The other miscue occurred in left field, where Andrew McCutchen, who is also playing on a gimpy leg, lost a ball in the lights. He is playing on a bad groin and won't start Thursday as the Phillies try to protect him from a setback. Hoskins at first broke the wrong way, then slipped.
One was a tough play, a smash by Wander Franco, the other a playable ground ball by Diaz. The Phillies' problems on defense in the fourth inning included a couple of ground balls getting by Hoskins at first base. "He was good doing that when he needed to tonight but in that inning, he couldn't do it." "It's a chance to expand the zone more and he didn't do it," Girardi said. It's just one of those that you forget."īoth 0-2 pitches were 97 mph fastballs that caught too much of the hitting zone. I just didn't execute a couple of pitches there. "Obviously, I was a little tired but I felt good enough to go back out there. Wheeler allowed a leadoff single to Yandy Diaz then two straight 0-2 hits, a double over the third base bag to Kevin Kiermaier, and the three-run homer to Mejia to break the tie. It didn't work, but I still liked his stuff." "I liked his stuff and it's as good as anyone we have," Girardi said. The right-hander survived poor defense behind him that led to two unearned runs in the fourth inning and benefitted from a pair of game-tying homers - Bryce Harper with a two-run shot in the fifth and Rhys Hoskins with a solo shot in the eighth – on his way to taking the mound with the score knotted at 4-4 in the top of the ninth inning. Only Curt Schilling and Steve Carlton reached 200 Ks in fewer starts as Phillies. He became the first pitcher in the majors to get there this season and he did it in his 26th start. Wheeler set a good tone with 10 strikeouts over the first eight innings to put himself over 200 for the season. It starts with us out there as starters to set the tone." "We need to find that consistency down this last stretch. "Obviously, we have to pick it up," said Zack Wheeler, who gave up a three-run homer to Rays catcher Francisco Mejia with no outs in the top of the ninth in a 4-4 game to take the loss. The Diamondbacks have the worst record in the National League but swept the Phillies last week in Phoenix.
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The Phillies open a four-game series with Arizona on Thursday night. They are five games behind the Braves, who, in a quirk of scheduling, are idle again on Thursday. The Phillies have lost 10 of their last 14 games to slip to 63-63 with 36 games remaining. The Rays, owners of the best record in the American League, swept the quick, two-game series and improved to 79-48.
The result was a 7-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday night. They made mistakes in the field and mistakes on the mound with the game on the line in the ninth inning. Then Francisco Mejia stepped to mound and after falling behind 0-2 as well, he absolutely launched a 96.9 MPH slider from Wheeler for a three-run home run (103.1 EV, 31 LA, 409 ft) to give the Rays a 7-3 lead.Even on a night when the Atlanta Braves were idle, the Phillies couldn't pick up any ground on the National League East leaders. Kevin Kiermaier followed with a double on an 0-2 count with a ground ball to left field that moved Diaz over to third with no outs. Diaz started things off with a leadoff single representing a potential go-ahead run. However, the odds start tipping in the batters favor the more times through the order and the Rays were ready. Zack Wheeler was still in the game in the ninth inning which on one hand makes sense since he was below 100 pitches. The longest streak in franchise history without an earned run came to an end as Rhys Hoskins hit a solo home run with two outs to tie the game 4-4. 2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ runs in the 7th inning or later! #RaysUp /oZdmCk36fI- Bally Sports Sun: Rays August 26, 2021Ĭolin McHugh came in to pitch for the Rays in the bottom of the eighth having not allowed an earned run in his last 17 appearances including three starts.
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