Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Maikel Franco left Tuesday night’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a wrist injury.
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David Peralta hit a grand slam in an 11-run second inning and tied a career high with five RBIs, leading the Diamondbacks to a 13-1 victory. Right-hander Aaron Harang (5-13) was charged with eight earned runs in 5 1/3 innings as the Phillies dropped to 45-68.
Diamondbacks CF A.J. Pollock recorded three hits in the opener – his third such performance in his last 10 games.2. Arizona had eight hits in an inning nine times, the last on May 19, 2010 against San Francisco. Pollock hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh that increased Arizona’s lead to 13-3, which would prove to be the game’s final score. The first was Edwin Jackson on April 11, 2010, against the Pirates. During the last 10 games, they averaged 5.7 runs per game, above their 3.7 season average. Delgado, 4-3 with a 2.79 ERA, is eligible to return from the disabled list Friday. Archie Bradley (right shoulder tendinitis), who turned 23 on Monday, will throw a simulated game this week before going on a rehab assignment. When the inning ended shortly afterward, Buchanan’s terrible pitching line was final and his ERA was a tidy 9.00 after his 10th start of the season.
Philadelphia Phillies’ Darin Ruf walks over to the baseball after… Castillo went to the ground for a second but remained in the game after being examined by the Diamondbacks’ training staff. “I lost my legs after I got hit – he got me good straight on my head”, Castillo said.
“There were some really good pitches that I threw that were getting hit hard”.
Utley, who cleared waivers earlier in the day, can be traded to a contending team this month with his approval.
“I just used my hands and stayed through to the middle, tried to use the whole field, and I put a good swing on that”, he said.
Owings drove in two runs with a bases-loaded double to start the scoring in the second inning, when the Diamondbacks sent 15 batters to the plate. “I think he has”. X-rays were negative, the Phillies said. OF Domonic Brown was scratched from the lineup due to illness, and was replaced in right field by Jeff Francoeur. C Welington Castillo, who is hitting. Castillo’s eighth homer in his last 12 games made it 5-2.
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Goldschmidt’s first of two RBIs gave him 382 in his career. He’s 2-1 with a 3.65 ERA in four starts.
