Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
3 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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With their attempt at clinching an NL wild card teetering on an epic collapse, the Philadelphia Phillies will start Aaron Nola against Tampa Bay on two days’ rest.
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Phillies → clinch → rest
Nola (7-11, 4.54 ERA) struck out eight over six innings in his last start Wednesday and took the loss as Philadelphia fell to Milwaukee 4-1.
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Philadelphia → strike → Milwaukee
The Phillies lost the next two games headed into Saturday and saw their NL wild-card lead over Arizona whittled to one game.
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lead → lose → game
Arizona plays Saturday night against San Diego.
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Arizona → play → Diego
The Padres and Chicago Cubs have clinched wild-card spots.
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Padres → clinch → spots
Should the race come down to Sunday, the Phillies will be forced to throw ace Zack Wheeler, which would burn him for potential Game 1 or 2 starts in the NL Wild Card Series.
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which → come → Series
Mattingly said the Phillies only briefly flirted with the idea of bumping up Wheeler a day.
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Phillies → say → Wheeler
Nola skipped his usual bullpen session Friday so he could take the mound against the AL East champion Rays.
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he → skip → Rays
Mattingly said the right-hander throws 40-to-50-pitch bullpen sessions between starts and might not go much longer than that Saturday.
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hander → say → that
“If anybody’s built for this,” Mattingly said, “it’s probably Nola.
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it → build → this
He’s a guy that’s probably more old-school than anybody.”
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that → ’ → anybody
The Phillies are in a bind with All-Star lefty Jesús Luzardo still on the injured list with left shoulder inflammation.
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Luzardo → injure → inflammation
Luzardo can be activated on Sunday and would be available to pitch if the Phillies need him.
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Phillies → activate → him
The Phillies were shut out for the 12th time this season in Friday’s 2-0 loss to Tampa Bay and have scored two runs over the last 27 innings.
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Phillies → shut → innings
They have homered only once in their last 55 innings.
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They → homer → innings
Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto entered in an 0-for-32 funk that’s dipped his average to .206.
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that → enter → .206
NL batting leader and starting second baseman Luis Arraez is out indefinitely with a severely sprained left ankle.
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Arraez → start → ankle
His absence sparked some lineup shuffling the last two games, with Bryce Harper back at first base and Bryan De La Cruz starting in right field.
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Cruz → spark → field
The Phillies could have clinched a wild card as early as Wednesday.
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Phillies → clinch → Wednesday
They started Saturday — where heavy rain had a tarp on the field — suddenly in the conversation on the Philly sports scene as a team potentially poised to join the short list of epic collapses in franchise history.
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rain → start → history
“I just think there’s pressure all the time,” Mattingly said ahead of the game.
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Mattingly → think → game
“I’ve always felt if you put pressure on yourself all the time to perform and hold yourself to a standard, this game is really no different than any other game.
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game → feel → game
Obviously, we know there’s a lot at stake.
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we → know → stake
That’s the beauty of kind of playing at a level all the time.”
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That → ’ → level
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