This time, Gabe Kapler waited to use the Phillies’ best reliever in the ninth inning.
And still, it didn’t work.
Seranthony Dominguez gave up a tiebreaking solo home run to Matt Carpenter that hooked inside the right-field foul pole, and the Phillies fell, 7-6, to the St. Louis Cardinals before an announced crowd of 21,122 Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park.
It was the first home run allowed by Dominguez since Aug. 30 of last year — when he was still a starting pitcher at high-A Clearwater. And it came after the Phillies rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth inning on Rhys Hoskins’ two-run double.