Orion Kerkering struggled to throw strikes in the seventh inning, while Gregory Soto showed a lack of command in the ninth.
MINNEAPOLIS — Let it be said that the Phillies’ first road trip after the All-Star break served to crystalize their top need at the trade deadline.) ended with an all-out lack of command by another in a 5-4 walk-off loss to the Twins in a Wednesday matinee in Minnesota.was unable to throw strikes in the seventh inning. And with the score tied in the ninth, Soto hit one batter and uncorked a wild pitch before Max Kepler’s infield single drove in the winning run.
After Austin Martin dropped a sacrifice bunt to move Larnach to third base, Kepler shot a ball to the drawn-in infield to give the Twins a series victory and hand the Phillies their fourth loss in six games since the All-Star break.delivered another solid start, cranking up his fastball to 94 mph for a strikeout to sidestep a bases-loaded jam in the sixth inning.
Let’s begin with Kerkering. After going 12 innings — and more than a month — without issuing a walk, his command has gone missing. He walked one batter and hit another Monday night. Then, facing the top of the Twins’ order, he walked Willi Castro and Larnach and hit Byron Buxton. After busting out of the All-Star break with seven runs in the first five innings last Friday night in Pittsburgh, the Phillies scored in only six of the next 40 innings entering play Wednesday.
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