Attendance: 7,958
Game Time: 2:55
Weather: 79 degrees, sunny
Wind: 16 mph, R to L
Umpires: Home Plate – Vic Carapazza, First Base – Mark Wegner, Second
Base – James Hoye, Third Base – Javerro January
Seventh-inning stretch song: Bird Dance – The Emeralds
Section 112, Row 13, Seat 9 – just to the left of home plate, and only
two seats away from the aisle. Did need the sunscreen and cap for the first
three innings or so, at which point we got shade.
The Phanatic’s final appearance of Spring Training 2018 came at the end
of the 7th inning, performing atop the home dugout to the strains of
Donna Summer’s “Last Dance”. Quite appropriate.
The action during the game itself was sporadic. The Bucs scored 4 in
the top of the first inning off Jake Arrieta, with the big blow being a 3-run
homer to left by Josh Bell. Philadelphia’s offense couldn’t do much against
Jameson Taillon in his 3 innings of work, or Pittsburgh closer Felipe Rivero in
the fourth, but battered Chad Kuhl in the fifth to tie things up, as Altherr
led off with a home run and Zack Coppola got a two-out, two-run single to
finish things off.
With both lineups consisting mainly of players borrowed from the minor
league camps, things remained quiet until the bottom of the 8th,
when Coppola led off with a walk, stole second, and scored on a single by Simon
Muzziotti. The win was not to be, however, as Adrian Valerio hit a
no-doubt-about-it shot to left off Edgar Garcia in the top of the 9th
to produce the final tie.
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