Notes From The Phillies’ 5-2 Win Over New York

The Philadelphia Phillies won their second straight game on Sunday afternoon, taking down the Mets 5-2. Their record improves to 2-4.

On The Mound

• Jeremy Hellickson turned in another solid outing, allowing just two runs over 5.2 innings of work. Hellickson allowed three hits, walked one, and struck out five.
• Hellickson gave up both runs on a two-run homer to Yoenis Cespedes in the sixth.
• Before Hellickson gave up the home run, he had been on a role of 9.2 scoreless innings.
• James Russell got the final out of the sixth, earning his first hold.
• Hector Neris worked the seventh and eighth innings, striking out three. He did not allow a base runner.
• Jeanmar Gomez picked up his second save, allowing just one hit in the ninth inning.

At The Plate

• The offense generated five runs on nine hits.
• Freddy Galvis gave the team the lead in the third inning on a sacrifice fly.
• Odubel Herrera hit his first homer of the season in the sixth, a two-run shot off of Matt Harvey.
• Ryan Howard drove in the team’s fourth run in the eighth inning with a sacrfice fly. He also worked two walks.
• Andres Blanco hit a pinch-hit double in the ninth to tack on the club’s fifth run.
• Galvis continues to leadoff, but went just 1-4. He’s currently batting just .208, and it may be time to move him back to the bottom od the order.
• Cesar Hernandez had another multi-hit game, going 2-4 to raise his average to .421. It’s the third multi-hit game for Hernandez in six games.
• Maikel Franco went 2-4 with a couple of singles.
• Rough day at the plate for Carlos Ruiz, who went 0-4 and left five men on base.
• Cedric Hunter suffered through another 0-for, going hitless in all four at-bats with two strikeouts, dropping his average to .111.
• Decent effort at the bottom of the order from Peter Bourjos, who went 1-3 with a single, a walk, and scored two runs.

Final Thoughts

After a pretty grim 0-4 start, the Phils managed to turn things around to take two of three from the Mets.

Jeanmar Gomez providing some stability at the backend of the bullpen has been enormous for the club, as the young righthander picked up saves in both wins.

After the first week of play, you have to pretty satisfied with what the starting pitchers have done. The trio of Hellickson, Aaron Nola, and Vince Velasquez all turned in some pretty effective starts and gave the team a chance to win. Charlie Morton was the only guy in the rotation that was outright bad, and the potential is there for Jerad Eickhoff to be a solid piece as well.

The team now has a little bit of momentum to work with as they prepare for their home opener.