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Phillies Quiet in Shutout Loss, Jerad Eickhoff Effective Again

By John Town

Mar 9, 2017; Clearwater, FL, USA; Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Jerad Eickhoff (48) throws a pitch in the first inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays during spring training at Bright House Field. Mandatory Credit: Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 9, 2017; Clearwater, FL, USA; Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Jerad Eickhoff (48) throws a pitch in the first inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays during spring training at Bright House Field. Mandatory Credit: Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Phillies didn’t have a runner reach base until the eighth inning as they suffered an 8-0 to the Rays in spring training action.

Phillies pitcher Jerad Eickhoff made another strong start Sunday against the Rays, striking out nine batters over six innings in his longest start of the spring so far. He also didn’t walk any batters, but he did allow two runs on four hits.

Tampa Bay’s first run against Eickhoff came in the second inning after Steven Souza Jr. doubled and later scored on a Tim Beckham single. The next run didn’t come until Eickhoff’s last inning of work when Corey Dickerson hit a solo home run in the sixth.

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After Eickhoff came off the mound, non-roster invitee Cesar Ramos came to the mound and allowed one run in the seventh.

Tampa Bay had a perfect game going for most of the game. Justin Marks, Tommy Hunter, Xavier Cedeno and Danny Farqhuar all combined to throw seven perfect innings for the Rays.

Tommy Joseph finally broke up the perfect game in the eighth inning with a one-out double off Farqhuar.

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He then walked Cameron Rupp to give the Phils their best chance to score a run all day. Unfortunately, Aaron Altherr and Freddy Galvis both struck out to end the inning.

The eighth inning is where things went downhill for Philadelphia. Ramos gave up four runs and retired just one batter before being replaced by Pat Venditte. He was able to end the inning, but not before a sacrifice fly brought another run home that was charged to Ramos.

Tyler Goeddel singled in the top of the ninth in the hopes of giving the team some life, but Pedro Florimon grounded into a double play to kill those hopes.

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The Phils have an off day on Monday but are back in action Tuesday against the Twins. Jake Thompson will make his first start of the spring after debuting last Thursday.

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