Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez warms up before today's game. Photo: Philliedelphia/Frank Klose
With a single solo home run being the one shred of offense in yesterday's victory over the Baltimore Orioles, the Philadelphia Phillies were starving for production. Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez took to the mound in hopes of being on the receiving end of said production.
Gonzalez allowed just a single to the Detroit Tigers lineup in the first inning. He'd give up another one in the second, but this one was followed by a two-run home run off the bat of Daniel Fields.
A third run scored in the following inning when Jose Iglesias singled off the leg of Gonzalez. Ian Kinsler had tripled to start the frame and scored the run. Miguel left the game with what was later diagnosed as a right knee contusion and replaced by Seth Rosin.
Rosin would record three outs in relief, and Sean O'Sullivan began his afternoon with two scoreless innings to follow. However, as Phillies broadcast analyst Ben Davis pointed out, O'Sullivan grew tired after throwing so many pitches. His pitches began to elevate, and two Tigers, J.D. Martinez and Steven Moya, recorded solo home runs against him.
Nefi Ogando came in to relieve O'Sullivan for 1.1 scoreless innings. Jake Diekman would go on to allow an RBI triple in the eighth to pinch hitter Wynton Bernard. Ken Giles came out to shut Detroit down in the ninth.
Unfortunately, the home squad could get nothing going all game. Ben Revere, Darin Ruf, Domonic Brown, Cord Phelps and Chris McGuiness all recorded base hits, but none came in to score. In the end, Detroit secured the victory 6-0.
Up Next: The Phillies will remain in Clearwater tomorrow afternoon when the Pittsburgh Pirates will come to town for the first Pennsylvania matchup of the Spring.
Andrew Gillen, Managing Editor of Philliedelphia.com
