Game 136 - Sunday Afternoon, September 5th in Miami
Record - 70-66, 2nd Place, 2 games behind the Braves
One Sentence Summary: The Phillies escaped Miami with a win, needing 10 innings and a clutch performance by the entire bullpen in the process.
What It Means: The first place Brewers are up next with a three-game set in Milwaukee. The Brewers hold a comfortable lead in the N.L. Central and are coming off a two-game winning streak.
What Happened: This was a bullpen game as designed by manager Joe Girardi, and Sam Coonrod served as the opener. Coonrod and Bailey Falter each allowed a run and a hit and the Marlins were held scoreless until a costly Brad Miller error in the sixth led to an unearned run, tying the score at 3-3. The Phillies scored their first three runs via a solo home run from Bryce Harper in the fourth (his 27th) followed shortly by a two-run home run from Freddy Galvis.
In the 10th, and with two outs, Odubel Herrera singled home ghost-runner Galvis with the ultimate winning run.
Featured Card: Ian Kennedy picked up the win with two scoreless (and perfect) innings that included four strikeouts. His recent baseball card appearances are somewhat rare, although he did appear in the first series Topps flagship release from earlier this year. The first cards of his in my Phillies collection came way back in 2012 when he shared a few League Leaders cards with Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee in the 2012 Topps and 2012 Topps Heritage sets.
Featured Card: Ian Kennedy picked up the win with two scoreless (and perfect) innings that included four strikeouts. His recent baseball card appearances are somewhat rare, although he did appear in the first series Topps flagship release from earlier this year. The first cards of his in my Phillies collection came way back in 2012 when he shared a few League Leaders cards with Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee in the 2012 Topps and 2012 Topps Heritage sets.
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