The Phillies cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday. The Philadelphia pitching was in top form, allowing just one run (unearned) and surrendering only two hits in today’s contest.
- Vance Worley bounced back from a poor first start with four perfect innings. The righthander didn’t allow a hit, and struck out eight.
- Four of Worley’s strikeouts were looking.
- Jimmy Rollins went 1-3 with a solo homerun.
- Veteran lefthander Pat Misch threw two scoreless innings, and struck out two, lowering his ERA to 2.25.
- Juan Pierre went 1-3 with a single.
- Domonic Brown turned his only at-bat into an RBI triple.
- Antonio Bastardo threw another scoreless inning. He gave up a hit for the first time in three appearances.
- Laynce Nix took just one at-bat before leaving with a rib injury, he’s listed as day-to-day.
- Scott Podsednik went 1-3 with a single. The veteran is hitting .350.
- Tyson Gillies had another unsuccessful game at the plate, going 0-3. He hasn’t picked up a hit since the second game of the spring.
- Mike Schwimer threw a scoreless inning in the ninth to earn a save. He’s yet to allow a run.
- Freddy Galvis saw more time at second base, but didn’t get any at-bats.
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