The Philadelphia Phillies snapped their six-game losing streak on Saturday afternoon, taking down the Nationals 5-3. Their record improves to 4-8.
On The Mound
- Aaron Harang started, and gave the Phillies six innings and allowed three runs.
- Harang gave up seven hits, including one home run, and walked two. He also struck out six.
- Luis Garcia pitched a scoreless seventh.
- Ken Giles worked a clean eighth.
- Jonathan Papelbon earned the save in the ninth.
At The Plate
- The Phillies scored five runs on seven hits.
- Odubel Herrera had another solid game at the top of the order, going 3-5 with a double, an RBI, and a walk.
- Freddy Galvis went 2-5, driving in two runs.
- Chase Utley went 0-4, but drove in a run.
- Jeff Francoeur went 0-2 with two walks.
- Cody Asche went 1-3 with a double.
- Darin Ruf went 0-4.
- Ryan Howard went 0-2 with a walk.
- Cameron Rupp went 0-4.
Final Thoughts
Not much has gone right, or will go right for the 2015 Phillies…but outfielder Odubel Herrera has been a nice surprise.
Herrera has taken over the center field job from Ben Revere, and is hitting over .300. Unlike Revere, Herrera has shown that he can do a little more than just hit a bunch of weak singles. Herrera has doubled and tripled multiple times in just the last week alone.
