PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies followed a triumphant 19-4 win with a demoralizing 5-4 loss on Sunday afternoon. Ranger Suárez didn’t look like himself, but more glaring was the offense. After a 19-run win the day before, the Phillies went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position on Sunday and hit into three double plays.
The first inning looked like vintage Suárez. He induced a groundout and two strikeouts on 13 pitches. He made it look easy. But from there, Suárez labored. He allowed two hits in next inning, and loaded the bases in his inning after that after allowing a single to Derek Hill and back-to-back walks.
Stone Garrett hit a grand slam home run with two outs in the next at-bat. It was a surprising outcome, given how Suárez has pitched of late. He allowed only four earned runs in the month of June. After his outing on Sunday afternoon, he’d already allowed more runs in the month of July.
