After a stretch of nine spectacular games, there was little room for Phillies starter Vince Velasquez to go up. He would inevitably take a step back, which is exactly what happened in a 6-0 loss in Arizona Wednesday afternoon.
Velasquez suffered his ninth loss of the season after allowing four runs in four innings against the first place Diamondbacks. It was his worst performance in over a month following a fantastic stretch of nine games where he had a 2.14 ERA.
More concerning than the four runs allowed was Velasquez’s velocity, which dipped significantly from past performances.