Daily News | Cubs jump on Ranger Suárez early to send Phillies to fifth straight loss
Yong Kim / Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerIt’s never a good sign when a position player takes the mound. And on Friday night, in the ninth inning of a 10-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs,infielder Kody Clemens took the mound. It was not a quick and painless outing. Clemens, who took the ball from Andrew Bellatti, was tasked with getting two outs, and needed 14 pitches to do it.
He quickly loaded the bases in the second inning, with two singles and a walk, and allowed two more hits and another walk to drive in four runs and put runners on first and second with no outs. But Suárez got himself out of trouble as quickly as he got into it. He kept his pitches in or around the zone, and struck out Ian Happ, Seiya Suzuki and Wisdom to end the inning.
“I just see it as a bad day,” Suárez said. “But I felt good coming in. I just wasn’t locating my pitches today.” A makeshift bullpen game on Friday night was the last thing they needed. By the time Cubs starter Marcus Stroman exited the game after six innings, the Phillies had already used four pitchers. They used six by the end of the night. They haven’t gotten a quality start in a week. The bullpen has stepped up, but at some point, all of those added innings will begin to show.Phillies in an 2-for-39 funk with runners in scoring position. Kevin Long says it’s not time to panic.
Schwarber bobbled a line drive hit by Suzuki in the fifth inning. It was initially ruled an error, but was later changed to a double. Reliever Erich Uelman allowed a walk, struck out Matt Mervis and then allowed a sacrifice fly by Yan Gomes to score Suzuki.
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