Menu

1 / 2

It's been one step forward and two steps back for the Giants in April

San Francisco Giants On SI·Ryan Boman·7 months ago
#ZcOuddFp
Reading 0:00
15s threshold

Much like the Giants, the Philadelphia Phillies have had a bumpy go of it in April, having already fired manager Rob Thomson two days ago and installing Don Mattingly as the club's interim manager. He debuted on Tuesday with a 7-0 dismantling of San Francisco, despite the Golden Gate Nine sending normally reliable righthander Tyler Mahle to the hill.

Mahle (5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K) started solid, but fell apart at the mid-way point in the game, finally giving way to the stacked Philadelphia lineup. Brandon Marsh had a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning, and the Phillies plated four more runs in the sixth.…

Continue reading — create a free account

Join HashtagPLUS to read full articles, follow hashtags, vote, and join the conversation.