A run scored on Brett Baty’s error, which made for a failed out on what could have been a double play if everything went right.
PHILADELPHIA — Brett Baty didn’t care about the two walks and three runs Josh Walker allowed in the nightmarish eighth inning on Sunday or the fact Jeff Brigham hit consecutive batters to force in a pair of runs later in the inning.
“There’s really no excuse,’’ Baty said. “That play needs to be made 10 times out of 10. That cost us the game, it cost us the series [and] it cost us a lot of momentum we had coming in from [Saturday]. It was bad.” He then struck out pinch-hitter Kody Clemens before drilling Kyle Schwarber with a pitch to tie the game and then hitting Trea Turner with another pitch to give Philadelphia the lead for good.“That [loss] is completely on me,” Baty said. “It’s not on anyone else in here. Everyone battled the entire game and we could’ve gotten one out there and that would have changed the game completely.”
“Rookies need to be able to “mentally and emotionally not get too down [during slumps]. You’ve got to be mentally tough with it and play good defense while they figure it out.”
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