The game on Monday night was a nightmare. The umpire was bad, the offense couldn’t hit anything and the pitching matchup tonight, the Phillies facing Robbie Ray, felt like one the team was going to be at a disadvantage in. However, they have had good starting pitching of their own and tonight, that combined with some solid relief pitching work, led to what we thought would be a good result for the Phillies.
Instead...
The onus to continue the good starting pitching fell this evening on Taijuan Walker. Yanked from his bullpen role and put back into the rotation, Walker was actually fine on the evening.