Hamels, who pitched the first six innings of last season’s combined Phillies no-hitter, had never pitched more than 6 2/3 no-hit innings.
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Less than 24 hours after Hamels was mobbed by teammates on the Wrigley Field mound following his no-hitter, the Phillies lifted Aaron Nola to his first Major League Baseball victory in an 11-5 win.
“I’m wearing the Phillies’ red, and that’s where I’ve planned to play”, Hamels said.
A few stragglers from the standing-room-only crowd of 41,683 were left in the ballpark, and one of them yelled down: “Cole, come to the Cubs”. It’s a nice feeling. “We just got them at the right time and we’re happy about it”.
Arrieta (11-6) allowed three runs on Ryan Howard’s 17th homer in the third and six hits in his first loss since June 16 against Cleveland.
Michael Taylor went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs and Gio Gonzalez won his fourth straight decision as the Washington Nationals downed the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-3. Despite his low pitch count, he probably shouldn’t have started the eighth, but I loved that Pete Mackanin let him try.
Saturday’s performance was just the height of what he can accomplish and when’s his pitches are crisp he’s, well, unhittable.
Spencer Patton (1-0) earned his second big league victory with a hitless seventh. But he got plenty of support in this one.
And getting his first win the day after watching Hamels’ no-hitter was nearly surreal. It wasn’t as good as a no hitter, but to me it was a damn fine follow-up. “It worked out for the most part with groundballs and pop-ups”. I suppose they always had this in them, but seriously is this some kind of Invasion of the Body Snatchers situation?
The 31-year-old southpaw has been no stranger to trade rumours having been on the market for years, but the likelihood of Hamels leaving the team he’s spent his entire 10-year career with has been at its highest ahead of this season’s deadline. “Herrera made two spectacular catches out there”.
In Anaheim, California, Delino DeShields capped a three-run rally in the eighth inning with an infield hit that drove in the go-ahead run and Rougned Odor homered as Texas beat Los Angeles. The Cubs are said to be among the interested parties.
“Give the Phillies credit”.
Miller (5-7) allowed a run on two hits in 7-plus innings. He dropped to 0-3 with a 4.10 ERA in his last eight starts. Gonzalez also had two homers and tied his career best with six runs batted in.
With two outs in the ninth, rookie Kris Bryant launched a long fly. But the game quickly got out of hand from there. A 5-1 week that included a 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals (2) in a make-up game puts the St.
But the ace left-hander could be on the move after he struck out 13 in the 13th no-hitter in franchise history for the Phillies. “I think he just made his mind up that he is going to be who he is and ‘I’m going to do what I do best.’ He looked like he was on a mission”.
“It makes for a much more interesting story that you have a rookie Rule 5 pick making those plays than had it been somebody like Devon White or someone like it”, Amaro said.
“He threw a pitch and it went to the top of the backstop”, Furtak said. That’s a good sign. All I have been thinking about the last couple of days is to correct my pitching.
The Phillies jumped to a 3-0 first-inning lead before Hammel got anyone out.
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RHP Jerome Williams, who will face the Jays on Wednesday, is 3-7 with a bad 6.28 ERA in 15 starts.
