The Philadelphia Phillies won their sixth straight game on Thursday afternoon, taking down the Marlins 3-2. Their record improves to 11-9.
On The Mound
- Jeremy Hellickson turned in another solid outing, allowing just one run over six innings.
- Hellickson scattered six hits, and did not allow a walk. His ERA currently stands at 1.80.
- Edubray Ramos pitched to one batter in the seventh, allowing a single.
- Joely Rodriguez came on and faced two batters, hitting one with a pitch and getting a groundout on Dee Gordon.
- Pat Neshek came on to finish the inning, and while he did allow an inherited run to score, the veteran picked up the final two outs to end the inning.
- Joaquin Benoit pitched a scoreless eighth.
- Hector Neris, who had been a little shaky over his last few appearances, slammed the door with a 1-2-3 ninth for his third save.
At The Plate
- The offense managed three runs on seven hits.
- Daniel Nava started in left, and began the game with a walk. Nava would later come around to score on a groundout from Odubel Herrera to give the team an early lead.
- Herrera would knock in another run in the third, following a triple from Freddy Galvis.
- Galvis hit out of the two-hole, and had a productive game, going 2-4.
- Maikel Franco went 2-3 with a couple of singles and a walk.
- Michael Saunders went 1-4 and scored the third run of the day on a triple from Brock Stassi in the seventh.
- Stassi started at first for Tommy Joseph, and went 1-3.
- Andrew Knapp caught the game, going 1-2 with a walk.
Final Thoughts
A six-game winning streak.
Since starting out the season 3-7, the Phils are now 8-2 in their last 10 games. They’ve spent most of April batting division opponents, and while they blew a couple of winnable games against the Nationals and Mets, they’ve stood tall on their way to sole possession of second place.
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So proud of these boys, really showing they wanna win
Even the most negative fan if you told them with that early schedule that they’d be 11-9 20 games in you’d have been happy. Getting quality pitching, hope this Nola thing is minor.
Playing great. Nice to have a 1-2-3 9th inning
Holy shit Hellickson is 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA. Is it possible that a cy young candidate will be on the trade block at the deadline? Or is there a chance the Phil’s are in it ?
Probably both…I could still see the Phillies trying to move Hellickson even if they’re in serious contention for a Wild Card later this summer. If anything, that would just drive up the price even further since they’d have to part with such a key piece.
If Nola, Velasquez pick things up over the season and the rest of the rotation continues to perform and develop, if you can get a big haul for Hellickson, I think you have to take it regardless of playoff contention.