The Philadelphia Phillies exploded for 10 runs in their win over the Colorado Rockies.
The beginning of the Philadelphia Phillies season has been centered on the team’s slow start on offense. At least, a slow start for Philly’s standards, whose bats are supposed to be that
Phillies Rob Thomson insisted that the Phillies would turn it around at the plate, and that’s exactly what happened in Philadelphia’s series opener against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.
The Phillies’ bats finally started to show some signs of life against the Rockies on Friday, and beat Colorado by a final score of 10-1. They set the tone early, too. The Phillies scored seven runs in the first inning, which also gave Aaron Nola a sizable cushion to pitch behind before he even stepped on the mound.
By the time the game was over, eight of Philadelphia’s starters logged a hit, with Trea Turner, Bryce Harper, Alec Bohm, and Bryson Stott each logging multi-hit performances.
huge, especially on the West Coast, you know, huge time change. 2 o'clock game, little shadow ball for half the game. It was, yeah, it was good for us to get off on the right foot. The encouraging part about this game was that the Phillies scored runs both by the long ball and by stringing hits together. Manufacturing runs were something that Thomson emphasized that his team must start doing when they needed to combat the slow start, and that’s exactly what came to fruition on
The scoring started in the first inning, when Bohm took a turn with a Bohm base hit to center field, scoring both Trea Turner and Kyle Schwarber. Bryston Stott followed that up with his own double, which scored Bohm.
That sequence was a perfect example of how just continuing the line will eventually lead to success. Philadelphia’s lineup is talented, and they don’t need one player to do too much, like what looked like was happening at the start of the season.
Even though the Phillies did a nice job with stringing hits together, they also had the long ball going, too. March, Harper, and Schwarber each hit home runs against the Rockies.
Marsh said after the game that he believes this victory could be a huge boost for the Phillies.
“Huge, especially on the West Coast,” explained Marsh. "Huge time change, two o'clock game, little shadow ball for half the game. It was, yeah, it was good for us to get off on the right foot.”
No one is going to deny that Philadelphia’s bats didn’t start the season they wanted to, but for the Phillies to start a road trip with this type of offensive explosion can do so much for the team moving forward.
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