Suárez set the tone, allowing just three hits over five innings. The Phillies' magic number to clinch the NL East is now down to 15 games.
Suárez set the tone, allowing just three hits over five innings. The Phillies' magic number to clinch the NL East is now down to 15 games.MIAMI — Lop off another number from the countdown to the Phillies’ first division title since 2011. But two digits were even more significant Thursday night:— the only goal that really matters after near-misses in back-to-back Octobers — rests with the starting rotation.
Suárez was making his third start since coming back from a monthlong stay on the injured list. He threw 82 pitches, a modest increase from 72 and 78 in his previous two starts against the Royals and Braves. With at least three, maybe four more starts remaining, there’s time to get him closer to 100 pitches before the end of the regular season.
It was Suárez, though, who set the tone. He used his sinker to get soft contact, mostly on the ground. He got swings and misses with his curveball and changeup. And he fielded his position, as usual, erasing a leadoff walk in the fourth inning by picking Jonah Bride off first base and bouncing off the mound to glove Cristian Pache’s tapper in the fifth.
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