NBC Sports Philadelphia analyst and former MLB reliever Ricky Bottalico has absolutely no sugar coat on how he felt about the Phillies’ opening loss Tuesday to the Baltimore Orioles.
After the 10-9 loss to Phillies, in which a pop-up gaff and a homer from inside the park predicted defeat, Bottalico did not hold back when discussing the performances he saw on the field. during the broadcast of the NBC postgame.
“They do not deserve to win this game,” he said. “They deserved to lose this game … You do not feel sorry for plays in the field.”
“I do not know how you felt, but I felt ashamed of many of those players who are there. I thought this game was an embarrassment for baseball. I felt today like the Bad News Bears-type game. ”
At the top of the ninth with the game tied at 6 and the bases loaded with two outs, Pedro Severino of Baltimore hit a routine infield fly that resulted in two runs after Jean Segura called the infield to make the out. before stepping over the mound and missing it.
“He’s completely on the wrong side of the field to name that ball,” Bottalico later said of Segura.
After the Phillies tied the game at the bottom of the inning, things went south in the extras when center fielder Roman Quinn missed a road on a line drive off the Austin Hays bat, resulting in a go-ahead inside-the-park homer that became the game-winner.
The Phillies missed a week of action after the season opener due to the outbreak of the Marlins coronavirus.
