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Phillies vs Royals, yet again, May 13th
The visiting Phillies struck quickly with a lead-off double and triple by Jordan and Sam. Dan’s ground out to short scored Sam. Orion singled to left, but was caught stealing when Coach Triplett tested the Yankees pick-off skill to 3rd. IN the bottom half, the Yankees responded, in kind. A lead-off walk scored when the second batter ROE. He scored on another defensive error, but the Phillies turned a DP when Stratton caught a fly to 3rd and relayed to Josh for the other half.
The Phillies regained the lead, when Stratton drew a lead-off walk, stole 2nd and advanced to 3rd on a balk. With 2 outs, Dirk ROE and scored Stratton. 4 consecutive walks, a defensive error and a hit batter lead to 4 Yankee runs. Marcus relieved Orion on the mound in the 2nd.
The Phillies went in order in the 3rd and 4th. They held the Yankees scoreless in the 3rd, but allowed 3 runs in the 4th, off 2 consecutive singles and a walk, before Marcus struck out the side. At the end of 4: Yankees 9; Phillies 3.
Stranding 2 runners, the Phillies again failed to score in the 5th. Yankees banked another run in their half, eventually scoring the lead-off batter who ROE. With 2 outs, and the bases loaded, Zack relieved Marcus on the mound and dealt up a 4-3 ground-out.
In the 6th, Luke doubled with 1 out, and advanced to 3rd. After Stratton walked, putting batters at the corners, Josh grounded out, scoring Luke. In their half of the 6th, the Yankees went in order. Zack got his 3rd K, on the lead-off batter. Sam took a high-light spot from Josh in snatching a testy blooper to the right side. He recorded the 3rd out of the inning, unassisted.
In their last-chance inning, the Phillies would score 3 runs. Jordan worked his at-bat for a 1-out walk. Sam singled to right, scoring Jordan and advanced to 3rd on the next 2 pitches. San walked, and advanced to 2nd. Orion hit his 2nd single of the game, scoring Sam and Dan. Running in lace of Orion, Marcus was caught stealing 3rd, and the Phillies couldn’t mount a 2-out rally. Game ends Yankees 10; Phillies 7.
Overall a pretty good game. 5 defensive errors are still too many. The Yankees batters #6-9 accounted for 5 of their 10 runs. They reached base on 5 walks, a single and a defensive error. Can’t let the little end of the order be that effective.
Next game is Wednesday against the Yankees, with whom we have split our first 2 meetings. No more Friday night games for the rest of the regular season. We play the Pirates, Saturday morning, with whom we split our first 2 meetings.
