Phillies’ sluggish offense provides one other forgettable loss to 2023 season

Phillies’ sluggish offense adds another forgettable loss to 2023 season initially appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

By Phil Sheridan

You might need thought a visit to San Francisco was a reasonably good alternative for a Phillies staff making an attempt to create momentum with the latest returns of Bryce Harper and Ranger Suarez.

You might need been incorrect.

The Giants got here into the sport with a 17-23 report, whereas the Phillies have been precisely .500, with a 20-20 mark. This was the type of sequence {that a} contending staff takes benefit of. Which isn’t to say the Phillies aren’t a contending staff, however they certainly may have handed for one Monday night time.

Alec Bohm understood the mission. The lanky third baseman cranked a 2-run residence run to present the Phillies a 2-0 lead within the second inning. He later doubled and added an RBI with a sacrifice fly within the sixth.

That was the Phillies’ offense on this 6-3 series-opening loss. After getting shut out Sunday in Colorado, and batting 0-for-14 with runners in scoring place, the opposite Phillies couldn’t get a spark occurring offense.

The guts of their batting order (and the majority of their mammoth payroll) was principally absent. Trea Turner went 1-for-5 with a double. Bryce Harper was 1-for-4 with a single. Nick Castellanos was 0-for-4. These three, the boys the Phillies depend on to be the engine room of their offense, struck out a complete of 6 occasions.

When beginning pitcher Bailey Falter provides up 6 runs in a messy second inning, the sluggish offense means one other forgettable loss. And that’s what occurred right here.

On the plus aspect, Falter pitched higher from inning 3 to five. Andrew Bellatti and Jeff Hoffman shut the Giants down for the remainder of the sport. Hoffman struck out 4 whereas pitching the seventh and eighth.

Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto prolonged his hitting streak to eight video games with a single within the eighth inning.

The loss was the Phillies’ second in a row after a 5-game profitable streak. They dropped again beneath .500 at 20-21. They return Tuesday night time (9:45 Japanese) for the second recreation of this 3-game set. Phillies righthander Zack Wheeler (3-2) is scheduled to face San Francisco’s Alex Cole (3-1, 1.70). The sequence wraps Wednesday afternoon with a 3:45 recreation.

No information = excellent news

The Phillies have been bracing for phrase that Bryce Harper may be disciplined for his function in Sunday’s dugout-clearing incident in Colorado. No phrase got here, and Harper was again within the lineup Monday night time.

Phillies supervisor Rob Thomson mentioned earlier than Monday’s recreation that he had not heard from the commissioner’s workplace.

“No punches have been thrown,” Thomson mentioned. “I hope the whole lot comes out clear and no one will get suspended for it.”

Harper charged Rockies reliever Jake Bird after Hen gestured animatedly towards the Phillies dugout after getting out of the seventh inning. No punches have been thrown, however Harper did get right into a shoving match with Colorado catcher Elias Diaz. Harper and Hen have been ejected.

A suspension would appear a bit of extreme. Possibly 2 minutes for roughing.

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