The Philadelphia Phillies won their match against the New York Mets on Friday night 6-5 in 14 innings. Their record improves to 24-28.
- Yet another up-and-down performance from A.J. Burnett. Burnett pitched deep into the game, lasting seven innings, but also gave up five runs.
- Burnett only gave up five hits, but allowed six walks. He did strike out a season-high 11.
- Burnett put the Phillies in an early 3-0 hole after allowing the trio of runs to score in the second inning.
- Domonic Brown went 1-4, but drove in four runs, three coming off of a homer in the fourth inning.
- Carlos Ruiz went 4-6 with a double.
- Marlon Byrd went 1-3 with two walks and scored three runs.
- Jimmy Rollins went 2-5 with two walks.
- Ben Revere went just 1-7.
- Chase Utley went 1-6 and drove in a run.
- Reid Brignac got the start at third, and went 2-5 with a couple of singles and two walks, and came through with the bases-loaded walk off hit in the bottom of the 14th.
- Jake Diekman got the first two outs of the eighth.
- Mike Adams got an out to finish the frame, and came back to pitch the ninth.
- Jonathan Papelbon allowed two hits, but made it through the tenth without allowing a run.
- Antonio Bastardo struck out two on his way to a clean 11th.
- Mario Hollands worked through the 12th inning.
- Justin De Fratus worked two scoreless innings, and got the win.
Final Thoughts
Great work by the bullpen to give the Phillies seven scoreless innings last night.
Justin De Fratus has done a nice job since being recalled from triple-A. The young reliever has posted four scoreless appearances since returning, and tonight’s two inning performance was his best yet.
De Fratus has been a guy that the Phillies have been high on, but hasn’t been able to put it all together in the majors yet. The Phils would love to see him step up and emerge as another young, reliable arm that they can turn to.
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