Daily News | Phillies hold off Diamondbacks to win eighth straight and climb to .500
The Phillies’ 7-5 win on Friday night was not as triumphant of some of their previous victories. They didn’tor score double-digit runs. But they scored just enough to protect their lead against a seventh-inning bullpen implosion, and, with that, took their eighth straight win. The Phillies are now 29-29 — exactly .500 on the season.
This eight-game winning streak is tied for the Phillies’ longest winning streak since 2011. They haven’t lost a game in June, and their schedule only gets easier from here. They face the Diamondbacks two more times this weekend and then have a three game series against the fourth-place Marlins, a four game series at the last-place Nationals, and a two-game set against the third-place Rangers. Their next series against a team currently above .
It was an impressive showing against a pitcher in Gallen who had not given up an earned a run against the Phillies in his previous two starts against them. But the Phillies’ bats largely were quiet from there. They recorded three hits over their next four innings against the Diamondbacks’ relief corps until Hoskins hit another solo home run in the seventh inning. It was the 10th multi-home run game of his career. After Friday night, the Phillies have plus-36 run differential through 58 games.
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