Offense Turns Back Into Feeble Self, Romano Implodes and Phillies Lose to Braves

Offense turns back into feeble self, Romano implodes and Phillies lose to Braves

ATLANTA — Spencer Schwellenbach struck out a career-high 12 and Sean Murphy hit a grand slam as the Atlanta Braves bounced back from an embarrassing loss to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1 on Saturday night. Schwellenbach (7-4) gave up one run, three hits and one walk in seven innings. He threw 64 of 90 pitches for strikes. Murphy was 2 for 4 with a double. The seventh-inning slam was his 10th home run this season. Austin Riley went 2 for 4 w…

Bullpen and offensive woes cost Phillies in 6-1 loss to Braves

ATLANTA — Jordan Romano listened and nodded his head during a mound meeting that lasted about a minute.

Braves bounce back Schwellenbach's 12 Ks and Murphy’s slam, beat the Phillies 6-1

Well, so much for riding Friday night’s momentum. The Phillies got steamrolled 6-1 by the Braves on Saturday, thanks to a breakout performance from Spencer Schwellenbach and a seventh-inning grand slam off the bat of Sean Murphy that ended this one with authority. Schwellenbach carved up the Phillies’ lineup for a career-high 12 strikeouts over seven dominant innings. He allowed just three hits, one walk, and made it look like a rehab assignment…

Bullpen Woes Return To Haunt the Nats: A Recap

Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats It’s been a really good week overall from the Nationals’ bullpen. Unfortunately, when your bullpen enters that week second to last in the league in ERA, they’re likely doomed to regress to the mean eventually. We saw that regression tonight. The game started off with another solid start by Michael Soroka, not only holding the Angels to one run over his start tonight, but also taking a big step towards getting pas…