Game 45 - 1998 Pacific Online #568 Mark Parent

Marlins 8, Phillies 1 (Game 2 - 7 Innings)
Game 45 - Sunday Afternoon, September 13th in Miami
Record - 23-22, 3rd Place, 4 games behind the Braves

One Sentence Summary:  The Phillies offense managed four hits while Zach Eflin and Ranger Suarez each allowed four runs as the Marlins easily defeated the floundering Phils, 8-1.

What It Means:  The loss dropped the Phillies into third place behind the Marlins.  They play one more game Monday afternoon in Miami before mercifully heading home.

What Happened:  Alec Bohm hit a second inning home run off Marlins' starting pitching Braxton Garrett, making his Major League debut, and that was pretty much the only highlight for the Phillies. Garrett, Yimi Garcia and former Phillie Nick Vincent struck out nine and easily handled the depleted Phillies line-up.  Eflin fell to 2-2 and Suarez's ERA is now an unsightly 20.25.

Featured Card:  With J.T. Realmuto's hip ailing, Andrew Knapp started both ends of this double header.  In doing so, he's the first Phillies catcher to start both ends of a double header since Mark Parent did it at the Vet on July 24, 1998.  The Phillies won both those games in 12 innings, with Parent catching all 24 innings.  Bobby Estalella got the start behind the plate for the Phillies the following day.

Transaction:  Between games, Connor Brogdon (rhp) was optioned back to Lehigh Valley and Rafael Marchan (c) had his contract selected.  The addition of Marchan means Realmuto's injury could be worse than expected.  To make room on the 40-man roster for Marchan, Jose Alvarez (lhp) was transferred to the 45-day injured list and he's now most likely out for the season.

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The Newest Ex-Phillies

2011 Choice Lehigh Valley IronPigs #20, 2011 Choice Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs Series 2 #20 and #19
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Three players and a minor league manager joined the ranks of "Ex-Phillies" since the Phillies season ended.

Catcher Dane Sardinha elected free agency, according to Baseball America's minor league transactions for October 4th through 10th.  Sardinha appeared in 13 games with the Phillies in 2010 and in 15 games in 2011.  He hit .211 in 71 at-bats.  It was evident his tenure with the club had run its course when Erik Kratz was added in September as the team's third catcher instead of Sardinha.

Infielder Pete Orr and outfielder Brandon Moss were outrighted off the team's 40-man roster and both elected free agency.  Orr made it into 46 games with the Phillies, starting 22 games at second and two games at third.  He hit .219 with four RBIs.

Moss was a September call-up who made it into just five games with the Phils.  He went 0 for 6 with two strikeouts in his very brief time with the club.  With Triple-A Lehigh Valley, Moss hit .275 with a team-leading 23 home runs and 80 RBIs.

Former catcher Mark Parent spent the past two season managing in the Phillies minor league system.  He led the Class-A Lakewood BlueClaws to the South Atlantic League Championship in 2010 and he managed the Double-A Reading Phillies to a 74-68 record in 2011.  Parent was recently named the bench coach for the Chicago White Sox under new manager Robin Ventura.

Moving On
Dane Sardinha 10/10/11 - Elected free agency
Brandon Moss 10/17/11 - Outrighted to Lehigh Valley and elected free agency
Pete Orr 10/17/11 - Outrighted to Lehigh Valley and elected free agency