By late Saturday night, the story was the Los Angeles Dodgers’ back-to-back-to-back home runs and walk-off win against the Philadelphia Phillies. Heading into the matchup, Brandon McCarthy was very much a focal point.
In his first full season since undergoing Tommy John surgery, McCarthy entered an impressive 3-0 with a 2.25 ERA in four starts. McCarthy threw seven innings in his previous game, which was his longest outing since April 13, 2015.
However, the veteran right-hander failed to build on that against the Phillies. “Curveball command, cutter command, everything was a C minus tonight,” McCarthy said.
“Not enough to get destroyed but not enough to get deep enough into a game the way I’d like to.