The Miami Marlins fell to the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 on Tuesday to extend their skid to five games.
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“It sure looks a lot better on my card when I look at it that these guys are available”, Mattingly said. Perhaps none of that is surprising, though, since the Phils also entered play last in the major leagues in runs scored (3.69 per game), OBP (.295), extra-base hits (366), and total bases (1,757). He hadn’t won since May 10, going 0-9 with a 6.72 ERA in his last 15 appearances, 13 of those starts.
“I was trying to stay down in the zone”, Urena said. “We had a different lineup tonight. Knowing that and telling myself that, it helped me stay focused and get back to the big leagues”.
Cashner walked two and kept the Phillies off balance by pitching to all parts of the plate.
“It’s good to see because he needed to make a change in his approach and pitch differently than he has in the past and he’s starting to do that”, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said.
The Phillies (62-76) sent the Marlins (68-71) to their fifth straight loss and their 10th in the past 11 games.
Mike Dunn, Kyle Barraclough, A.J. Ramos and Austin Brice combined for hitless relief. The lefthander allowed one run on five hits. A 32-pitch first inning – during which four of the first five batters reached and two scored – put him in an early hole from which he never climbed out. Christian Yelich sits on 151 hits with 71 runs and 85 RBI. The Phillies tacked on runs in the third inning (Tommy Joseph RBI double) and fifth inning (Freddy Galvis RBI single). A day after Chicago manager Robin Ventura suggested Shields could be shut down, the righthander says a doctor’s visit produced good news. “Cesar had a couple of hits and we had a couple of men in scoring position, but couldn’t get them in”. Jose Urena (3-6) gave up four runs and seven hits in five innings for Miami, which is 11-23 since August 1.
Phillies: 3B Maikel Franco did not play after jamming his right thumb during Sunday’s game against Atlanta.
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“That’s what he knows he can do right now”, Mattingly said. Now Stanton’s back – albeit in limited fashion – with 24 games remaining in the regular season. Hellickson is 2-0 with a 2.13 ERA in four starts against Miami this season.
