Final score: Pirates 3, Phillies 2
The Philadelphia Phillies made three trades ahead of Friday’s trade deadline, hoping to spark a run to the postseason for the first time since 2011.
We’ve yet to see any of the notable additions take the field as Phillies yet, but with Kyle Gibson, Ian Kennedy and Freddy Galvis in Phillies garb at PNC Park, their new team delivered a rather lifeless performance in a loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday.
The Phillies did record eight hits Saturday evening, but only ended up having two runs to show for it, one of which came on a sacrifice fly from Aaron Nola.