Nola Pitches 6 Scoreless Innings, Phillies Top Padres 5-1
Aaron Nola pitched six scoreless innings, Maikel Franco and Cesar Hernandez homered, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 5-1 on Saturday night.
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Aaron Nola pitched six scoreless innings, Maikel Franco and Cesar Hernandez homered, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 5-1 on Saturday night.
"We were in the game the entire time, had opportunities to score, we were not able to capitalize on those opportunities," said Phillies manager Gabe Kapler.
The "Big Fella" is officially off the market.
Bour is batting .227 with 19 homers and 54 RBIs.
Corbin struck out nine in a combined four-hitter, David Peralta had four hits and two RBIs, and the Diamondbacks rolled over the Philadelphia Phillies 6-0 on Wednesday.
The way things look right now, sometimes ugly, sometimes not, it appears the 2018 Phillies will be playing beyond Oct. 1 this year.
Philadelphia is up by 1½ games on Atlanta in the NL East.
The Arizona Diamondbacks had chances to win in the ninth inning, again in the 10th, and the next three innings after that.
Cabrera crushed a 2-0 slider from Drew Steckenrider (3-2) into the right field seats for his 20th homer and his second in as many days.
To some, the Phillies' worst-to-first turnaround may be surprising. Not to Zach Eflin, though.
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Vince Velasquez allowed two hits in 6 1/3 scoreless innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-1 victory over the Miami Marlins on Friday night.
He spent time checking out the various summer programs and playing with the kids.
They just have a collective attitude, it seems, that sometimes catching the ball is not a big priority.
Charlie Manuel stopped by the CBS3 studios on Wednesday as the 2008 World Series team will be celebrated at Citizens Bank Park this weekend.
