The Phillies opened up their spring training schedule with a 9-4 loss to the New York Yankees Friday afternoon. The game saw some major-leaguers – Tommy Joseph and Cesar Hernandez were in the starting lineup while Alec Asher started – but minor-leaguers and non-roster invitees got a majority of the playing time in the loss.
After a quiet top of the first, Asher gave up a solo home run to Didi Gregorius in the bottom of the inning to put the Phils behind 1-0. He finished his two-inning outing with two hits, no walks, and two strikeouts.