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Hot dang, did Jerad Eickhoff get roasted last night

Jerad Eickhoff had quite a night last night, giving up five home runs to the Diamondbacks in a loss that had people scrambling to find similar performances among the futility of the Phillies archives.

Last pitcher before Jerad Eickhoff to give up 5 HR and get 9 outs or fewer: Anibal Sanchez on 8/6/17 vs. the Orioles....Only other Phillie was the always entertaining Vicente Padilla on 4/19/05 vs. the Mets.

— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) June 11, 2019

As every good paragraph does, this one will begin with the phrase, “Okay, okay; but in Vicente Padilla’s defense.