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Cure for bullpen blues? Not an outside arm

“Nope. Nope nope nope nope. Nope.”

That was me Tuesday night while watching Luis Garcia surrender single after single after demoralizing single in the ninth inning. The Phillies nearly squandered their 5-1 lead totally, but then came Seranthony Dominguez, who finally got the outs necessary and secured the win for the Philadelphia Tightrope Walkers.

Aside from Dominguez (1.42 ERA, 22 K, 1 BB) and “Big” Edubray Ramos (0.75 ERA, 27 K, 10 BB) the Phillies bullpen has been a disaster lately. Hector Neris has a 5.01 ERA. Garcia is up to 4.74. Tommy Hunter has a 4.