Game 130 - Nola, Phils Drop Another Brutal Game to D-Backs

1936 Diamond Stars #92

Diamondbacks 12, Phillies 3
Game 130 - Late Tuesday Night, August 30th in Phoenix
Record - 72-58, 3rd Place, 10 games behind the Mets

Post-Vacation Catch-Up II, Post 10 of 11

One Sentence Summary:  Aaron Nola suffered through his worst start of the year and Diamondbacks' starting pitcher Zac Gallen baffled the Phillies line-up in this 12-3 loss.

What It Means:  For the second night in a row, the Phillies were seemingly overmatched by the Diamondbacks, a team with a losing record.  Gallen improved to 10-2, lowering his ERA to 2.53 with seven shutout innings.

What Happened:  Nola was hit hard, giving up eight runs on 10 hits, including a three-run home run to Jake McCarthy in the fifth.  McCarthy had earlier hit a two-run triple in the second.  The only offense from the Phillies came on Brandon Marsh's three-run home run in the eighth, his first as a Phillie.  Nick Maton pitched the ninth for the Phillies, allowing three runs.  It was Maton's first appearance on the mound this season, and the second relief appearance of his career.

Featured Card:  With no clear featured card subject evident from this awful game, here's a card that was waiting for me in the mail when we returned from our wonderful trip to Walt Disney World.  This card officially puts me over half-way point in my quest to collect 118 cards from the 1934-36 Diamond Stars set, and I'm tracking my progress over at my Diamond Stars blog.  I'll soon be jailbreaking Ethan Allen from his slabbed encasement so that I can add the card to my set's binder.

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Grapefruit Game 9 -1934-36 Diamond Stars #92 Ethan Allen

Blue Jays 6, Phillies 5
Spring Training Game 9 - Saturday Afternoon, February 29th in Dunedin
Record - 6-2-1

One Sentence Summary:  The Phillies bullpen couldn't keep the Blue Jays off the board in the late innings as they lost, 6-5.

What It Means:  Blake Parker and Ramon Rosso allowed three runs in the eighth and ninth innings to give the Blue Jays the win.

What Happened:  Nick Martini and Logan Forsythe homered for the Phils and Deivy Grullon had a two-run single in the sixth to give the team a temporary lead.  Austin Listi had a pair of hits and an RBI.  Zack Wheeler made his spring debut and gave up a two-run home run in his two innings of work.

Featured Card:  Doug and I attended the Valley Forge baseball card show on Saturday and I'll have a full post on our outing and our haul from the day posted soon.  I only added a few Phillies cards to my collection, including this Ethan Allen card from the 1934-36 Diamond Stars (R327) set.  I was thrilled to find this card at a reasonable price and I'm now just one card away from a complete seven-card team set from this mid-1930s release.

Most of my allowance money went towards purchasing cards for our 1965 Topps set, and you can follow along with our progress as we build that set at my other blog.

Camp Head Count:  70