We've got ourselves an NLCS.
Bullpen games are, basically by definition, a weird time. When I write a book in 2062 about how baseball teams became transfixed by the pursuit of a more perfect path to 27 outs, I’ll lead with Game 4 of this NLCS. It had it all. One “starting” pitcher recorded three outs. The other got seven. Both managers used eight pitchers. The game was a slog, a parade of pitching changes, until it wasn’t and Chase Field descended into chaos.
They’ll have one last crack at him here in Game 5, with a lot on the line. Diamondbacks: RHP Zac Gallen 2023 stats: 17-9, 3.47 ERA, 210 innings, 220 strikeouts, 1.12 WHIP Gallen must have felt as small as a pint out there on the mound in front of 41,000 roaring Philadelphians in Game 1. Kyle Schwarber and slugged first-pitch solo shots in the first inning. pounced early in the count in the second inning for another homer. All told, Gallen permitted five runs in five innings.
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