PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies have been taking part in via an influence outage this yr, so, naturally, there was overreaction.
Hours earlier than the Phillies’ 5-1 victory over the Pirates at Residents Financial institution Park, which moved them over .500 for the primary time this season, any person questioned Phillies supervisor Rob Thomson concerning the group’s lack of energy. What may he do to assist the scenario? Would they hit for sufficient energy, ignoring the expertise, the monitor information and the actual fact they’d performed solely 12 video games in a 162-game season?
“Should you don’t assume we’re going to slug, you ain’t watching the video games,” Thomson mentioned.
One recreation doesn’t make a turnaround, however the Phillies confirmed some indicators of life on Thursday. They obtained their first extra-base hit for the reason that tenth inning on Monday evening, when Alec Bohm hit a solo dwelling run to middle subject within the fourth inning to present the Phillies a 1-0 lead. It was Bohm’s first dwelling run of the season, and it snapped a streak of 91 consecutive plate appearances with out an extra-base hit.
It was the group’s longest drought since a 94-plate look streak from June 18-22, 2022, in accordance with Elias.
Brandon Marsh hit a two-run dwelling run to left-center subject within the seventh inning, his fourth homer of the season. Bryson Stott additionally hit a two-run homer within the seventh, his first of the yr.
Phillies left-hander Ranger Suárez pitched six scoreless innings for the win. Phillies’ starters this season have a 2.73 ERA, the third-best in all of baseball.
