Official Site of the Phillies · Mar 22, 2017
Velasquez hurt by HRs; Hernandez chips in
Cesar Hernandez charges to field a chopper up the middle, then makes an off-balance throw to nab Brett Gardner for the first out of the gameOpposing Tanaka, Phillies righty Vince Velasquez looked sharp early, facing the minimum through 3 1/3 innings before running into trouble. With one out in the fourth, he walked Gary Sanchez before Bird launched a two-run homer deep to right-center field. The hit snapped a 9 1/3-innings streak in which Velasquez allowed no hits, struck out 13 and walked seven.