Some late heroics kept the Phillies from losing game one of their doubleheader on Sunday, but due to some continued Bryce Harper dominance, Pat Neshek’s first earned runs of the season, and Joe West’s finger-wagging, they were unable to finish the sweep.
So, what happened out there? Vince Velasquez got the ball for the Phillies and, in typical VV fashion, needed over thirty pitches to get the hell out of the first inning. Bryce Harper started an eye-rolling 3-for-4 night with an RBI single in the third. But the Phillies’ fourth inning saw them take their inevitable lead that they would be also inevitably unable to hold. With Aaron Altherr on first, Michael Saunders bounced a 100 m.p.h. line…
