Phillies Bats vs Luis Severino- Game 2 Preview

After wasting a great start by Zack Wheeler, the Phillies will try to even the series before it heads up to New York. In their way will be Luis Severino.

Luis Severino has faced the Phillies 3 times in his career. Once with the Yankees way back in 2018, and then twice this season with the Mets. The start back in 2018, when most of these guys weren't here, went great. He shut out the Phillis over 7 innings.

But in both starts vs this current team, he gave up 3 runs over 6 innings. Not terrible, but not great either. Those starts did not come earlier in the season either. They were both within the last month.

His season overall was decent. A 3.81 ERA across 182 innings. But he gave up at least 3 runs in each of his last 4 outings. Both Phillies starts are included in that span. His great April is doing a lot of the heavy lifting for his stats.

Can he bounce back for his most important start of the season so far? Or will the Phillis lineup take advantage of him to even this series up? Let's take a look at how each Phillies hitter has done against him in the past.

The Phillies bats went ice cold in game 1. Kyle Schwarber led the game off with an HR, but then they didn't score again until Kody Clemens hit a double in the 9th inning when they were down 5 runs. Bryce Harper also had a double, but it didn't lead anywhere.

They get a chance at redemption in game 2 against a guy they have hit fairly well against in the past.

The Philadelphia Phillies began the MLB Playoffs in 2023 the same way they did in 2022.

Related Content: Phillies Red October Memories: 6 Games That Defined the Run to the 2022 World Series

While they didn’t win the National League East, they look primed for a hot streak in the new playoff format with six bids in each league.

It looked like history would repeat itself with a wild card team reaching the World Series. Except this time, the Phillies wouldn’t be the surprise underdogs against a team powerhouse like the Houston Astros.

Dave Dombrowski had added Trea Turner to an already stacked lineup. The high-priced shortstop finally came around offensively late in the 2023 regular season, and the World Series experience in 2022 made the Phillies a popular title pick locally and nationally.

The Red October crowd resumed the wrath that opponents felt during the miracle ride in 2022.

The Miami Marlins, Atlanta Braves, and the Arizona Diamondbacks stood in their way.

October 16-17, 2023
National League Championship Series Games 1-2 at Citizens Bank Park
Phillies 5, Arizona Diamondbacks 3; Phillies 10, Arizona Diamondbacks 0

It was a done deal. Right?