The Philadelphia Phillies won their Grapefruit League match against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday 3-2.
On The Mound
- Cole Hamels pitched three innings, and allowed both of the Pittsburgh runs to score. Hamels gave up two hits and two walks, and also allowed a homer.
- Jonathan Papelbon pitched a clean third inning.
- Lefty Andy Oliver pitched two scoreless innings, allowing just one walk and striking out two.
- Elvis Arujao pitched a scoreless seventh.
- Mario Hollands gave up one hit in a scoreless eighth. Hollands has now put together two straight scoreless appearances after allowing four runs in his debut.
- Jeanmar Gomez pitched a scoreless ninth to get the save.
At The Plate
- The Phillies generated three runs on six hits.
- Ben Revere singed, walked, and scored a run.
- Cesar Hernandez went 1-3 with an RBI. Hernandez had the team’s lone extra-base hit with a double.
- Grady Sizemore went 0-3, but drove in a run with a sacrifice.
- Ryan Howard went 0-3 with a strikeout, dropping his average to .211.
- Jeff Francoeur went 1-3 with an RBI.
- Domonic Brown went 0-3.
- Tommy Joseph went 1-2 and scored a run.
- Maikel Franco went 1-3.
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