The Phillies’ offense falls flat in 9-1 series finale loss to the Dodgers
The Phillies mustered five total hits on Sunday, as Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto carved up their offense, while Andrew Painter turned in the shortest start of his major league career.
LOS ANGELES — Not much went right for the Phillies on Sunday.
Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto carved up their offense. Andrew Painter turned in the shortest start of his major league career. And J.T. Realmuto left the game in the fourth inning with a bruised left wrist after getting hit by a 97.1 mph fastball.
The Phillies closed out their West Coast road trip with a 9-1 blowout loss to the Dodgers.
Yamamoto became the latest Dodgers pitcher to shut down the Phillies offense. In this series, Los Angeles’ starters — Justin Wrobleski, Roki Sasaki, and Yamamoto — collectively posted a 1.02 ERA. Each of them saw their fastball tick up at least a mile per hour compared to their season average.
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Though he only went 5 ⅓ innings on Sunday, Yamamato set a season high in strikeouts with 10 and the Phillies whiffed 21 times against him. He didn’t allow a hit until the fourth inning, when Trea Turner dropped a bloop into shallow left field.
Painter only lasted 3 ⅓ innings, and in that span the Dodgers racked up four runs on seven hits.
In the first inning, Justin Crawford made a spectacular catch on a well-hit ball from Andy Pages, hanging onto it as he smacked face-first into the center field wall.
The Dodgers got on the board in the second inning on an RBI double from Alex Freeland, though Painter limited the damage by striking out Shohei Ohtani to end the frame. He won a nine-pitch battle against the Dodgers’ designated hitter, bringing him to one knee while his helmet flew off whiffing on a curveball.
Another Dodgers run scored in the third, partially due to some bad luck. Freddie Freeman singled on a ground ball that deflected off Painter’s backside, and then scored when Kyle Tucker hit a ball that bounced off first base and out of reach from Bryce Harper.
Painter was lifted with one out in the fourth after allowing two solo homers to right field, by Freeland and Ryan Ward. Tanner Banks took over, making his first appearance of the road trip, and allowed two runs on a walk and three hits.
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The Dodgers tacked on two more against Chase Shugart, who was pitching for the first time since May 19. Interim manager Don Mattingly had not been able to find spots for Banks or Shugart recently as the Phillies have played a string of close games that required the use of higher-leverage arms.
While the Dodgers continued to add on, the Phillies continued to come up empty. They mustered five total hits to the Dodgers’ 13.
With the game still in reach in the fifth inning, the Phillies had runners on second and third, thanks to a single from Rafael Marchán and double from Crawford. Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner struck out to end the inning.
Bryson Stott hit a solo home run to spoil the shutout in the ninth, snapping an 0-for-20 skid.
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