It wasn't all smooth, but Phillies righthander Hector Neris earned his first career save Sunday in a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians at Citizens Bank Park.
With closer Jeanmar Gomez having pitched in four of the previous five games, Neris was told by manager Pete Mackanin before the game that he would be the closer for Sunday.
Neris got the dangerous Francisco Lindor to pop out to shortstop to open the ninth, but then he served up a 370-foot home run to right field to Carlos Santana. Neris got Yan Gomes to line out, with leftfielder David Lough making a nice diving catch.