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Game 42 - Late Tuesday Night, May 16th in San Francisco
Record - 20-22, 3rd Place, 6 games behind the Braves
One Sentence Summary: Another costly infield misplay and a lack of clutch hitting from the Phillies line-up led to this 4-3 loss to the Giants.
What It Means: The Phillies, who have suddenly lost three in a row, will try to avoid the sweep on Wednesday afternoon.
What Happened: The Giants scored first off Zack Wheeler, plating a pair of runs in the third on RBI singles from Thairo Estrada and Michael Conforto. Unable to get any runs across with runners in scoring position early in the game, Bryson Stott came through with an RBI single in the fourth, and Kody Clemens scored the tying run on a balk.
What It Means: The Phillies, who have suddenly lost three in a row, will try to avoid the sweep on Wednesday afternoon.
What Happened: The Giants scored first off Zack Wheeler, plating a pair of runs in the third on RBI singles from Thairo Estrada and Michael Conforto. Unable to get any runs across with runners in scoring position early in the game, Bryson Stott came through with an RBI single in the fourth, and Kody Clemens scored the tying run on a balk.
In the bottom of the fourth, on what was incredibly ruled a double, first baseman Clemens lost a pop up in the lights and second baseman Stott had the ball pop out of his glove as he attempted a diving catch. The Giants took the lead as Casey Schmitt scored all the way from first base, and that would pretty much be the ballgame. Kyle Schwarber hit a solo home run in the ninth. The Phillies were 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position, spoiling another decent outing form Wheeler.
Featured Card: These games aren't giving me much to work with. When Erich Uelmen (see below) makes his debut out of the Phillies bullpen, he'll be the seventh Phillies player in history with a surname beginning with the letter U. He'll join Dutch Ulrich (1925-1927), Bob Uecker (1966-1967), Del Unser (1973-1974, 1979-1982), Tom Underwood (1974-1977), Ugueth Urbina (2005) and Chase Utley (2003-2015).
Transaction: Bailey Falter (lhp), who has struggled so far in 2023, was optioned to Lehigh Valley and Uelmen (rhp) was recalled. The Phillies have yet to make public who they plan to use as a fifth starter for the foreseeable future.
Featured Card: These games aren't giving me much to work with. When Erich Uelmen (see below) makes his debut out of the Phillies bullpen, he'll be the seventh Phillies player in history with a surname beginning with the letter U. He'll join Dutch Ulrich (1925-1927), Bob Uecker (1966-1967), Del Unser (1973-1974, 1979-1982), Tom Underwood (1974-1977), Ugueth Urbina (2005) and Chase Utley (2003-2015).
Transaction: Bailey Falter (lhp), who has struggled so far in 2023, was optioned to Lehigh Valley and Uelmen (rhp) was recalled. The Phillies have yet to make public who they plan to use as a fifth starter for the foreseeable future.
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