The Phillies manager could have stuck with his winning formula with Dominguez, Alvarado, and Kimbrel. Instead, he brought in the rookie.
Phillies rookie Orion Kerkering pauses after he allowed a run in the seventh inning of Game 3 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.blew Game 3 when he brought in rookie Orion Kerkering. Craig Kimbrel took the 2-1 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 3 of the NL Championship Series when he gave up a walk-off single, but his boss, Rob Thomson, had lost the game about an hour earlier.
Kerkering was the Phillies’ minor-league pitcher of the year after he rocketed through four levels, from low-A to the majors, in his first full year as a professional, Nuke LaLoosh fashion. Unfortunately, on Thursday, he forgot to wear his garters. So yes, he’d gotten his feet wet, but yes, this time was different. Kerkering allowed a Tommy Pham single, a run-scoring double by Lourdes Gurriel, and a single by Pavin Smith before Thomson brought the hook.
The move cost Suárez a win as he continued a string of otherworldly starting pitching. In nine games, Phillies starters have a 1.72 ERA with 58 strikeouts and just four walks.
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