Were the Phillies hitters seeing something in Lance McCullers delivery?

Twitter was alive with speculation Tuesday during Game 3.

PHILADELPHIA — It was a rough outing for the Astros Lance McCullers in Philadelphia.  In Game 3, he gave up five home runs in 4 1/3 innings and left with the Astros trailing, 7-0.

The Phillies’ Bryce Harper got it started for Philadelphia in the first inning with a two-run home run.  In the second inning, Harper could be seen saying something to teammate Alec Bohm.  Bohm walked to the plate and hit it out of the park to give Philadelphia a 3-0 lead.

The chatter started on social media that McCullers may be tipping his pitches to Phillies hitters, basically showing something in his delivery that they were picking up on.

That Harper-Bohm conversation was something addressed by ESPN’s Buster Olney.

The Twitter chatter got louder when Brandon Marsh homered for a 4-0 lead.  Philadelphia added two more on Kyle Schwarber’s two-run blast and Rhys Hoskins homered to make it 7-0.

By the fifth inning when McCullers was pulled, he had given up a World Series-record five home runs. 

Former Major League Baseball scout and KHOU 11 baseball analyst Jeremy Booth addressed the theories on Twitter, tweeting that whether he was tipping or not, he was having his struggles.

KHOU 11’s Matt Musil also responded to a tweet, saying that it’s possible the Phillies were picking up on what McCullers was doing.  He said they were expecting a lot of breaking pitches…and that’s just what they got.