That’s nine — count ’em, nine (eight since Rob Thomson took charge) — wins in a row, the Phillies’ longest roll since a nine-game streak in the summer of 2011, the last year they made the playoffs.
Matt Vierling hadn’t played second base in a game before. Not in high school. Not in Little League. Never. But there he was, playing second base for nine innings of a major league game Saturday.It worked out because, well, everything always works out for Rob Thomson’s Phillies. Star-crossed under deposed Joe Girardi, they have been flawless for eight days under their interim manager.
OK, let’s not jump too far ahead. A team must have a winning record before it thinks about the postseason, and wait, what’s that? At 30-29, the Phillies are finally above .500 for the first time since April 12, when they were 3-2. Said Bellatti: “I think [Marte] had an inkling I was going to come with a slider there, but executed down in the zone and got the out. That was a pretty intense situation to come into. I enjoyed it. I look forward to those again.”
More history: Thomson became the first major league manager to win his first eight games since Joe Morgan won 12 in a row after taking the reins of the Boston Red Sox in 1988. “Morgan Magic,” as it was known, turned the Sox from a 43-42 disappointment under John McNamara to an 89-win division champion.
Wheeler scattered two hits and struck out eight batters in six walk-free innings, picking up where he left off after being named NL Pitcher of the Month for May. In his last eight starts, dating to April 28, the Phillies ace has allowed eight earned runs in 50 2/3 innings for a 1.42 ERA.
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