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Zac Thornton raced toward first base to field the tapper, and if there were any flashbacks to the Jared Young horror from a night prior, they ceased when it became clear the ball would stop rolling a bit sooner.
asserted
ball → race → horror
First baseman Brett Baty gave up chase and stood with his foot on the base.
asserted
Baty → give → base
Thornton did not quite grab the ball but instead shoveled it — fielding and tossing in one swift motion before tumbling into foul territory — for a bounce pass to Baty, who scooped it to retire the speedy Trea Turner for the second out of the top of the fifth.
asserted
who → grab → fifth
And after a brief visit from the trainer and a warmup pitch, Thornton struck out Bryce Harper swinging, allowing himself a fist-pump as he walked off the field.
asserted
he → strike → field
Thornton already had established he is a strike-thrower who can record outs at the major league level.
asserted
who → establish → level
In his second-to-last outing of the season, he showed off his glove and guts, too, in furthering his case to be a part of the 2027 rotation.
asserted
he → show → rotation
Thornton was excellent and thrived while living in the strike zone in a 6-3 victory over the Phillies on Friday in front of 29,764 at Citi Field, where he again handled an opposing offense that he might face for years to come.
uncertain
he → thrive → years
Against an imposing likely playoff-bound lineup, the lefty allowed just two runs on five hits and a walk in six strong innings.
asserted
lefty → bind → innings
He has pitched twice against Philadelphia and has turned in two quality starts.
asserted
He → pitch → starts
He has pitched 14 times in total this season and boasts a 3.40 ERA.
asserted
He → pitch → ERA
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asserted
you → receive → purchase
He let up four earned runs in his debut and since then has surrendered more than three in a start just one time.
asserted
He → let → start
The fashion in which he mows through opposing lineups is unique in today’s game.
asserted
he → mow → game
He continues to throw strikes, having walked two or fewer batters in 13 of his 14 starts.
asserted
He → continue → starts
He challenged the Phillies and usually (not always, with Edmundo Sosa crushing a first-pitch homer to left-center in the sixth) won those challenges.
asserted
Sosa → challenge → challenges
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The only other run Thornton allowed could have been saved if A.J. Ewing had read the ball off the bat a bit better.
uncertain
Ewing → deliver → bat
In the second, Bryson Stott drilled a shot to center on which Ewing got turned around, then stuck up his glove at the last moment and watched the ball bounce for what would be an RBI double.
asserted
what → drill → moment
Aided by an eight-batter, four-hit, three-run bottom of the first inning and a three-run bomb from Juan Soto in the sixth, Thornton’s work held up.
asserted
work → aid → sixth
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