Game 141 - More Pain

1980 Oklahoma City 89ers
Team Issue #26

Rockies 11, Phillies 2
Game 141 - Friday Night, September 10th in Philadelphia
Record - 71-70, 2nd Place, 4 1/2 games behind the Braves

One Sentence Summary:  Everything continued to fall apart as the Phillies suffered one of their most embarrassing losses of the season, losing 11-2 to the Rockies.

What It Means:  The Braves won, and the Phillies are 4 1/2 games behind them with 21 games to play.

What Happened:  Without a fifth starter available anywhere in their organization, the Phillies had another bullpen game.  Sam Coonrod pitched a scoreless first, but then Bailey Falter again looked miserable, giving up three runs on a pair of hits and a pair of walks.  Since his return from the Covid injured list on August 15th, Falter has appeared in eight games, allowing nine runs on 11 hits for an 8.38 ERA.  Ramon Rosso (7.94 ERA) and Enyel De Los Santos (6.75 ERA) were also hit hard with JD Hammer allowing a ninth inning grand slam to make it painfully clear the Phillies weren't winning this game.

The Phillies offense failed to advance a runner past second base until Didi Gregorius hit a meaningless solo home run in the bottom of the ninth.  This team stinks.

Featured Card:  The current state of the Phillies forces me to go to an "on this date" format for the featured card, as I'm fairly annoyed with the entire roster at this point, save Harper and Suarez.  As Tweeted by Larry Shenk, on September 10, 1980, Marty Bystrom made his first big league start and he'd finish the month with a 5-0 record, helping to propel the Phillies into the play-offs.  Had The Phillies Room (or the internet for that matter) existed back in 1980, I would have posted this card, the only card issued for Bystrom that season.

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