Three-Game Series vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Phillies win series 2-1 | Season vs. Phillies 1-2
![Lance Lynn RHP 33](https://cjricchetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lance-Lynn-RHP-33-Portrait-02.jpg)
![Zack Wheeler RHP 45](https://cjricchetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zack-Wheeler-RHP-45-Portrait.jpg)
Monday, April 17, 2023 at 6:10 pm CDT
Guaranteed Rate Field
Lance Lynn, RHP vs.
Phillies / Zack Wheeler, RHP
Postponed due to high winds and cold temperatures
➤ Rescheduled for tomorrow (April 18) at 4:10 pm CDT as Game 1 of a straight doubleheader
GAME 17
![Lance Lynn RHP 33](https://cjricchetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lance-Lynn-RHP-33-Portrait-02.jpg)
![Zack Wheeler RHP 45](https://cjricchetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zack-Wheeler-RHP-45-Portrait.jpg)
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 4:10 pm CDT
Guaranteed Rate Field – Straight DH, Game 1
Lance Lynn, RHP vs.
Phillies / Zack Wheeler, RHP
L, 7-4, 6-11 (.353), L2 | L: Lance Lynn (0-2, 7.59)
➤ Lynn gives up 5 R/ER on 10 H (3 BB, 7 K) in 5⅓ IP
➤ Phillies first baseman Alec Bohm sets a club record—slugging base hits in 17 consecutive games to start the season
Game highlights from mlb.com
GAME 18
![Lucas Giolito RHP 27](https://cjricchetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lucas-Giolito-RHP-27-Portrait-02.jpg)
![Bailey Falter LHP 70](https://cjricchetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Bailey-Falter-LHP-70-Portrait.jpg)
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 6:10 pm CDT
Guaranteed Rate Field – Straight DH, Game 2
Lucas Giolito, RHP vs.
Phillies / Bailey Falter, LHP
W, 0-3, 7-11 (.389), W1 | W: Lucas Giolito (1-1, 4.29)
➤ Giolito gives up 0 R on 0 H (1 BB, 7K) in 6.0 IP—Quality Start
➤ Giolito and the bullpen pitch a one-hitter to shut out the Phillies
➤ Phillies first baseman Alec Bohm goes 0-for-3, ending his club-record-setting hitting streak at 17 consecutive games to start the season
Game highlights from mlb.com
GAME 19
![Mike Clevinger RHP 52](https://cjricchetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mike-Clevinger-RHP-52-Portrait.jpg)
![Taijuan Walker RHP 99](https://cjricchetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Taijuan-Walker-RHP-99-Portrait.jpg)
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 1:10 pm CDT
Guaranteed Rate Field
Mike Clevinger, RHP vs.
Phillies / Taijuan Walker, RHP
L, 5-2, 7-12 (.368), L1 | L: Mike Clevinger (2-1, 3.26)
➤ Clevinger gives up 3 R/ER on 6 H (1 BB, 1K) in 3.0 IP
Game highlights from mlb.com
April 20 — Liam Hendriks announces he is cancer free after completing chemotherapy treatments for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma on April 5
Three-Game Series at Tampa Bay Rays
Rays win series 3-0 | Season vs. Rays 0-3
GAME 20
![Michael Kopech RHP 34](https://cjricchetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Michael-Kopech-RHP-34-Portrait-02.jpg)
![Calvin Faucher RHP 58](https://cjricchetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Calvin-Faucher-RHP-58-Portrait.jpg)
Friday, April 21, 2023 at 5:40 pm CDT
Tropicana Field
Michael Kopech, RHP vs.
Rays / Calvin Faucher, RHP
L, 7-8, 7-13 (.350), L2 | L: Reynaldo López (0-1, 7.27)
➤ Kopech gives up 5 R/ER on 6 H (4 BB, 9K) in 5.0 IP
➤ Sox come back from 0-4 and bull pen pitches great, but closer López doesn’t have it against the Rays’ 9-1-2 hitters
➤ Rays have homered in all of their first twenty games, tying an MLB record set by the Mariners in 2019
Game highlights from mlb.com
GAME 21
![Dylan Cease RHP 84](https://cjricchetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Dylan-Cease-RHP-84-Portrait-03.jpg)
![Shane McClanahan LHP 18](https://cjricchetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Shane-McClanahan-LHP-18-Portrait.jpg)
Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 3:05 pm CDT
Tropicana Field
Dylan Cease, RHP vs.
Rays / Shane McClanahan, LHP
L, 3-4, 7-14 (.333), L3 | L: Jimmy Lambert (1-1, 3.27)
➤ Cease gives up 3 R/ER on 6 H (1 BB, 5K) in 4.0 IP
➤ Rays set MLB record with home runs in 21 consecutive games to start the season
Game highlights from mlb.com
GAME 22
![Lucas Giolito RHP 27](https://cjricchetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lucas-Giolito-RHP-27-Portrait-02.jpg)
![Zach Eflin RHP 24](https://cjricchetti.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zach-Eflin-RHP-24-Portrait.jpg)
Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 12:40 pm CDT
Tropicana Field
Lucas Giolito, RHP vs.
Rays / Zach Eflin, RHP
L, 1-4, 7-15 (.318), L4 | L: Lucas Giolito (1-2, 4.50)
➤ Giolito gives up 4 R/ER on 5 H (2 BB, 5K) in 7.0 IP
Game highlights from mlb.com