Phillies Use 6-Run 7th to Rally Past Braves

By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor 

Final: Phillies 7, Braves 4 ❖  Attendance: 6,604

CLEARWATER, Fl. — The Phillies looked like they had a rally started when a close play at the plate went against them. In spring training, that hardly matters, but the response with two outs certainly counted in a big way.

The Phillies strung together five hits and two walks with two outs to score six runs and rally from a 4-1 deficit to defeat the Atlanta Braves on Saturday afternoon at Spectrum Field.

WP: Drew Anderson (1-0, 5.40 ERA)  ❖  LP: Michael Mader (0-1, 54.00 ERA)  ❖  SV: Michael Mariot (1)

Hub:   Game Summary   ❖   Starting Pitchers   ❖   At the Plate   ❖   Bullpen   ❖   What's Next

Game Summary

The Phillies jumped out to an early lead in the first with a two-out RBI single by Maikel Franco to score Roman Quinn.

The Braves got three runs back in the top of the second. Christian Walker led off the inning with a solo home run to left-center. With two outs, David Freitas hit an RBI double to plate Balbino Fuenmayor and give the Braves the lead. Freitas scored on a throwing error by Jerad Eickhoff.

Another home run in the sixth padded the Braves lead, as Rio Ruiz hit a solo shot to left off Drew Anderson.

The Phillies had a threat in the fifth, putting two on with one before Howie Kendrick grounded into an inning-ending double play. The Phillies also threatened in the seventh, but Aaron Altherr was thrown out at home on a wild pitch for the second out of the inning.

With two outs in the seventh, the Phillies got another chance at a rally and made the most of it. Jorge Alfaro started things with a double to right. Jesmuel Valentin walked to follow. Quinn ripped an RBI double off the wall in left, scoring one run and putting the tying run on second. Chris Coghlan followed with a two-run double on a fly ball to right that hit off the glove of Ray-Patrick Didder and dropped to tie the game at four.

Andrew Knapp continued the big seventh with an RBI double over the head of Micah Johnson in left to give the Phillies the lead. Dylan Cozens followed with a two-run single to cap a six-run inning for the Phillies. All runs scored with two outs.

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Starting Pitchers

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At the Plate

Braves

• Christian Walker: 1-4, R, HR, RBI, SO, .143 AVG
• Rio Ruiz: 1-4, R, HR, RBI, 2 SO, .286 AVG
• David Freitas: 1-3, R, .333 AVG

Phillies

• Chris Coghlan: 1-2, R, 2B, 2 RBI, .100 AVG
• Andrew Knapp: 1-1, R, 2B, RBI, .125 AVG
• Jorge Alfaro: 2-2, R, 2 2B, .286 AVG

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Bullpen

Braves

• Josh Collmenter (1st-3rd): 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA
• Jesse Biddle (4th): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA
• Rhiner Cruz (5th-6th): 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA
• Michael Mader (7th): 0.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 54.00 ERA
• David Hale (7th): 0.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 54.00 ERA
• Luke Jackson (8th): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA

Phillies

• Jeanmar Gomez (4th): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR, 4.50 ERA
• Drew Anderson (5th-7th): 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR, 5.40 ERA
• Hector Neris (8th): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 6.00 ERA
• Michael Mariot (9th): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR, 0.00 ERA

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What's Next

• Sunday, March 5, 2017: vs. Detroit Tigers, 1:05 p.m. (Split-squad)
• Sunday, March 5, 2017: at Baltimore Orioles, 1:05 p.m. (Split-squad)
• Clearwater, Fl. - Spectrum Field/Sarasota, Fl. – Ed Smith Stadium
• PHI-DET: RHP Clay Buchholz (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. LHP Daniel Norris (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
• PHI-BAL: RHP Nick Pivetta (0-0, 3.60 ERA) vs. RHP Mike Wright (0-0, 4.50 ERA)
• TV: CSN (PHI-DET game only); Radio: SportsRadio 94 WIP (PHI-DET game only)

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