Phillies Series Recap: Giants sweep Phillies at AT&T Park
The Phillies were swept by the San Francisco Giants on the road Sunday afternoon.
The Philadelphia Phillies are continuing to disappoint as they concluded their three game series getting swept. Jake Arrieta’s solo home run in the final game of the series was the only run they scored the entire series at AT&T Park.
Here’s your series recap.
Game 1: Phillies shutout 4-0
Game one of the three-game series didn’t go the way the many anticipated. Nick Pivetta only lasted four innings, and was charged with three earned runs on five hits.
Despite getting six hits in the ballgame, the Phillies failed to score against Giants’ righty Chris Stratton. He pitched six scoreless innings to earn his seventh win of the season. Over his six innings pitched, Stratton struck out seven batters while only walking one.
The Giants pitching staff combined for a total of thirteen strikeouts, while Philadelphia only got eight. Philadelphia finished the game going 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position.
The San Francisco Giants scored their first run of the game in the first inning on an RBI single by Evan Longoria.
All but one run scored by the Giants were off of RBI singles.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Hector Neris threw a wild pitch which scored Andrew McCutchen. That’d be all she wrote for game one of the three-game series.
Game Two: Phillies blanked again, 2-0
The Phillies were only limited to three hits as they got blanked again – for the second consecutive game. This time, it wasn’t a blowout victory for the Giants. It was just another case of the lack of offense.
Vince Velasquez had himself a great start, as he struck out nine batters and allowed just one run over six innings of work. Out of ninety pitches thrown, sixty-four pitches were strikes.
The first run the Giants scored was controversial. Additional replay footage shows that Joe Panik was tagged out at home plate, but despite challenging the play, it was upheld.
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It was another great pitching performance by the Giants as Andrew Suarez pitched seven complete scoreless innings with five strikeouts. He picked up his second win of the season, improving to 2-4. The five strikeouts by Suarez were the only strikeouts recorded by the Giants relievers that evening.
The Phillies left seven men on base, while going 0-for-7 in runners in scoring position. They finished their 2-0 loss with twenty consecutive scoreless innings.
Game Three: Giants sweep Phillies
It was another disappointing game by the Phillies this season as they were swept by the Giants for the first time since 2015.
Jake Arrieta pitched six innings of work as he struck out four batters. Arrieta also provided the offense, hitting a home run in the third inning, which would eventually be the only run the team scores in the entire series. Andrew McCutchen hit a 3-run opposite field home run to put the Giants up 5-1.
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Soon after that, Buster Posey got a home run of his own to give the Giants another insurance run.
Despite allowing five runs in one inning and being charged with his third loss of the season, Arrieta was pitching lights out.
Arrieta’s solo home run was the first run the Phillies scored in the last twenty-nine innings dating back to Thursday’s win against the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
Not only that, they’ve scored just five runs in their last five games.
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The Phillies head to Wrigley Field to face the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday as the two teams open up a tthree-gameseries.