Game 141 - Saturday Night, September 8th in Flushing
Record - 74-67, 2nd place, 3 1/2 games behind the Braves
One Sentence Summary: Zach Eflin was hit hard and the offense left 12 runners on base in this 10-5 loss to the Mets.
What It Means: I sound like a broken record, but this team does not look like a team that should be or will be playing in the postseason.
What Happened: Eflin exited after three innings, having allowed six runs on four hits and three walks. The Phillies couldn't capitalize when they had runners on base. They banged out 14 hits, but had just five runs to show for it. Cesar Hernandez went 4 for 4 and Rhys Hoskins hit his 29th home run.
Carlos Santana started at third base, as he had done on Wednesday night, as manager Gabe Kapler is trying to inject some life into the line-up by having both Santana and Justin Bour start. Prior to his Wednesday night start, Santana had not started at third since May 22, 2014.
Featured Card: The Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs had their season end on Saturday night when the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders eliminated them from the next round of postseason play. Outfielder/first baseman Joey Meneses was the International League MVP this season, hitting .311 with 23 home runs and 82 RBIs. This was Meneses' first year in the Phillies organization after playing the first seven seasons of his professional career in the Braves organization. It's puzzling to me why the Phillies won't clear a 40-man roster spot and bring up Meneses to perhaps jumpstart a fizzling offense.
Transaction: Continuing the trend of adding on a player per day, the Phillies recalled Mitch Walding from the IronPigs. There are now 36 players on their active roster. Of the available players on their 40-man roster, only pitchers Drew Anderson, Enyel De Los Santos and Ranger Suarez aren't active with pitcher Aaron Loup on the disabled list.
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