The Phillies earned a tight win Friday night to kick off their series with the Diamondbacks.
The Phillies snagged a tight win Friday night to open their series with the Diamondbacks and Kyle Schwarber starred.
Luzardo leaned on his sweeper vs. Arizona’s lefties and threw it 36.8 percent of the time overall. His season strikeout-to-walk numbers against left-handers remain highly impressive. Across seven starts, Luzardo has struck out 20 lefties and walked zero. Diamondbacks starter Merrill Kelly pitched five solid innings and Arizona turned to its bullpen for the last four. The Phillies feasted against Jose Castillo in the bottom of the seventh.
He sprinted to left-center, nabbed a Gurriel liner and hung on to the ball after crashing hard into the wall. Rojas was slow to rise to his feet but stayed in the game.Alvarado retired the next two batters without any issue to cement the win and bring the Phillies to 18-14 on the season.Stevenson started his first game of the year in center field and was 1 for 2. He got picked off first base in the fifth inning after an opposite-field knock.
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