He prefers the view from the batter’s box.
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“You never like to send anybody out”, said Mackanin following a 40-minute meeting with Morgan. “And for it to stay fair, even better”.
The Colorado Rockies could use a win after losing eight of their last 10 games.
The Phils dropped the opener in this set last night 11-2 as Adam Morgan allowed six runs in five innings to fall to 1-7.
David Hernandez pitched a ideal sixth, but Ramos was roughed up in the seventh when he retired one of the six batters he faced and gave up four hits and a walk. He was dominant at Double-A Tulsa in 2014, going 7-4 with a 1.98 ERA, before a stress fracture in his left arm caused him to miss all of 2015. The Phillies, who have won nine of 11, look to continue their unlikely offensive surge Saturday as they play the third of four games in Colorado against the Rockies.Philadelphia began the season 24-17 after finishing with the worst record in the majors previous year and stood just one-half game behind National League East leader Washington on May 18, only to score a measly 3.4 runs while dropping 28 of their next 36 to fall as far as 13 games back in the division.
“Hung a slider to him”, McGee said of Joseph’s blast. “Probably should have stuck with my best pitch, the fastball”.
Freddy Galvis scored on an error in the ninth to extend the lead to 5-3. Chatwood got two quick outs, but then the Phillies strung together four hits and a walk.
Joseph would plague Anderson and the Rockies again in the fourth, opening the frame with a double and eventually scoring on an RBI single from Carlos Ruiz to push Philadelphia to a 2-0 edge. Later in the inning, Mark Reynolds grounded out with the bases loaded off Hector Neris.
Tyler Goeddel made a leaping catch in left field with a runner in scoring position in the eighth.
Stanton, the Marlins’ all-time leader in home runs, also became the seventh-fastest player by games played (781) to reach 200.
Ryan Howard homered in the second inning to tie the score at 1 as the Phillies looked as if they would be able to match the Rockies homer for homer.
Rockies manager Walt Weiss saw Story making strides at the plate as his hand injury improved. “You just simplify, keep working, trust your preparation in the cage and how it’s going to translate to the field”.
“But maybe that just means we’re due”. “It was about creating rhythm in my legs and how I got away from that for a little bit”. Others furiously texted, including Weiss who said he punched his vote for Story “several hundred” times. Story was not finished as he ripped a line-drive homer to left-center in the fifth to deliver Morgan’s final blow.
“I was just locked in from the beginning”, Gray said. He was scratched from his scheduled start Thursday to give him a breather before the All-Star break. “As far as the ankle I think that is part of the reason you started seeing more effort in the delivery”, Weiss said.
Phillies RHP Andrew Bailey (left hamstring strain) entered in the seventh for his first appearance since June 22. It came a year ago while he was Houston and it did not go real well. He spent two weeks before Thursday night in the team’s bullpen after being bumped from the starting rotation when Vince Velasquez was activated from the disabled list.
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Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Jake McGee calls for a new ball after giving up a three-run home run to Philadelphia Phillies pinch-hitter Tommy Joseph in the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, July 8, 2016, in Denver.
