Game 135 - Saturday Night, September 4th in Miami
Record - 69-66, 2nd Place, 2 games behind the Braves
One Sentence Summary: The Phillies held a slim 2-0 lead until Archie Bradley imploded in the eighth inning, and the Marlins shocked the Phillies (and their fans) with a 3-2 win.
What It Means: These games are so not fun to watch. Not fun at all. As Matt Gelb Tweeted earlier today, the Marlins are 19-11 (.633) at home against the Phillies since 2018, and they're 95-130 (.422) at home against every other team.
What Happened: Andrew McCutchen homered and Ranger Suarez delivered a surprise RBI-double in the fourth inning to give the Phillies their 2-0 lead. Suarez inexplicably exited after five dominant innings along with only 71 pitches thrown and yielded to the bullpen. Hector Neris and Connor Brogdon did their jobs, but Bradley allowed a lead-off double, an RBI-single by Miguel Rojas and a two-run home run from Lewis Brinson. The Phillies offense went quietly in the top of the ninth and the game went into the loss column.
Featured Card: I've got nothing for this game. I've been thoroughly enjoying collecting cards from the 1934-36 Diamond Stars set and writing about each of the cards and the players featured on my other other other blog celebrating the cards found in the 1934-36 Diamond Stars set. I'll plug that blog here with a card of former Phillies pitcher Cy Blanton who was the team's opening day starting pitcher in 1941.
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