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For long-time players, the usual feel is still at the heart of the game’s engine, and the new version adds some bells and whistles. The latest edition, OOTP 15, further advances what I fell in love with in the earlier editions. I read Moneyball, and I wanted to be Billy Beane. My mentality shifted and I gradually became more interested in the executive level of baseball, as decision-making based on player evaluation became more alluring. The transition to video games and baseball was a natural one for me, as I wanted to emulate the players I revered. I have a long relationship with video games, as I grew up a child of the 90s before baseball took a firm hold of my heart, Sega and PlayStation dominated my childhood.

I started with What If Sports and moved around to a few different ones before settling in for a long and meaningful relationship with OOTP. Tomorrow, the two teams will lock up again in the rubber match that if the Phillies win will put them into a tie for first place.My experiences with Out Of The Park Baseball began early, as I was a young fan of baseball sims. This is the recipe for victory with Arrieta as he doesn’t strike out the number of batters he used to. During his six innings, he kept the ball on the ground, as evidenced by his eight ground ball outs, and limited the walks. He has been criticized during his tenure in Philadelphia and rightfully so as he has not produced as expected, but tonight was not one of those nights. Bryce Harper would add a solo home run in the eighth and that set the final score for the game at 7-2.Īll the while, Arrieta was superb. Segura followed it up with a triple that scored Bruce and the Phillies had a 6-2 lead.

Logan Forsythe grounded out, but both runners moved into scoring position with two outs, bringing up Jay Bruce.īruce, as he has seemingly done all year, drove in both runners with a single and the lead stretched to 5-2. Roman Quinn would replace Hoskins as a pinch runner at second. Minter would be replaced by Chad Sobotka and got Adam Haseley to hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly. Rhys Hoskins was intentionally walked to set up a double play, but that backfired when Scott Kingery hit an infield single to load the bases. Bryce Harper led off with a walk from AJ Minter, then scored on a subsequent J.T. In the seventh, the Phillies roared back. Arrieta, though, bore down and retired the next two batters to squelch the rally, but the Braves had the lead at 2-1. Ronald Acuna doubled, scoring Camargo and sending Freeman to third. On the very next pitch, Camargo atoned for his error by driving in Albies with a single, then he went to third when Freddie Freeman himself singled. In the sixth, the Braves got on the board when Ozzie Albies drew a one out walk, then went to second on a wild pitch. Bryce Harper hit a sacrifice fly to center field and the lead was 1-0. In the fourth, the Phillies drew first blood when Jean Segura doubled, then went to third when Andrew McCutchen reached on an error by Johan Camargo. Through the first three innings, Arrieta and Bryse Wilson traded goose eggs, holding the obviously worn out offenses to a combined two hits. Tonight though, in a steady drizzle, Jake Arrieta delivered a strong pitching performance and Jay Bruce delivered a clutch pinch hit to lead the Phillies to within a game of first place again. Battling back repeatedly and ultimately losing, those are the losses that can lead to a string of losses for a team. Losses like the one from the night before can tend to linger in a clubhouse.