The Phillies stacked Friday night's lineup with right-handed hitters, including Cristian Pache in center field and Whit Merrifield in left. Both went hitless in two at bats each.
The Phillies stacked Friday night's lineup with right-handed hitters, including Cristian Pache in center field and Whit Merrifield in left. Both went hitless in two at bats each.Hamels thanked the scout who signed him, the coaches who mentored him, the teammates who supported him, and the fans who pushed him. He recounted the best times from a major-league career that lasted 15 seasons, the first 10 with the Phillies. Then, at the end of his speech, he tied everything together.
It was weirdly fitting, then, after Hamels passed the proverbial torch in a pregame ceremony to mark his retirement, those same Diamondbacks emerged with a 5-4 victory that reminded a sellout crowd of 44,436 paying customers — if not the league-leading Phillies — that nothing should be taken for granted.
Walker didn’t pitch in the postseason last year and wasn’t happy about it. After the Phillies bowed in Game 7 of the NL Championship Series, he liked a social media post that was critical of Thomson for not using him.
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