ATLANTA — Spencer Strider stands barely 6 feet tall, but there’s fire in his right arm. And for seven innings Tuesday night, for the second time in a week, the Atlanta Braves rookie dialed up his low-effort, triple-digit fastball and overpowered the Phillies.
Chalk up a 13-1 pummeling by the reigning World Series champs on an otherwise satisfying day for the Phillies, who saw their five-game winning streak go kaput. They pulled off three trades in less than three hours to address short-term — and potentially one long-term — needs, and they did it without giving up top pitching prospects Andrew Painter, Mick Abel, or Griff McGarry.
Say again: They did it without giving up top pitching prospects Andrew Painter, Mick Abel, or Griff McGarry.
