The Phils traveled to Arizona tonight to begin a series with the Diamondbacks. Cole Hamels got the start as he looked to build off his brilliant 8 inning performance against the Marlins. Unfortunately, it didn't quite work out for Cole tonight. He cruised through the 1st 3 innings, evening striking out the side in the 2nd, but then everything went awry in the 4th. With one out in the 4th Mark Reynolds slammed a 2 run homer and that opened the floodgates. Arizona hit another 2 homers in the 4th, and one more in the 5th, before Hamels' night was over. In all he allowed 6 runs on 7 hits while striking out 7 in 6 innings of work. J.C Romero then added insult to injury as he finally got a chance to pitch this season and promptly allowed Kelly Johnson to hit his 2nd homer of the night.
Before Hamels imploded in the 4th and 5th, the Phils were leading 2-0, with Cole himself doubling and scoring in the 3rd inning, and Jayson Werth reaching base and scoring a rare triple error by the DBacks. After the implosion they never really recovered. Shane Victorino, did reach base couple of times in the late innings, including an RBI single in the 9th, but it wasn't enough as the Phils fell 7-4. There's not much else to say really. It was just bad night for Cole and it ultimately cost the Phils the game. It's not the end of the world though. They can still win the next 2 games and take the series and I am confident they will do so as long as the pitching holds up the rest of the way.
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