GDT 4/27/17 Marlins (Volquez) @ Phillies (Hellickson)

[EastFallowfield]

Saunders rolls over one to 2nd, too slow for a DP, they get Franco at 2nd. 1 on, 1 out.

[EastFallowfield]

And they check the Franco slide at 2nd, ruled not a violation. Franco wasn't anywhere near the bag, didn't cause any harm. Thank goodness. Franco kinda slid very early, was out easy.

Altherr grounds into a DP, headed to the 9th, Phils clinging to one run lead.

[EastFallowfield]

Top 9th

Neris on to try to close it out.

[EastFallowfield]

Hechavarria grounds out 6-3, 1 out.

[EastFallowfield]

Ichiro pinch hits, flies to shallow left, 2 up, 2 down.

[EastFallowfield]

Gordon flies to center, Phils win 3-2. 7 pitch save.

Had 'em all the way, Harry!

:Sweep emoji here:

Sole possession of 2nd place, Mets in the basement, baseball is fun.

[Lawman]

PTOITWCFTPP!

6 game win streak, home stand sweep, can we take the good vibes on the road with us?

[julio]

PTOITWCFTPP!**

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Scoring Summary:
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Marlins	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	9	1
Phillies	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	x	3	7	0

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Pitching Summary:
Marlins	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Pitches	Strikes
Volquez	5.2	6	3	2	4	2	105	57
Garcia, J.	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Phelps, D.	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	15	6
Ziegler	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	15	8
Totals	8.0	7	3	2	5	2	137	73
Phillies	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Pitches	Strikes
Hellickson	6.0	7	1	1	0	1	94	63
Ramos, E.	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	2	2
Rodriguez, J.	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Neshek	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	14	13
Benoit	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	15	11
Neris	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6
Totals	9.0	9	2	2	0	4	139	100

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[julio]

Just got home for the bottom of the ninth - thanks for the PBP - it was great.

... and now out again for the evening. Run, run, run.

[DurhamBull]

Just got home to find out the Phils had an afternoon game.

Oh well, glad they won! Saunders was lucky to score on Stassi's triple. Based on the short video clip I saw of that play, Saunders doesn't look particularly fleet of foot.

Thanks for the PBP!

[LoneStarPhan]

Benoit and Neris extremely effective in the 8th and 9th today. Bullpen is shaping up. Neshek allowed a run to score but looked good as well, ending the 7th with the strikeout of Stanton. Hellickson goes to 4-0, ERA of 1.80 and Neris gets save #3.

Just enough offense to get the win today. Galvis was 2 for 4 with a triple and Frainco was 2 for 3 with a walk.. Good to see Franco continue to hit some hard shots. He raised his BA to .221 which while not great, is a nice increase over the past few games. Stassi went 1 for 3 with the RBI triple that added what turned out to be the difference making run today. I also am encouraged by Knapp (1 for 2 with a walk).

Sure is fun when the Phillies are winning. They are now in second place in the NL East.