Game 10 - Friday Afternoon, April 14th in Washington
Record - 3-7, 5th Place, 3 1/2 games behind the Mets
One Sentence Summary: Jeanmar Gomez couldn't keep the Nationals off the board in the 10th, as the Phillies dropped their fourth game in a row.
What It Means: It took 10 games for the Phillies to slip quietly into last place in the East.
What Happened: Aaron Nola made it through only five innings, allowing a run on six hits while striking out six. With the score tied at two, Gomez pitched a scoreless ninth and was brought out to try to do the same in the 10th. He didn't. Bryce Harper led off with a single and Daniel Murphy promptly doubled him home.
Tommy Joseph hit his first home run of the season.
Featured Card: With the exception of the Brad Lidge collapse between 2008 and 2009, I don't recall ever watching a former dominant closer crash and burn as quickly as Gomez. His September was a nightmare in which he went 0-3 with two blown saves and a 19.13 ERA (17 earned runs in 8 innings). That has unfortunately carried over to 2017 as he's already blown a save, lost his closer's role and owns a 11.81 ERA (7 earned runs in 5 1/3 innings).
Gomez has been featured in the Topps Heritage and Topps Gypsy Queen sets so far this year.
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