Max Kepler was brought to Philadelphia as a potential power bat that the team thought they were buying low on. He had shown some promise in the past, but the surgery that he needed on a core muscle this offseason must have spooked teams away from him. That and that the whole platoon split he possesses.
Tonight, left in the game to face a left handed pitcher to see how it would go, Kepler delivered the game winning home run to give the Phillies a tidy, quick 3-2 victory over the Diamondbacks.
The first inning saw a curiously off kilter Jesus Luzardo begin his night of dancing in and out of trouble.