Michael Lorenzen struck out five Marlins over eight innings pitched in his Phillies debut, a 4-2 win over Miami on Thursday. Check out the highlights from NBCSPhilly
“I’m getting more at bats against these late-inning lefty arms,” Marsh said in his postgame, on-field interview. “They’re pretty dang good. Just the more times you see them, the better your chances are. Just a lot of practice and keep working.”
After the game, the manager admitted that he wasn’t going to use Kimbrel under any circumstances and that he also wanted to stay away from Soto, Jeff Hoffman and Matt Strahm if at all possible. That left Dominguez, Marte and Dylan Covey as the only arms the manager felt comfortable bringing into the game.
That’s part of his new approach. “This year it’s kind of been that way for me,” he said. “Instead of multi-tasking out there and trying to figure out what’s the best pitch to throw, just trust in my catcher and being fully bought-in to just making a pitch. And that’s it. Just simplify it. So it’s helped me quite a bit.
After their charter settled onto the runway at Philadelphia International Airport Thursday night, they have only one more scheduled flight this month, a two-game hop to Toronto. They also have three games in Washington which won’t require leaving solid ground.
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