The Philadelphia Phillies had their three-game winning streak snapped on Friday night, falling to the Nationals. Their record drops to 5-6.
On The Mound
- Jeremy Hellickson was a disaster tonight, and barely made it through three innings.
- Hellickson went out to the mound, threw his warmup pitches, and it was all downhill from there. He gave up a solo home run to the first batter he faced, and proceeded to give up a total of five runs in the first inning alone.
- Hellickson just didn’t have any good stuff tonight. He was knocked around early and often, and the Nationals really hit him hard at every turn.
- With the bases loaded, Hellickson gave up a bases-clearing double to former Phil Jayson Werth.
- Hellickson also gave up an RBI-hit to the pitcher, as the Nationals batted around in the first inning.
- Hellickson would last two more frames, and give up one more run in the third.
- Brett Oberholtzer made his second appearance of the season, and didn’t do much to stop the bleeding. The lefty allowed three runs on seven hits over four innings.
- James Russell pitched a scoreless eighth.
- Elvis Araujo struck out the side in the ninth.
At The Plate
- The Phillies put up a feeble effort at the plate. They managed just one run on four hits.
- Ryan Howard provided the lone run, hitting a solo shot in the bottom of the ninth.
- Maikel Franco had a bases loaded opportunity with two outs, but grounded out to end a rally in the third inning.
- Emmanuel Burris got a start at second base at hit out of the leadoff spot. He went 0-4.
- Freddy Galvis hit out of the two-hole and went 1-3 with a walk.
- Odubel Herrera went 1-2 and worked two more walks.
- Carlos Ruiz went 0-4.
- Cedric Hunter started in left field, and went 1-4.
- Peter Bourjos went 0-4 with three strikeouts.
Final Thoughts
Terrible start to a weekend series with the first-place Nationals.
It wasn’t so much that the Phillies got blown out, but for Jeremy Hellickson to come out with nothing and put the team in an instant 5-0 hole in front of the home crowd is about as sobering as it gets for a team that had done very well to win four of their previous five.
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