came in and gave up a two-run home run in the 9th inning. He’d better buy J.T. a beer for saving his ass:
Strike ’em out, throw ’em out, send ’em home pic.twitter.com/XlDMdNtkzc
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) April 5, 2025
When will they learn?
Jesus Luzardo on the other hand was phenomenal! With or without Freddie Freeman in the lineup this is an incredible performance. What a hoss:
Jesus Luzardo mowed down the Dodgers tonight at CBP and had an incredible home debut!
7.0 IP | 2 H | 0 ER | 2 BB | 8 K
— Phillies Tailgate (@PhilsTailgate) April 5, 2025
That stat line:
Someone needs to tell Ohtani that Stott is a happily married man. pic.twitter.com/4Ah2UOZ5NH
— DFAntastic (@PhillyTradesman) July 10, 2024
Through two games he’s 2-0 and has given up 2 ER, 7 hits, 4 walks, and has 19 Ks. Somewhere a Boys & Girls Club is smiling because they’re getting a new air hockey table!
HALLEJUJAH JESUS HALLEJUJAH!
https://t.co/gvdZv6NoQh pic.twitter.com/LxvMgRfYgh
— Kyle Pagan (@CBKylePagan) April 5, 2025
Yoshinobu Yamamoto looked good, but the Phils got it down with small ball. It started with Trea Turner stealing third and an error from Yamamoto that scored him. It finished with the new daycare graduates Bryson Stott and Brandon Marsh driving in two runs. You love to see it!
We’ve even got guys bleeding for this team!
J.T. Realmuto cut his finger while opening a water bottle, Rob Thomson said. He was bleeding on the ball so they had to glue the finger. That was before the game-winning caught stealing.
— Matt Gelb (@MattGelb) April 5, 2025
Saturday the Bank is going to be ROCKING! Open up the gates now! We’ve got a series to win!
P.S. Welcome to the win column, dorks!
Braves win.#BravesCountry pic.twitter.com/HAN3prn6Ud
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) April 5, 2025
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com