Rhys Hoskins wasn’t going to play this one, which for some spelled doom already. Then the news that Edmundo Sosa, who has been hot lately and would have been in the lineup in place of Hoskins, went on the injured list and it deflated a little more. Finally, the lineup card was announced and a lot more air went out of the balloon.
It didn’t feel like a win.
Yet the Phillies stayed close the entire game. Ranger Suarez matched Max Fried pitch for pitch for most of the game. Though they didn’t have a hit through the first three innings, the game felt like it was evenly matched the whole time.