The Phillies’ newest position player had the game of his life in Sunday’s blowout win, while two of their high-priced veterans are heating up. CSeidmanNBCS of NBCSPhilly has the recap:
Ellis started at third base over Edmundo Sosa. It was an unexpected choice with Ranger Suarez, who gets a lot of groundballs to the left side, on the mound. Rob Thomson has liked the quality of Ellis' plate appearances so the Phillies' manager rode with him in the series finale.
"I was talking to my agent and I was like, 'Is this it?'" he recalled this week."To be in this position, it's a real blessing, I'm super grateful."Ellis went 3-for-3 with the two bombs, an infield single and two walks. He is the first Phillie since Ryan Howard in July 2007 to go 3-for-3 or better with multiple homers and walks in a game.
Schwarber broke the game open with a three-run homer with two outs in the sixth. The Nationals removed starter Trevor Williams for right-handed reliever Andres Machado and Schwarber crushed a 97 mph sinker into the seats in right field. He would have faced a lefty reliever had the Phillies been playing any of the other 28 teams in Major League Baseball. The Nationals, for whatever reason, do not have a single left-hander in their bullpen.
Suarez maneuvered around early traffic to allow one run over seven innings. He allowed a hit in six of his seven frames but the Nationals put multiple men on base only twice. Suarez received some handshakes after the fifth inning and it appeared his afternoon would soon be over, but he went back out and retired the side 1-2-3 in the sixth, then induced an inning-ending double play in the seventh.
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