Evan Phillips knocked down a lot of fires between the sixth and eighth innings last season for the Dodgers, and his new bullpen role is proving costly.
to the New York Mets, when left-hander Alex Vesia and right-hander Phil Bickford combined to give up three runs and four hits to turn a one-run lead into a two-run deficit.
Vesia, who has a 12.60 ERA in seven games, actually entered in the sixth to face the left-handed-hitting Daniel Vogelbach with a runner on second base, two outs and the score tied 5-5. Mets catcher Tomas Nido opened the seventh with a single to left, and leadoff man Brandon Nimmo dribbled a slow roller to third for a single. Roberts let Vesia pitch to the right-handed-hitting Starling Marte, who lined a single to left field to load the bases with no outs.
“I looked back at the video, and he did balk,” Roberts said of Bickford. “It’s a double set that he’s always doing. I didn’t see it, but it was more egregious than it normally is. So Mark got it right. But [Bickford] also left a slider middle-middle to one of the best hitters in baseball. You know Alonzo is going to hit it hard, and that’s what he did.
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