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In the sixth inning, Davidson walked toward the visiting dugout of the San Francisco Giants, as everyone assumed he had a bone to pick with the Giants.
Chris Young (3-8) got the win in relief, and Kelvin Herrera pitched the ninth for his third save. Just as he did earlier in the game, Franco delivered in a crucial situation. “He made a lot more mistakes than we’re accustomed to”.
Listen, we’re completely on Davidson’s side here – it must have been miserable to sit near that guy while he was carrying on – but that burn was a pretty #nice one.
Of Altherr’s 39 career hits, 22 of them have gone for extra bases.
Brandon Moss and Tommy Pham hit solo homers in the eighth for a 5-4 lead, but the Cardinals couldn’t hold on. Franco finished with three RBIs, including one on the unusual sequence that ended the game.
Smith arrived barely an hour prior to the first pitch and said he “shook hands and tried to remember as many names and faces as I could, and get ready for the game”.
“I think (Jays reliever) Brett Cecil summed it up well when he said, “If you’re going to boo me, don’t cheer me when I’m pitching good”. Philadelphia scratched scheduled starter Aaron Nola 4 hours before the game and placed the right-hander on the 15-day disabled list with a strained elbow.
ROYALS 3, RAYS 2: Salvador Perez hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning that carried the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night. Surprisingly enough, the Phillies had different plans.
Nuez put Bumgarner into the stretch in the second inning when he fumbled Tyler Goeddel’s grounder and then sailed his throw.
Jimmy Paredes got things rolling in the eighth by drawing a one-out walk, which was followed by a Hernandez single.
Meghan Montemurro, the Phillies beat writer for The News Journal, said the home team had been 6-0 up but the lead was down to 7-6 and Davidson had called Phillies’ Zach Eflin out. Belt capped the frame with a three-run homer on a first-pitch fastball from Eflin.
San Francisco scored all five runs with two outs. Freddy Galvis caught him in right-center. Hunter Pence finally gave them a baserunner when he singled to start the 11 inning.
“It was good to see all the fireworks tonight off the bats”, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. They chased Madison Bumgarner on Tuesday and toppled Johnny Cueto on Wednesday.
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But it was back to Lehigh Valley for Klein following the game.
