Game 129 - At Last - An Enjoyable Phillies Game!

Phillies 7, Diamondbacks 0
Game 129 - Saturday Night, August 28th in Philadelphia
Record - 65-64, 2nd Place, 4 1/2 games behind the Braves

One Sentence Summary:  At long last, the Phillies won easily agains the Diamondbacks as Kyle Gibson threw six shutout innings.

What It Means:  An enjoyable Phillies game?  I had forgotten what that was like!

What Happened:  Gibson, Jose Alvarado, Hector Neris and Sam Coonrod combined for the shutout with Gibson leading the way by allowing only three hits.  The Phillies offense showed some life with back-to-back home runs from Odubel Herrera and Jean Segura in the third.  Segura had three hits on the night.  Didi Gregorius had a big night at the plate with three doubles.

Featured Card:  While we wait for a Gibson Phillies card, I'll indulge myself with a custom card featuring the foul ball given to our youngest son Ben at this game.  In the bottom of the first inning, with Herrera on second following a lead-off double, Segura was facing Diamondbacks' starting pitcher Humberto Mejia and bunted a ball foul up and over the net behind home plate and into Section C of the Diamond Club, row 16.  We happened to be sitting in row 17 for this game, and the kind fan who picked up the ball immediately handed it to Ben who was admittedly shaken by the near beaning.  For the record, Ben graciously later handed the ball over to his older brother Doug for safe-keeping and Doug now aims to get Segura to eventually sign the ball.

Field Report:  The foul ball was the highlight, but Doug added one pre-game autograph to his collection from catcher Rafael Marchan.

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