Monday, May 5, 2025

Game 34 - Comeback(s) Fall Short in Series Finale

Arizona Diamondbacks  11 
Philadelphia Phillies  9 
10 Innings

2025 Choice Lehigh
Valley IronPigs #7
Sunday Afternoon, May 4th
Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA
19-15, 2nd Place, 2 1/2 games behind the Mets

One Sentence Summary:  The Phillies dropped a weird and wild game against the Diamondbacks as multiple comeback attempts fell short in this eventual 11-9 loss in 10 innings.

What It Means:  Following a day off on Monday, they'll open a six game road series in Tampa Bay and Cleveland.

What Happened:  Ranger Suarez made his season debut, and he looked great until the third inning.  Suarez departed with his team trailing 7-1, having allowed seven hits, two walks and striking out six.  The bullpen was fantastic, allowing the Phillies to creep back into this game, until Jose Alvarado uncharacteristically allowed four runs (three earned) in the ninth and 10th innings.

Bryce Harper hit a solo home run in the first, breaking a long home run drought.  Weston Wilson hit a three-run home run in the sixth to get the score to 7-5, Diamondbacks.  J.T. Realmuto's clutch RBI single in the seventh got the club to within a run.  Trailing 8-6 in the bottom of the ninth, Kyle Schwarber hit a solo home run and Alec Bohm tied the score with a single to center.  The Phillies ran out of magic there, ultimately losing this game, 11-9.

Featured Card:  Maybe it's my allergies or the dreary Monday morning, but I'm coming up empty here.  Here's a recently scanned card from the newly released IronPigs team set, featuring the club's current home run leader (with 10), Otto Kemp.  Kemp also leads Lehigh Valley with 35 RBIs while batting .344.

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