Phillies Week in Review: Phillies Fail to Notch a Win
It was a week to forget for the Fightins as the team dropped their sixth straight heading into Labor Day. They were swept at home by both the first place Nationals and the last place Braves.
The team squandered a great outing from Jake Thompson on Sunday, losing 2-1 to Atlanta to close out the brutal home-stand.
September 1 marked the beginning of the expanded rosters for major league baseball, but the Phillies didn’t make any big splashes by calling up one of their top prospects. The only three players the Phils have added so far are first baseman Darin Ruf, and pitchers Colton Murray and Patrick Schuster.
Fans who were hoping for a glimpse of the future in J.P. Crawford or Nick Williams will likely have to wait until next season.
Let’s take a look at who was surging and who was stuggling for the Phils after a week to forget.
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The offense scuffled this week for the Fightins. Catcher A.J. Ellis had a decent first week in a Phillies uniform, hitting .286 with a homer and three RBI.
Ryan Howard was the only other player to put up respectable numbers this week. The big piece hit .250 with a homer and three RBI.
As for the rest of the bats, it was same old same old for the Phillies.
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It was a rough week at the dish for a lot of Phils this week. Tyler Goeddel and Jimmy Paredes struggled big time. The duo finished the week a combined 0-13, with Goeddel mostly coming off the bench.
Cesar Hernandez cooled off considerably. Hernandez managed just one hit in 19 at bats with five strikeouts. Peter Bourjos continues to struggle, finishing the week hitting .167 with only one extra-base hit.
First baseman Tommy Joseph also had a rough week, hitting just .077 with five strikeouts. He surrendered many of hits at-bats to Ryan Howard this week, who for some reason is getting more playing time.
Finally, Aaron Altherr had a brutal week at the plate, hitting just .050 with ten strikeouts.
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David Hernandez, Colton Murray, and Hector Neris all had a strong week out of the pen. The trio combined for seven scoreless innings with eight strikeouts.
Jake Thompson had a fantastic week after some early major league struggles. The young righty gave up just three earned runs in 14 innings pitched with nine strikeouts.
Vincent Velasquez also had a nice week prior to being shutdown for the season. Velasquez gave up just two earned runs over seven innings with eight strikeouts in the team’s loss to Atlanta on Saturday.
Finally, starter Adam Morgan pitched well this week. Morgan gave up just two earned runs in 6.2 innings pitched with five strikeouts against the Nats.
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It was a rough week out of the pen for Jeanmar Gomez. Gomez gave up four earned runs in just three innings pitched. Some have suggested Gomez surrender the majority of his save opportunities to Hector Nerris.
Jeremy Hellickson struggled a bit this week in his sole start. Hellickson gave up four earned runs in six innings pitched with three walks against Atlanta.
Edubray Ramos had a shaky week out of the pen. Ramos gave up two earned runs in 3.1 innings pitched with three walks. The young reliever has been strong for most of the season, but failed to perform this week.