The Phillies didn’t just beat the Pirates on Tuesday night. They turned the whole thing into a punchline.
After Philadelphia rolled to an 8-0 shutout win, the team’s social media account fired off a post that tied the night back to the radio booth: “All 8 runs from tonight's win, brought to you by our radio broadcast crew 😁”
It was a clean little jab, and it landed because of what happened a night earlier.
On Monday, Scott Franzke and Larry Andersen had Pirates fans worked up during the broadcast, with a clip from the game spreading fast online after Philadelphia’s 5-0 lead disappeared and Aaron Nola wound up taking the loss in an 11-7 Pirates comeback. The reaction from Pittsburgh fans was loud, ugly, and nonstop, with plenty of them using the moment to roast the Phillies’ announcers while enjoying the win.
By Tuesday, the Phillies had the last word.
The 8-0 shutout gave Philadelphia a chance to flip the entire conversation, and the social media team wasted no time taking it. The post was a straightforward callback to the previous night’s broadcast chatter, but in context it was a perfect little troll job.
And the numbers behind the season series made the joke even sharper. The Phillies are now 4-1 against the Pirates in 2026, outscoring them 38-20. Three of those wins have been shutouts, with Philadelphia blanking Pittsburgh by a combined 20-0 in those games.
For all the noise on Monday, Tuesday was the reminder that the scoreboard still gets the final say. Shoutout to Scott Franzke, Larry Andersen, Kevin Stocker, and Gregg Murphy, the best radio team in baseball.
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