Final: Braves 6, Phillies 3
Even Bailey faltered on the seventh day.
Bailey Falter has largely been a quality starter for the Philadelphia Phillies since the start of August, one of the more positive developments for the team this season. In fact, Falter has had so much success recently that the Phillies moved trade deadline acquisition Noah Syndergaard to the bullpen upon Zack Wheeler’s return, rather than Falter.
But Falter was hit hard Saturday by the Atlanta Braves, and the Philadelphia Phillies got in too big of a hole to climb out of.
Vaughn Grissom plated former Phillies’ farmhand Travis d’Arnaud with RBI single in the top of the second, before William Contreras extended the lead with an opposite-field home run in the third inning:
The flood gates really opened in the top of the fourth inning, as the Braves strung together six hits and four runs in an inning that Falter wouldn’t make it through.