By this point, I don’t even need to write new material for these recaps, because they’re mostly all the same. The Phillies will get out to a lead. And then, some combination of the starter and the bullpen will lose that lead.
Sometimes, the Phillies’ offense will overcome the horrendousness of the bullpen, and other times, it will not. Thursday night was one of those “will not” times, as they blew a three-run lead, and eventually lost the game to the Miami Marlins by a score of 7-6.
It felt like the story of this one was going to be “Jake Arrieta doesn’t have it tonight,” but he actually did okay.