The Philadelphia Phillies lost their second straight game on Saturday night, falling to the Diamondbacks 5-1. Their record drops to 22-45.
On The Mound
- Jerad Eickhoff finally turned in a decent outing, allowing just one run over six innings.
- Eickhoff gave up just five hits and walked two.
- Edubray Ramos blew up in the seventh inning, allowing two runs and failing to record an out.
- Casey Fien took over in the seventh, and allowed a run of his own to score.
- Adam Morgan, miraculously, struck out the side in a scoreless eighth.
- Luis Garcia mopped up with a scoreless ninth.
At The Plate
- The offense put up one lousy run on nine hits.
- Andrew Knapp went 1-2 with a walk, and drove in the team’s only run in the sixth inning.
- Odubel Herrera went just 1-5 with a single and struck out three times.
- Howie Kendrick went 2-5 with a couple of singles.
- Aaron Altherr went just 1-5 with a single.
- Tommy Joseph went 1-4 with a single and a walk.
- Maikel Franco went 0-3, but drew two walks.
- Michael Saunders got a start in the outfield after sitting most of the week, and went 2-4 with a double.
- Freddy Galvis went 1-3 with a single.
Final Thoughts
The Phillies have lost 10 of their last 11 games.
Thank goodness we’ve had Eagles mini camp and the Sixers trade for Markelle Fultz going on.
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