Phillies: Three Straight Walk-off Wins; Thank Jean Segura

Holding Pattern: Winning in Extra Innings After Giving Up the Lead

Up by 5 then tied, and into extra innings. It seems to be the formula for the Philladelphia Phillies who won the last three games in extra inning walk-offs. And, Jean Segura keeps us alive. It begs the question, why they can’t win outright? Honestly, it’s anyone’s guess. However, it does add a bit of drama and excitement to the game when one inning makes the difference to whether the team wins or loses.

Small ball? Small ball! #RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/08mhThaabH

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) June 13, 2021

Velasquez goes 5 innings before Girardi took him out. Some fans call Vince triple V signifying that he only has 5 innings in him before he messes up and loses his control. It appears that Girardi finally got hip to that pattern. Still, critics wonder why they would take a starter off when the team is up by 5 and leave it in the hands of a shaky bullpen. Velasquez struck off 5 batters, allowing 2 runs,

Jean Segura, Walk-off King

Alexa: play High Hopes. #RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/W5qtae3877

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) June 13, 2021

“I was born to play this game”

-Jean Segura

After the game, Segura spoke about those tied games where everything is on the line, “I really like those tied games on the line, because I don’t know, man. I can’t explain that. I was just born to play this game. …I want to be in that situation all the time.”

In the 10th, Segura singled to third on a 2-0 slider and that was enough to bring torreyes home. Luckily, Segura has manages to be clutch in these situations and has delivered exactly when we needed him to. Contrarily, If he hadn’t, the game would have been a loss so it’s a nice feeling to know that Segura can deliver in high stress opportunities.

Phillies Put Pressure on the Yankees and Catch Some Major Breaks

Not only that, but Jankowski delivered a text book perfect bunt to get on base and stressed out Aroldis Chapman who errored and overthrew. As a result, Jankowski was safe at first. Then, Torreyes sliding home causing stress on Gio Urshela who overthrew the ball just a little but enough for Torreyes to slide in safe instead of an out. It was so close. Putting pressure on the other team is very effective strategy for the Phillies who seem to be catching some major breaks lately.

Vince on Walk-Off Wins

“I think this is just a big momentum booster. I think three walk-off wins is very unlikely. Our offense…had some struggles but we grinded it out the last series.”