Phillies Notes: Sandberg is sticking with Cody Asche for now

PHOENIX - A 1-for-5 game in which Cody Asche stranded five runners on base did not look, on the surface, like the confidence boost the 23-year-old third baseman required. But there was Asche, benched for the previous three games, engineering a key defensive play Thursday at Dodger Stadium. And he was the one who started a four-run Phillies ninth inning with a single up the middle.