Gordon is batting. 211 in his last five games against the Phillies after hitting.
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Philadelphia Phillies’ Aaron Altherr hits a bases-loaded triple against the Miami Marlins during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, October 4, 2015, in Philadelphia.
Girardi is not a fan.
From the start, however, the first 30 games didn’t look that way at all, and the Marlins surely must have wondered if they may have jumped the gun a little bit in signing the 23-year-old in mid-March to a fresh seven-year, $49.57 million contract. So his last at-bat, he’s on deck and he looks down at me and says, ‘You thinking about it?’ I said.
The teams were forced to play a doubleheader after the game Friday night was postponed due to rain. 277 with an. 830 OPS and 13 homers in 77 games entering the day…. Furthermore, both teams have to play in the same conditions.
Harper also led the NL in runs (118), and Gordon topped the league in hits (205) and stolen bases (58), becoming the first NL player to lead in average and steals since Jackie Robinson in 1949.
The Miami Marlins are not going to the playoffs this season but that doesn’t mean their finale on Sunday – a 7-2 loss to the Phillies – was lacking fireworks.
Baltimore’s Chris Davis homered twice Sunday to finish with 47 and led the major leagues for the second time in three years.
“I have to go home and think about it and decide what I want to do”, he said.
Suzuki allowed a run on two doubles.
Jeff Francoeur, a free agent at the end of this season, will get the start in right field.
Phillies reliever Luis Garcia (4-6) earned the win by stranding two of Buchanan’s runners with a strikeout of Gordon, keeping the game tied at 2-2. I’ve always felt like this organization’s had my back.
“We avoided something everybody – we lost 99 but everybody expected us to lose more than 100”, Giles said.
333 over Washington’s Bryce Harper, who finished at.329.
Andre Rienzo allowed four runs without retiring a batter in the seventh inning.
Is is not known if the club will resign him for another season at 42, but Ichiro said after the game that he wants to return. Yelich went 5-for-5 in Game 1 of Saturday’s doubleheader, setting a career high for hits.
Phillies: First baseman Ryan Howard (knee) did not play.
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The sweet left-handed swing of Ichiro and his defensive abilities could transition well into somebody’s bench. Prior to Saturday’s doubleheader, manager Pete Mackanin chose to shut down Howard, who hasn’t seen live pitching since the injury…. Ichiro hit. 230 with one home run and 21 RBI in 152 games this year for the Marlins.
