Clay Buchholz, Phillies Embarrassed By Mets in Slugfest
Not much, if anything, went right for the Phillies tonight. In fact, the brightest part of the night may have been the postgame announcement made by the club: Adam Morgan was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Morgan allowed 4 home runs tonight, and was a major factor in Philadelphia’s 14-4 loss to in-division rival New York.
But because the game was so depressing–there is no reason to relive saddening events–I have decided to go with a less traditional recap for tonight. The Mets hit seven home runs tonight en route to a rout of the Phils, so each long ball will be listed below:
Yoenis Cespedes (1st inning) off Clay Buchholz: 3-0 Mets
Asdrubal Cabrera (4th inning) off Adam Morgan: 7-1 Mets
Yoenis Cespedes (4th inning) off Adam Morgan: 8-1 Mets
Yoenis Cespedes (5th inning) off Adam Morgan: 9-2 Mets
Lucas Duda (6th inning) off Adam Morgan: 10-2 Mets
Travis d’Arnaud (8th inning) off Joely Rodriguez: 12-2 Mets
Lucas Duda (9th inning) off Jeanmar Gomez: 14-4 Mets
If the home run list wasn’t quite depressing enough, the lines of tonight’s pitchers should do the trick:
Clay Buchholz- 2.1 innings, 8 hits, 6 earned runs, 1 home run allowed (12.27 ERA for the year)
Adam Morgan- 3.2 innings, 7 hits, 4 earned runs, 4 home runs allowed (10.50 ERA)
Joely Rodriguez- 1.2 innings, 4 hits, 3 earned runs, 1 home run allowed (11.81 ERA)
Jeanmar Gomez- 1.1 innings, 1 hit, 1 earned run, 1 home run allowed (12.46 ERA)
There you have it. The Mets had a mini-home run derby with Phillies pitching tonight, and the organization waited until the worst possible scenario happened to remove Adam Morgan from the pitching staff, as he was optioned to Triple-A after the game. A corresponding roster move will be made tomorrow, but it can’t get much worse. On the bright side, Maikel Franco hit his first home run of the year, so maybe he will begin to take it to the next level.
The Phillies complete their 3-game series against New York tomorrow starting at 7:05. Let’s get back to normal tomorrow, and pretend this game never happened.
Photo by Arturo Pardavila III (via Flickr)
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