In three of the past five games, Phillies manager Joe Girardi has allowed his starting pitcher to go into the eighth inning. On two of those occasions, he allowed the starter to pitch into the ninth inning and attempt a complete game. Here’s what happened in both of those instances.
Those two home runs have spurred plenty of discussion on Twitter, in The Good Phight’s comment section, and pretty much any other place where the Phillies are a topic of conversation. Our own Smarty Jones shared his two cents on the matter in his Diamondbacks series preview.