POSTCAST: BATS WAKE UP IN THE 9th, Philadelphia Phillies beat the Minnesota Twins, 3-0!

Better late than never! The Philadelphia Phillies’ bats COME ALIVE in the 9th inning to help get by the Twins with a 3-0 win!
Before trotting out to the mound tonight at Target Field in Minnesota, Zack Wheeler had not started a game since July 9th against the Dodgers. Since then, he skipped his last start before the all-star break due to back tightness and had his first start of the second half of the year pushed back to tonight. In total, I was 2 weeks between starts. He showed no rust nor any lingering effects of a back issue. The 34-year-old All-Star tossed 7-scoreless-innings allowing just 3 hits and two walks to give the Phillies and the ice-cold bats a chance to win.
Those bats defrosted in the 9th…finally.
Bryce Harper smacked a 1-out double down the left field line, then was followed by back-to-back walks to Alec Bohm and JT Realmuto to load the bases. Brandon Marsh stepped up and delivered a sac fly RBI to left-center field that brought home Harper for a 1-0 lead. Then Nick Castellanos gave the Phillies some breathing room with a 2-run double down the right field line.
The Phillies bullpen did face some adversity in the 8th inning. Jeff Hoffman started the inning off and surrendered a walk, then a strike out, then another walk and another strike out. Rob Thomson had seen enough and went to Gregory Soto. The lefty threw 9 pitches, including 2 strikes, a walk, a wild pitch and (somehow) an inning/threat ending ground out to Bohm at 3rd. Soto picked up the win.
Segment 1: THREE BIG THINGS: 1) Bats FINALLY Came alive in the 9th! 3-RUN RALLY! 2) Wheeler dominated! 3) Offense needs this to be the first step towards consistency!
Segment 2: Why did Thomson go to Soto in the 8th? - Checking the Show’s KZbin Channel Comments.
Segment 3: Programming note: Connor Thomas, host of Locked On Phillies Podcast will be a guest on the PostCast Wednesday after game three of this series.
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This offense is just brutal...topper has to shake things up with the lineup....move people around... Kyle hasnt had a hit in weeks seems like...cant get much worse why not shake it up